gfx card: recommendation for Germany

SUBMAN1 · 06-12-06, 05:11 PM

A good card is an x800 GTO if you plan to go with the x800 family. It can be had for about $150 US and is much better than your 5900 XT in Oblivion. I think the x850 is only PCI-E though. The x800 series can be found in AGP. If you can afford it, the 7800 GT in AGP would be the best AGP board you can get.

CHeck the review:

http://www.tomshardware.com/2005/11/28/don/

And here are some benchmarks from Anandtech:

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2746&p=7

Skybird · 06-12-06, 06:37 PM

The x850 family is slightly faster than the x800, and it can be found as AGP, but AGP is dying out. the 7800 are too expensive, and are often mentioned to be noisy.I hate it that these tester almost never have something to say about the noise-level, temperature and power consumption. Only a small minority seem to mention these data.This will be the last AGP card that I buy for my system, so it has to do the work that comes for the remaining lifeitme of my current system. Not only Oblivion, but FSX as well.Palit X850XT is available, too, and one or two other manufactures too, but no one can tell me about the quality and noise level of these manufacturers.Fantastic game, this Oblivion, btw. Looks great even at 640x480

Dust · 06-12-06, 08:36 PM

what
http://www.3dcenter.de/

where
http://www.geizhals.at/deutschland/

general info
http://www.heise.de/

serious infos there

06-12-06, 05:11 PM	#1
SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	A good card is an x800 GTO if you plan to go with the x800 family. It can be had for about $150 US and is much better than your 5900 XT in Oblivion. I think the x850 is only PCI-E though. The x800 series can be found in AGP. If you can afford it, the 7800 GT in AGP would be the best AGP board you can get. CHeck the review: http://www.tomshardware.com/2005/11/28/don/ And here are some benchmarks from Anandtech: http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2746&p=7 __________________ Last edited by SUBMAN1; 06-12-06 at 05:14 PM.

06-12-06, 06:37 PM	#2
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,685 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	The x850 family is slightly faster than the x800, and it can be found as AGP, but AGP is dying out. the 7800 are too expensive, and are often mentioned to be noisy.I hate it that these tester almost never have something to say about the noise-level, temperature and power consumption. Only a small minority seem to mention these data.This will be the last AGP card that I buy for my system, so it has to do the work that comes for the remaining lifeitme of my current system. Not only Oblivion, but FSX as well.Palit X850XT is available, too, and one or two other manufactures too, but no one can tell me about the quality and noise level of these manufacturers.Fantastic game, this Oblivion, btw. Looks great even at 640x480 __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

06-12-06, 08:36 PM	#3
Dust Torpedoman Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 114 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	what http://www.3dcenter.de/ where http://www.geizhals.at/deutschland/ general info http://www.heise.de/ serious infos there