new g-card woo.

2007-01-06 15:00:48

#1

Jammyc_53: Member; +5|7016|Newcastle-England

my current set-up:

AMD64 3200+ 2.00 ghz
Gigabyte K8N SLI mobo
2 gig 3200 ram,
two 6600GT 256 mb graphics.
two 40gig 10,000 rpm sata raptors RAID1
120 gig 7,200 rpm ide hdd
seasonic 500watt

i just got a 7950 GT OC 512 mb @ £175

my question, Will this be any better than my two 6600GTs? i get a score around 5000-6000 on 3dmark05

what would you recommend as my next upgrade ?

and any general discussion really....

oh and my friend wants to buy my 6600GT 256mb and its PCIe 16X. what would you sell it for....

Last edited by Jammyc_53 (2007-01-06 15:03:19)

2007-01-06 15:01:30

#2

Surgeons: U shud proabbly f off u fat prik; +3,097|6947|Gogledd Cymru

more ram

2007-01-06 15:02:43

#3

Jammyc_53: Member; +5|7016|Newcastle-England

i was thinking a better CPU. but that seems reasonable

also, my 120 gig drive, is very old, i got it with my first PC, i think its maybe 4-5 year old now, it seems to be running fine atm, any recommended drives, 200 gig sata will probs what i get, something along thoughs lines, thats all really.

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2007-01-06 15:07:47

#4

Bertster7: Confused Pothead; +1,101|7039|SE London

There is no reason whatsoever for you to get more RAM, not for gaming at any rate.
A better CPU is your best bet. What socket is your MB?

Your 7950GT should be much faster than your 2x6600GTs.

A reasonable price for a 6600GT would be around £40.

2007-01-06 15:21:42

#5

Jammyc_53: Member; +5|7016|Newcastle-England

its a socket 939. yes that how much im selling it for, £40. thanks for help.

i was acually gunna get another 2 gig of ram, but 2 gig its fine as it is.

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2007-01-06 15:32:55

#6

The Stillhouse Kid: Licensed Televulcanologist; +126|7099|Deep In The South Of Texas

Get a 3700+ San Diego, or if you want dual core get a Opteron 165. They're both regarded as the best 939 CPUs.

2007-01-06 15:44:49

#7

kylef: Gone; +1,352|6951|N. Ireland

you spent £175 on a dx9 card when dx10 is out? some people are really stupid it is funny sometimes..

2007-01-06 15:45:55

#8

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|7058|132 and Bush

Chip/Mobo

Xbone Stormsurgezz

2007-01-06 15:46:09

#9

~{TPP}~richoxon: I Want a New Duck; +43|7025|Up a tree

leetkyle wrote:
you spent £175 on a dx9 card when dx10 is out? some people are really stupid it is funny sometimes..

not everybody has ££££££ to buy dx10 cards

2007-01-06 15:48:28

#10

Bell: Frosties > Cornflakes; +362|7007|UK

leetkyle wrote:
you spent £175 on a dx9 card when dx10 is out? some people are really stupid it is funny sometimes..

An 8800 GTS is still going for £300 odd, and not everyone can some up that kind of cash, besides dx10 only games are years away, dx9 will still be on the go for a long time yet.

Martyn

2007-01-06 16:00:58

#11

Jammyc_53: Member; +5|7016|Newcastle-England

leetkyle wrote:
you spent £175 on a dx9 card when dx10 is out? some people are really stupid it is funny sometimes..

your stupid m8, if you dont know what ur talking about, please leave the tech section.

i heard you can upgrade to dx10 if you have dx9 and also. you need vista to run dx10 games, that quite funny, does it say above that i have vista.

2007-01-06 16:03:05

#12

Bell: Frosties > Cornflakes; +362|7007|UK

Jammyc_53 wrote:
leetkyle wrote:
you spent £175 on a dx9 card when dx10 is out? some people are really stupid it is funny sometimes..
your stupid m8, if you dont know what ur talking about, please leave the tech section.

i heard you can upgrade to dx10 if you have dx9 and also. you need vista to run dx10 games, that quite funny, does it say above that i have vista.

Only way to upgrade a dx9 card to dx10, is to buy an actual dx10 card, though they are releasing software for dx9 to help it tackle dx10 applications.

Martyn

2007-01-06 16:03:30

#13

majorassult: I <3 ak101; +307|7120|under there hayousaidunderwear

leetkyle wrote:
you spent £175 on a dx9 card when dx10 is out? some people are really stupid it is funny sometimes..

Do us all a favor and stay out of the tech section.

2007-01-06 16:04:18

#14

Jammyc_53: Member; +5|7016|Newcastle-England

oh ok, its only what i heard, any ideas when dx10 card and software is actually out

exactly what i said major assault, fool. (not you btw M-a)

Last edited by Jammyc_53 (2007-01-06 16:06:26)

2007-01-06 16:07:16

#15

Bell: Frosties > Cornflakes; +362|7007|UK

Already out mate, Nvidia have the 8 series 8800GTS and 8800GTX with another card joining the lineup soon, ATI have theres also coming soon (R600), but there all going for atleast £300 and topping at something around the £600 mark, watercooled 8800GTX's I see fetch £550-600 :S. I think Alan wake is the first proper dx10 game and is due out soon. You wont actually need a dx10 card to play games for a while, but most dx9 cards will strugle with these games.

Martyn

2007-01-06 16:09:56

#16

Jammyc_53: Member; +5|7016|Newcastle-England

Bell wrote:
Already out mate, Nvidia have the 8 series 8800GTS and 8800GTX with another card joining the lineup soon, ATI have theres also coming soon (R600), but there all going for atleast £300 and topping at something around the £600 mark, watercooled 8800GTX's I see fetch £550-600 :S. I think Alan wake is the first proper dx10 game and is due out soon. You wont actually need a dx10 card to play games for a while, but most dx9 cards will strugle with these games.

Martyn

oh well, but you need vista to play and have dx10 right ?

2007-01-06 16:13:59

#17

Reciprocity: Member; +721|7038|the dank(super) side of Oregon

DX10 will require the Vista operating system and a DX10 capable GPU.

2007-01-06 18:44:12

#18

majorassult: I <3 ak101; +307|7120|under there hayousaidunderwear

Jammyc_53 wrote:
Bell wrote:
Already out mate, Nvidia have the 8 series 8800GTS and 8800GTX with another card joining the lineup soon, ATI have theres also coming soon (R600), but there all going for atleast £300 and topping at something around the £600 mark, watercooled 8800GTX's I see fetch £550-600 :S. I think Alan wake is the first proper dx10 game and is due out soon. You wont actually need a dx10 card to play games for a while, but most dx9 cards will strugle with these games.

Martyn
oh well, but you need vista to play and have dx10 right ?

As of now you can run DX10 with XP. But when games that utilize the DX10 software come out I believe that you will need vista.

2007-01-07 11:26:56

#19

Bertster7: Confused Pothead; +1,101|7039|SE London

majorassult wrote:
Jammyc_53 wrote:
Bell wrote:
Already out mate, Nvidia have the 8 series 8800GTS and 8800GTX with another card joining the lineup soon, ATI have theres also coming soon (R600), but there all going for atleast £300 and topping at something around the £600 mark, watercooled 8800GTX's I see fetch £550-600 :S. I think Alan wake is the first proper dx10 game and is due out soon. You wont actually need a dx10 card to play games for a while, but most dx9 cards will strugle with these games.

Martyn
oh well, but you need vista to play and have dx10 right ?
As of now you can run DX10 with XP. But when games that utilize the DX10 software come out I believe that you will need vista.

That's complete rubbish. There is not and will never be an official implementation of DX10 for XP. There is a version of DX10 in development by Wine for XP and Linux platforms though.

I don't think Alan Wake is due to be the first DX10 game. In fact I've heard rumours it may be delayed till 2008, although I don't know how true they are. FSX is out and will use DX10 in Vista (using a patch to add a new DX10 render path), but currently there are no Vista drivers for G80 family cards.

The features of DX10 can be seen in XP using the Nvidia demos, but that is simply a case of implementing the SM4 commands, possibly through an OpenGL API. It is NOT DX10.

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