Superunknown Posted September 28, 2004 Share Posted September 28, 2004 I'm considering upgrading from my ATI Radeon 9800 pro 128mb to something probably in the area of either an x800xt platinum or a GeForce 6800 Ultra. Anyone here have any suggestions on which card I should buy? From what I've heard I'm currently leaning toward the x800xt, since I've read that it plays most games better (except Doom III) than the ultra, especially with AA/AF on. I was also told by someone that the next generation of video cards is coming out sometime around December or January, although I haven't read anything about that. Btw my system specs right now are: AMD Athlon 64 3200 @2.2ghz 1024mb RAM Realtec AC97 onboard audio (im probably going to get an Audigy2 ZS soon) MSI k8t neo mobo I would appreciate any suggestions that anyone has :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark0ne Posted September 28, 2004 Share Posted September 28, 2004 An MSI motherboard? Ouch! I'd stick with your 9800 Pro, which is now seen as the best mid-range gfx card out there, atleast until the next gen cards come out and the current generation becomes cheaper...then you can go for a new Mobo with PCI Express. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superunknown Posted September 28, 2004 Author Share Posted September 28, 2004 Thanks for the quick reply. Just one question would I have to get a new video card at the same time that i get a mobo with pci-express since my current video card is AGP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark0ne Posted September 29, 2004 Share Posted September 29, 2004 I'm not sure whether PCI Express MOBO's support AGP or not to be honest. I looked at the type of card you wanted to buy (which still costs a lot of money over here in the UK) and thought that, come January or February, you'd probably be able to buy a PCI Express Mobo and GFX Card for the same price as one of those cards now... I know for sure you could buy a decent mobo and medium range GFX card with the same amount of money as a top range ATI or nVidia card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyjet3 Posted October 5, 2004 Share Posted October 5, 2004 The new PCI express motherboards will still have AGP ports... they are slowly going to get rid of AGP ports over the next few years... don't worry yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormscape Posted October 17, 2004 Share Posted October 17, 2004 No no no!Get a FireGL off ebay! fastest video card on earth.3 Geometry Pipelines8 Rendering Pipelines256mb Dual Channel DDR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoFreX Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 FireGL isn't designed for gaming last time I checked, but I might be stupid. The small amount of PCI-Express motherboards out there do NOT have AGP ports, so yes, buy a new gfx card too. I would swing towards the 6800 personally, as the x800xt is hard to get hold of and doesn't have shader model 3. *EDIT* Rather than reply to the post below to shamelessly get another post +1 bonus, yes it was an honest mistake, sorry. And given the current availability of ATi graphics cards, odds are pretty good on him still not having one, especially if he's gone the pci-express route as the mobos are thin on the ground too. PS But of course you got +1 to post count for taking the mick out of me :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peregrine Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 Your advice might actually be useful if you'd bother reading the forum's anti-necromancy rule. I seriously doubt the initial poster is still trying to decide which video card to get, months after they posted the question. But of course at least you got post count +1 out of this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark0ne Posted January 8, 2005 Share Posted January 8, 2005 Think it was an honest mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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