8 replies to this topic

[panzey]

ok guys. i just got some money and i am going to upgrade my video card.. so i need you guy's help on choosing which video card i should get. it has to be pci e 16. so have fun with it

[IWantWhiteCastle]

http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814143036

go ahead ati fans, rip me a new one

[NC Derek]

ati x1800xt with 512mb. get it and tell us how it is.

[Frag0holic]

haha yeah be our guinea-pig, see if it's worth buying. ATI whoops NVidia nowadays BTW!

[monster]

Depends what games you play man. Nvidia pwns ATI if you play OpenGL games, like Doom3.

However if you play DirectX games, like, well, every other f*cking game on the planet, then ATI pwns.

Go look at any hardware review for the X1800XT. It walks all over the 7800 GTX.... in DirectX games. Half Life 2(cs:s, dod:s, etc), F.E.A.R., are all DirectX games and all of them run way better on the x1800xt.

But, if you "get really pumped" playing Doom3, then go for the nvidia.

[Frag0holic]

hehe, ATI ownd NVidia on Doom3 too though didn't they? Think Shadow posted an article about that.

[monster]

yeah, the reviews I read had the x1800 xt beating the 7800 gtx where res and settings were fairly low. But with all settings maxxed and high resolution, the 7800 gtx is actually about ~20% better than the x1800 xt. Also, the x1800xt card had 512mb ddr3, while the 7800 gtx had 256.

[NC Derek]

so panzey, whats it gonna be?

[Dwkillzone]

What kind of price range are you looking in? That really opens a variety of cards you can get. Each card has there own set price. If it doesn't really matter i would either go for the 7800gtx or the X1800 like everyone says. I first started off with a ATI 9600 all-in-wonder in my first computer. Now in my newest computer i have a 6800 GT which is old but it works. Once i start working again i'll think about upgrading the video card and getting 2 more Corsair 512mb chips to make the total 2gigs. But every since i bought that Nvidia card i have seemed to move over to the Nvidia side. All depends on what your looking to do.