F8ck 8800gtx

[lllco2lll]

so yeah i'm all excited and what not about getting my 8800gtx that i purchased but as i read around. I'm having doubts being able to max oblivion at 1600x1200 and re-thinking if i've got to save up another 500 to sli the bitch lol...... what a f8ckin bummer eh...

is 30ish fps good enough or will that be a little choppy?

 

[jeff_2087]

Minimum 30 FPS would be fine but average 30FPS means sometimes it'd drop below 30 and be choppy. Seeing as I assume that's average, it'd sometimes be choppy. A single GTX should play at 1600x1200 fine, just don't crank AA/AF.

 

[Phrozt]

What proc do you have?

 

[lllco2lll]

i'm going to have a x2 6000 its all going to be here on thursday.

dammit i've been waiting 10 years to finally be old enough to purchase the stuff i want to max the things i want.

Now i think i gotta sli the bitch... f8ck... lol damn compooter compoonents and their prices

nah "stay calm stay calm" gotta tell myself spending 1300 is enough.....

 

[Phrozt]

I think your processor is half your problem....

AMD is not a good gaming proc nowadays. Especially if you're playing w/something *LESS* than the 6000 right now..

 

[lllco2lll]

ok look i did some more research and apparently the 8800gts 320mb can run 2xaa 1600x1200 fine and the 640mb can run 4xaa fine and soooooo

i think i'm just going overboard i mean i should see a difference right?

This computer here is and athlon xp 2700 with a 6800 gt agp
compared to my soon x2 6000 8800gtx

there should be a big difference

and i also just upgraded a 17" crt (its actually 16 those damn bastards)
to a true 20.1" widescreen lcd

I spent over 1500 bucks

I want to see trees and grasses in my damn games.... dammit thats why i paid the 1500 bucks to see grasses and trees...... omg i'm so pathetic..... why in the hell would someone spend 1500 bucks to see really nice trees and grasses in their games..... oh gawd help me...... i need sleep i need sleep

 

[Phrozt]

LOL... you're pairing that w/an xp 2700????? And you think it's the graphics card????

Wow.

Also... w/a system that old, you may want to check your power supply.. it may not be able to handle the 8800gtx.

 

[Howard_Stern]

Dude, you're going to see a large if not huge improvement. I had the same rig, well almost I had a 4200 X2. I jumped to the 8800 GTX, awesome man awesome.

 

[lllco2lll]

LOL... you're pairing that w/an xp 2700????? And you think it's the graphics card????

Wow.

Also... w/a system that old, you may want to check your power supply.. it may not be able to handle the 8800gtx.

no no no you're not understanding the whole thread... actually its my fault that its hard to understand me bleh..

i'm worried about not being able to max out games with the 8800gtx when it arrives. I just purchased brand new parts to finally upgrade my computer.
a new mobo proc video case psu ram drive you name it its all brand new

i'm just reassuing myself that my new system will outbeat the one i'm using

 

[LordPope]

I think your processor is half your problem....

AMD is not a good gaming proc nowadays. Especially if you're playing w/something *LESS* than the 6000 right now..

what a dumb comment

 

[cheetsy]

With my specs i get between 30 and 80 outside depending on where I am, plays fine!

 

[lllco2lll]

With my specs i get between 30 and 80 outside depending on where I am, plays fine!

ohooo a man with an 8800gtx mind if i ask how maxed out are your options? and mind if i ask what your definition of "fine" is? lol

 

[lllco2lll]

yeah and in some respects the 6000 does beat it in benchmarks right?
http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu.html?modelx=33&model1=694&model2=432&chart=174
i mean graphical charts don't lie... do they? lol

 

[Phrozt]

Co2 - Ahhh.. after reading your OP, I can see what you are saying. I wouldn't be worried about it till you get it in hand. I think you're going to be pleasantly surprised.

As for the people on my AMD comment - Have you not seen the CPU charts from.... SUMMER of 2006? AMD has been on the bottom of the gaming charts (in terms of high end computers) for over a year now... Everyone knows this (or I thought they did at least).


Seriously... what are you going to say next? Bush is an eloquent public speaker?

 

[PSYCHoHoLiC]

dude.. a little thought here? There's no way he can possibly pair it with a 2700 athlon.. unless there's a PCI Express board for socket 462 that i dont know about.

Also, there's absolutely nothing wrong with AMD as a gaming processor, especially the 6000+; just because they arent as fast as the C2D clock for clock doesnt make them no good for gaming..

I'd say probably anything above an X2 3800+, or even a single core 3800+ would provide a decent gaming experience.

 

[Vash-HT]

I play Oblivion at 1920x1080 with 2xAA, and it runs completely smooth. Im using a X1900XTX and a X2 4800, so yeah yours should play 1600x1200 just fine. My other settings were preset to "Ultra Quality" or whatever, but I could find more specific info at home on that.

I wouldn't sweat it too much, you should be able to run it perfectly fine. SLi 8800's is for like 2560xwhatever res or 16xAA, ridiculous stuff like that.

 

[lllco2lll]

Bush is an eloquent public speaker....

joking aside.... yeah you're right i should be surprised... i mean I paid 1500 dollars I better be surprised.

 

[lllco2lll]

I play Oblivion at 1920x1080 with 2xAA, and it runs completely smooth. Im using a X1900XTX and a X2 4800, so yeah yours should play 1600x1200 just fine. My other settings were preset to "Ultra Quality" or whatever, but I could find more specific info at home on that.

I wouldn't sweat it too much, you should be able to run it perfectly fine. SLi 8800's is for like 2560xwhatever res or 16xAA, ridiculous stuff like that.

ok ok ok you guys are calming me down... thanks
lol man i'm just going cuckoo

 

[Phrozt]

yeah and in some respects the 6000 does beat it in benchmarks right?
http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu.html?modelx=33&model1=694&model2=432&chart=174
i mean graphical charts don't lie... do they? lol

You're talking about games here though, correct?

http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu.html?modelx=33&model1=694&model2=432&chart=165
http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu.html?modelx=33&model1=694&model2=432&chart=170
http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu.html?modelx=33&model1=694&model2=432&chart=166


Notice how I said, "especially if you are playing with *less* than the 6000 right now." The 6000 can compete, but lower models aren't even close to the 6600 (which is clearly not the top core2 duo, whereas the 6000 is the top x2)

THG reviews have shown over and over how there is a certain bottleneck on the AMD x2s, and until they release a new line, this is how it will be... Let me see if I can find the article I'm talking about.

 

[lllco2lll]

yeah and in some respects the 6000 does beat it in benchmarks right?
http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu.html?modelx=33&model1=694&model2=432&chart=174
i mean graphical charts don't lie... do they? lol

You're talking about games here though, correct?

http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu.html?modelx=33&model1=694&model2=432&chart=165
http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu.html?modelx=33&model1=694&model2=432&chart=170
http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu.html?modelx=33&model1=694&model2=432&chart=166


Notice how I said, "especially if you are playing with *less* than the 6000 right now." The 6000 can compete, but lower models aren't even close to the 6600 (which is clearly not the top core2 duo, whereas the 6000 is the top x2)

THG reviews have shown over and over how there is a certain bottleneck on the AMD x2s, and until they release a new line, this is how it will be... Let me see if I can find the article I'm talking about.

no no no no not necessary this isn't a cpu topic its about my paranoia with the 8800gtx

 

[Phrozt]

Here we go:

http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/11/29/geforce_8800_needs_the_fastest_cpu/page5.html

One final thing we would like to point out in the Doom 3 results is that the game is still "CPU bound" at 1024x768 for Nvidia DX10 hardware. The scores are bottlenecked by what the CPU can deliver to the graphics subsystem. This is not the case for the DX9 hardware.

EDIT: but the whole article points out what I was talking about.

 

[LordPope]

Co2 - Ahhh.. after reading your OP, I can see what you are saying. I wouldn't be worried about it till you get it in hand. I think you're going to be pleasantly surprised.

As for the people on my AMD comment - Have you not seen the CPU charts from.... SUMMER of 2006? AMD has been on the bottom of the gaming charts (in terms of high end computers) for over a year now... Everyone knows this (or I thought they did at least).


Seriously... what are you going to say next? Bush is an eloquent public speaker?

Dont compound your dumb comment with more dumb comments....

you will recieve severe flames....

your comments make it seems like if if you have a AMD chip you cant runn current games with a 8800GTX

are u high?

 

[cheetsy]

Sorry ha, forgot to mention


1650*1080
all settings maxxed except,
some shadows reduced
4xAA

fine, basically perfect, smooth, can get mildly jerky (very slightly) in the cities, 28-30fps minimum in city

 

[Phrozt]

Don't worry Co2... you're going to be fine with what you have... sorry, I got sidetracked when people said I didn't know what I was talking about as per the CPU discussion.

My bad.

And PSYCH - I wasn't thinking... there's no way he could pair that w/an XP

EDIT: Lord, not high, just literate.

 

[lllco2lll]

Co2 - Ahhh.. after reading your OP, I can see what you are saying. I wouldn't be worried about it till you get it in hand. I think you're going to be pleasantly surprised.

As for the people on my AMD comment - Have you not seen the CPU charts from.... SUMMER of 2006? AMD has been on the bottom of the gaming charts (in terms of high end computers) for over a year now... Everyone knows this (or I thought they did at least).


Seriously... what are you going to say next? Bush is an eloquent public speaker?

Dont compound your dumb comment with more dumb comments....

you will recieve severe flames....

your comments make it seems like if if you have a AMD chip you cant runn current games with a 8800GTX

are u high?

noo sniffles... don't create another intel vs amd thread war... its ok he didn't imply that you can't run current games with an 8800gtx nOOoooOooOoo What have I done..... the madness the insanity...oh why must i go on