I'm seriously considering purchasing a GeForce 8800 GTS card. However, I'm a student and $300 is quite a chunk of change for me. And Tom's August month of review mentioned that the nVidia and ATI are going to be releasing their new dx10 ~$200 "soon". So my question is, should I get the 8800 GTS now, or wait and see what what comes down the line. Also, any idea on when these will be released and their performance. Reason being, as most other people, I'm getting ready for some of the AAA PC game fall and winter releases. I'm using a NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT now, and it chugs away at BioShock at a decent clip, but could be much better. And I know Crysis will kick it's *ss.
Last question, as I'm cpu retarded. I have a AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3700+, ~2.2GHz. How is this doing gaming wise these days. Should I think about upgrading the system soon?
Thanks for your help.
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System Information
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Time of this report: 8/30/2007, 13:48:00
Machine name: BL-RH-BMCMILLA
Operating System: Windows Vista™ Ultimate (6.0, Build 6000) (6000.vista_rtm.061101-2205)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
System Model: System Product Name
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3700+, ~2.2GHz
Memory: 2046MB RAM
Page File: 825MB used, 2674MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 10
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 6.00.6000.16386 32bit Unicode
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Display Devices
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Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce 7800 GT
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0092&SUBSYS_C5173842&REV_A1
Display Memory: 1016 MB
Dedicated Memory: 248 MB
Shared Memory: 767 MB
Current Mode: 1280 x 1024 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: Generic Non-PnP Monitor
Driver Name: nvd3dum.dll,nvwgf2um.dll
Driver Version: 7.15.0011.6344 (English)
DDI Version: 9Ex
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 8/17/2007 16:23:00, 5058560 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: No
WHQL Date Stamp: None
Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-43D2-11CF-3A43-1CE501C2CA35}
Vendor ID: 0x10DE
Device ID: 0x0092
SubSys ID: 0xC5173842
Revision ID: 0x00A1
Revision ID: 0x00A1
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Sound Devices
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Description: Speakers (Creative SB X-Fi)
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
Hardware ID: PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0005&SUBSYS_00211102&REV_00
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 100
Type: WDM
Driver Name: ctaud2k.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.1302 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
WHQL Logo'd: No
Date and Size: 5/11/2007 11:27:00, 520488 bytes
Other Files:
Driver Provider: Creative
HW Accel Level: Basic
Cap Flags: 0xF1F
Min/Max Sample Rate: 100, 200000
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 1, 0
Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0
HW Memory: 0
Voice Management: No
EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No
I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No
Last question, as I'm cpu retarded. I have a AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3700+, ~2.2GHz. How is this doing gaming wise these days. Should I think about upgrading the system soon?
Thanks for your help.
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System Information
------------------
Time of this report: 8/30/2007, 13:48:00
Machine name: BL-RH-BMCMILLA
Operating System: Windows Vista™ Ultimate (6.0, Build 6000) (6000.vista_rtm.061101-2205)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
System Model: System Product Name
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3700+, ~2.2GHz
Memory: 2046MB RAM
Page File: 825MB used, 2674MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 10
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 6.00.6000.16386 32bit Unicode
---------------
Display Devices
---------------
Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce 7800 GT
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0092&SUBSYS_C5173842&REV_A1
Display Memory: 1016 MB
Dedicated Memory: 248 MB
Shared Memory: 767 MB
Current Mode: 1280 x 1024 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: Generic Non-PnP Monitor
Driver Name: nvd3dum.dll,nvwgf2um.dll
Driver Version: 7.15.0011.6344 (English)
DDI Version: 9Ex
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 8/17/2007 16:23:00, 5058560 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: No
WHQL Date Stamp: None
Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-43D2-11CF-3A43-1CE501C2CA35}
Vendor ID: 0x10DE
Device ID: 0x0092
SubSys ID: 0xC5173842
Revision ID: 0x00A1
Revision ID: 0x00A1
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Sound Devices
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Description: Speakers (Creative SB X-Fi)
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
Hardware ID: PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0005&SUBSYS_00211102&REV_00
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 100
Type: WDM
Driver Name: ctaud2k.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.1302 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
WHQL Logo'd: No
Date and Size: 5/11/2007 11:27:00, 520488 bytes
Other Files:
Driver Provider: Creative
HW Accel Level: Basic
Cap Flags: 0xF1F
Min/Max Sample Rate: 100, 200000
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 1, 0
Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0
HW Memory: 0
Voice Management: No
EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No
I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No