Another should I buy a X1800 XT thread

[Lanz]

Hi all,

I currently have a 6800GT, AMD64 +3400 754 socket.

Im wondering if its worth me buying a new mobo that has PCI E and get this Sapphire X1800 XT or not.

Would the difference justify the effort and money spent? Would my CPU bottleneck the card?

I did the same thing, moved from an AGP 6800GT. Bought a S754 PCI-e board and 7800GT, was a very simple upgrade, no hastle, didnt even need a re-install of the OS as both boards where Nforce.

I wouldnt worry about your CPU, most games nowadays seem to be gpu limited.

 

[2StepSteve]

Don't worry ive ordered the card! Hehe! I caved in last nite through peer pressure from this forum .

Just got an email saying it and the mobo have been shipped, yipee! Theres something magical about ordering PC parts and coming home from work to find a City Link box and bag

I think I should be ok with my CPU, gonna be OCing upto hopefully around +3700.

 

[LoadsaMoney]

Good choice, x1800 XT is a stonking card, and at that price its a steal, you will have a slight bottleneck with your CPU, but the performance increase will still be staggering, ive only got an A64 3500+ with an x1800 XT 512mb, and its staggering, only use 1280x1024 here to as having a TFT, can play all games maxed out perfectly fine, Cod2, Fear, Oblivion, i play that maxed everything, 2xAA/16xAF plus HDR on, and its simply stunning, so you won't be dissapointed, i went from an x800 XT PE to it to, and was blown away by the increase, so going from a 6800 GT to one will be staggering to as said.

Welcome to the forums btw.

 

[Darkwave]

Yeah, tiny bottleneck but nothing even worth worrying about. But if it bugs you like it did me, you'll get 3700+ speeds without a slight bit of effort.

 

[King_Boru]

I cant see an X1800XT 256 running oblivion maxed out at 1280x1024 with 2x and 16x wiith hdr and have playable frame rates at all. I run a 2.6ghz X2 with mine and it struggles with hdr+2xaf.....

 

[LoadsaMoney]

Oh aye, the 256mb will probably struggle a bit, but it should be able to nearly max everything with a bit of luck.

 

[Darkwave]

I cant see an X1800XT 256 running oblivion maxed out at 1280x1024 with 2x and 16x wiith hdr and have playable frame rates at all. I run a 2.6ghz X2 with mine and it struggles with hdr+2xaf.....

I run pretty much maxed with mine at 1280x960 with HDR and 4xAA. I've discovered it can do 1600x1200 too, but I have to turn off all shadows or it chokes. Others have seen similar results, some not so good.

I do Windows re-installs fairly often, and I make sure to run stuff like Spybot, HijackThis, and Crap Cleaner a few times a day. Not to mention defragging like mad and some creative .ini tweaks. It all adds up.

Disclaimer: Before replying to this post, keep in mind any flaming will be ignored completely. I cannot be bothered with it anymore.

(Not directed at you, King_Boru.)

 

[egt]

I cant see an X1800XT 256 running oblivion maxed out at 1280x1024 with 2x and 16x wiith hdr and have playable frame rates at all. I run a 2.6ghz X2 with mine and it struggles with hdr+2xaf.....

And you'd be right.

Don't worry about your low performance m8, my x1900 struggles too, it's absolutely normal