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Techie · Nov 09, 2005, 12:12 PM // 12:12

The x1800 is out, which a higher price range than the 7800GTX. It actually does do well in some benchmarks, beating it out by a little. In some though, it disappoints.

http://www.rage3d.com/reviews/video/...index.php?p=12

Old Dood · Nov 09, 2005, 01:54 PM // 13:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by Techie

The x1800 is out, which a higher price range than the 7800GTX. It actually does do well in some benchmarks, beating it out by a little. In some though, it disappoints.

http://www.rage3d.com/reviews/video/...index.php?p=12

Yes...they are Spiffy (to a point). But none of the super high end cards are worth it to me. The higher end middle range is were the best price point vs performance is.

Esprit · Nov 09, 2005, 02:25 PM // 14:25

Nice post about the video cards.

Though your cut-off for the "full eye candy at almost any resolution" for Guild Wars was at 6600GT. I run a 6600 non-GT PCI-Ex card and I can play on any resolution for GW with maximum settings.

Xa Panda · Nov 09, 2005, 02:42 PM // 14:42

question! I am using a x800 normal 128mb edition card but running on a 20" screen at 1680x1050. What the best tweaking/settings I should run?

right now I am at all high on max res and I get very little lag... but just wondering... any tweaks...

Techie · Nov 09, 2005, 07:34 PM // 19:34

Well if you aren't lagging and you are still managing to pull off an unhitched framerate, then leave as is, maybe even try to boost settings to a higher quality.

If you are saying you want to reduce what little lag you have and increase framerate, then try lower quality settings and/or a lower resolution.

Xa Panda · Nov 09, 2005, 07:46 PM // 19:46

thanks!

Techie · Nov 09, 2005, 07:55 PM // 19:55

Your welcome, let me know if you have any other problems.

Xa Panda · Nov 09, 2005, 08:09 PM // 20:09

yeah... I just dont want it to look ugly

but I want the full res... it just at certain times is kinda glitchy....

Techie · Nov 09, 2005, 08:32 PM // 20:32

Hence the 128MB VRAM (Video RAM) you have in your card, its just slower to load textures, which doesn't make it a bad card whatsoever.

The x800 is still a great card.

swaaye · Nov 09, 2005, 08:55 PM // 20:55

Well I know that Geforce FX is what brought about the trinilear and anisotropic tweaks. Radeon 9700 can't do as much as the later chips with regards to these optimizations. I think ATI may have been literally reacting to NV by adding the same tweaks.

Radeon 9600 was the first ATI chip to support some serious brilinear tweaks. People in-the-know on the Beyond3D forums hinted this, but they were really trying to see if we noticed it before it became public knowledge. I can not tell the difference visually between my 9700 and 9600, but I know the 9600 is doing the tweaks. My notebook's 6800 on the other hand will make textures swim/shimmer pretty terribly in KOTOR2 by default. HQ mode fixes it. Jedi Knight 2 shows similar behaviour with textures in "Quality" mode.

The gist of it is that I never noticed the tweaks these two companies were doing until I got a 6800 in my life. NV's "Quality" mode is anything but. I think I've also heard that 7800 may be even worse. More aggressive tweaks. Don't quote me on that though as I don't remember which review I saw that in.

Techie · Nov 09, 2005, 09:10 PM // 21:10

Well I have a 7800GT and the bilinear/trilinear looks good really on any game.

lord_shar · Nov 09, 2005, 09:38 PM // 21:38

Another thing to consider: Once you start running in the 1600x1200 resolution ranges, the pixels are so fine that 4x AA becomes unnecessary (unless you play with your eyes a few inches off the display's surface

) My two buddies use Dell Ultrasharps with native 1600x1200 resolutions, with one of them upgrading to Dell's latest wide aspect screen. I get to see both side-by-side at this upcoming Saturday's LAN party.

Here's the odd part: the house hosting the LAN party is located on LANDA LANE in CA. My buddy wants to paint a "Y" on the end of the street sign so that it reads "LAN DAY."

Techie · Nov 09, 2005, 09:42 PM // 21:42

ROFL I want to see a pic of that

lord_shar · Nov 09, 2005, 09:43 PM // 21:43

OK, I'll post pics of the street sign + the party after Saturday

Techie · Nov 09, 2005, 09:45 PM // 21:45

Ok awesome, what games and such are gonna be taking place?

I have been to CS 1.6/CSS Lan and a UT2K4 LAN. Unfortunately, I haven't really been to any multi-game LAN's.

lord_shar · Nov 09, 2005, 09:55 PM // 21:55

We're probably doing BF2, Quake4, and Fear. There's a few LAN gamers there who refuse to touch GW

One of the rigs is a liquid-cooled 7800GTX-SLI.

Here's a pic from our last LAN day at the host's previous house:

Techie · Nov 09, 2005, 11:56 PM // 23:56

Very nice, looks similar to mine, except mine is a bit more messy because of the dry ice

I might switch to liquid just for the sheer quiet factor and the fact that I can do mild to heavy-mild OC's if needed.

Old Dood · Nov 10, 2005, 12:24 AM // 00:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by lord_shar

Another thing to consider: Once you start running in the 1600x1200 resolution ranges, the pixels are so fine that 4x AA becomes unnecessary (unless you play with your eyes a few inches off the display's surface

) My two buddies use Dell Ultrasharps with native 1600x1200 resolutions, with one of them upgrading to Dell's latest wide aspect screen. I get to see both side-by-side at this upcoming Saturday's LAN party.

Here's the odd part: the house hosting the LAN party is located on LANDA LANE in CA. My buddy wants to paint a "Y" on the end of the street sign so that it reads "LAN DAY."

That is sweet isn't it? I run my 20.1" UltraSharp at 1600X1200 with 4XAA. nothing slows it down.

Techie · Nov 10, 2005, 12:35 AM // 00:35

Whats your video card?

Old Dood · Nov 10, 2005, 12:39 AM // 00:39

Mine? X800XL 256Mb PCIe

Oh..I also like the pics above. Such neat and tidy rooms. I would be ashamed to show a pic of my desk.