$700 budget, what video would you get?

[Veech]

What would you folks recommend for a good video solution for lots of gaming on a $700 or so budget for use on an A8N32-SLI and Athlon 64 X2 4800 system?

thanks all..

 

[SpeedZealot369]

Originally posted by: Veech
What would you folks recommend for a good video solution for lots of gaming on a $700 or so budget for use on an A8N32-SLI and Athlon 64 X2 4800 system?

thanks all..

2x7900gt hands down.

 

[secretanchitman]

Originally posted by: SpeedZealot369

Originally posted by: Veech
What would you folks recommend for a good video solution for lots of gaming on a $700 or so budget for use on an A8N32-SLI and Athlon 64 X2 4800 system?

thanks all..

2x7900gt hands down.

couldnt have said it better myself.

 

[Amplifier]

I'd get 2x7900gts. But just to point out, two 7800gt's would be more cost efficient, but why buy a Porsche when you could buy a really nice Porsche!

 

[SpeedZealot369]

Originally posted by: Amplifier
I'd get 2x7900gts. But just to point out, two 7800gt's would be more cost efficient, but why buy a Porsche when you could buy a really nice Porsche!

Cost efficient? how so? he'd probably only save no more then $100... completely worth the extra 100 for those cards instead.

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imo

 

[Jules]

Originally posted by: SpeedZealot369

Originally posted by: Amplifier
I'd get 2x7900gts. But just to point out, two 7800gt's would be more cost efficient, but why buy a Porsche when you could buy a really nice Porsche!

Cost efficient? how so? he'd probably only save no more then $100... completely worth the extra 100 for those cards instead.

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imo

More like 200$. you can get them on the forums for around 200$ each.

 

[Amplifier]

Originally posted by: SpeedZealot369

Originally posted by: Amplifier
I'd get 2x7900gts. But just to point out, two 7800gt's would be more cost efficient, but why buy a Porsche when you could buy a really nice Porsche!

Cost efficient? how so? he'd probably only save no more then $100... completely worth the extra 100 for those cards instead.

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imo

Purely on a cost per FPS basis. In the real world 7900gt's just seem more sexy.

 

[SpeedZealot369]

Originally posted by: Amplifier

Originally posted by: SpeedZealot369

Originally posted by: Amplifier
I'd get 2x7900gts. But just to point out, two 7800gt's would be more cost efficient, but why buy a Porsche when you could buy a really nice Porsche!

Cost efficient? how so? he'd probably only save no more then $100... completely worth the extra 100 for those cards instead.

edit

imo

Purely on a cost per FPS basis. In the real world 7900gt's just seem more sexy.

FPS, IQ, whatever you wanna call it you will get more performance from 2x7900gt's then 2x7800gt's, which will alow higher res's with more eye candy turned on, and that's what its all about.

 

[intogamer]

A lot of FS/Ters don't want to knudge down to the $200 point for their 7800GTs... only some

so yeah go 7900GT

 

[deadseasquirrel]

Originally posted by: Veech
What would you folks recommend for a good video solution for lots of gaming on a $700 or so budget for use on an A8N32-SLI and Athlon 64 X2 4800 system?

thanks all..

Motherboard and processor look good, but what about the rest of the system? How much ram do you have? What monitor are you using? What power supply?

 

[Veech]

Originally posted by: deadseasquirrel

Originally posted by: Veech
What would you folks recommend for a good video solution for lots of gaming on a $700 or so budget for use on an A8N32-SLI and Athlon 64 X2 4800 system?

thanks all..

Motherboard and processor look good, but what about the rest of the system? How much ram do you have? What monitor are you using? What power supply?

2 x 1GB PC3200 RAM, a Nokia 447X1 CRT (17" CRT about 6 years old but still works perfectly!), gotta decide on a case, and prolly get a 600w PS with it.

But now another thread is concerning me regarding SLI performance in a dual-core setup, what's the point if I have to cripple the CPU? *ack*

Anyway, yeah dual 7900GT's makes total sense to me. thanks!

 

[Jules]

Originally posted by: Veech

Originally posted by: deadseasquirrel

Originally posted by: Veech
What would you folks recommend for a good video solution for lots of gaming on a $700 or so budget for use on an A8N32-SLI and Athlon 64 X2 4800 system?

thanks all..

Motherboard and processor look good, but what about the rest of the system? How much ram do you have? What monitor are you using? What power supply?

2 x 1GB PC3200 RAM, a Nokia 447X1 CRT (17" CRT about 6 years old but still works perfectly!), gotta decide on a case, and prolly get a 600w PS with it.

But now another thread is concerning me regarding SLI performance in a dual-core setup, what's the point if I have to cripple the CPU? *ack*

Anyway, yeah dual 7900GT's makes total sense to me. thanks!

with that monitor why buy dual 7900gt's?

 

[Veech]

What would you folks recommend for a good video solution for lots of gaming on a $700 or so budget for use on an A8N32-SLI and Athlon 64 X2 4800 system?

thanks all..

[/quote]

Motherboard and processor look good, but what about the rest of the system? How much ram do you have? What monitor are you using? What power supply?[/quote]

2 x 1GB PC3200 RAM, a Nokia 447X1 CRT (17" CRT about 6 years old but still works perfectly!), gotta decide on a case, and prolly get a 600w PS with it.

But now another thread is concerning me regarding SLI performance in a dual-core setup, what's the point if I have to cripple the CPU? *ack*

Anyway, yeah dual 7900GT's makes total sense to me. thanks!

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with that monitor why buy dual 7900gt's?[/quote]

why, a waste? I'm considering a monitor upgrade eventually.. opinions?

 

[framerateuk]

Dell 2405fpw 1920x1200 16:10 widescreen!

Will make good use of those dual 7900's

 

[JBT]

LOL a 17" old CRT with SLI'ed 7900 GT's is like a monster truck with 12" wheels...
or a Ferreri with a governor set to 35 mph.

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

No, Ferrari engine with golf-cart wheels
BTW : Shoutout from a fellow Hardware Group member

 

[5150Joker]

LOL dual 7900 GT's for a 17" CRT, that's hilarious! With a 17" CRT you wouldn't need anything more powerful than an X1800XL card. Your best bet is to save some cash and get an X2 4400+ instead and then use the money you save (~$150) + the $700 you got on a decent monitor (e.g. Dell 2005 FPW) that costs around $500 and then spend the leftover $350 on a single card like an X1800XT 512 MB.

 

[imported_ST]

Originally posted by: 5150Joker
LOL dual 7900 GT's for a 17" CRT, that's hilarious! With a 17" CRT you wouldn't need anything more powerful than an X1800XL card. Your best bet is to save some cash and get an X2 4400+ instead and then use the money you save (~$150) + the $700 you got on a decent monitor (e.g. Dell 2005 FPW) that costs around $500 and then spend the leftover $350 on a single card like an X1800XT 512 MB.

X2 4400?! Nah get a x2 3800 Week 060X...OCs to FX speeds pretty readily. But the 2005/7 is a definite. I'd still stick with a 7900GT...volt moded and OC'd, the x1800XT can't touch it, image quality withstanding...

 

[jiffylube1024]

Originally posted by: JBT
LOL a 17" old CRT with SLI'ed 7900 GT's is like a monster truck with 12" wheels...
or a Ferreri with a governor set to 35 mph.

Or from another point of view, it's like a Civic with 20's, depending on if you value your screen more or your video cards more .

 

[Alaa]

1 or 2 7900 GT,i think this the best depending on ur choice..

 

[TheRyuu]

Originally posted by: secretanchitman

Originally posted by: SpeedZealot369

Originally posted by: Veech
What would you folks recommend for a good video solution for lots of gaming on a $700 or so budget for use on an A8N32-SLI and Athlon 64 X2 4800 system?

thanks all..

2x7900gt hands down.

couldnt have said it better myself.

couldn't have said it better myself.

 

[5150Joker]

Originally posted by: ST

Originally posted by: 5150Joker
LOL dual 7900 GT's for a 17" CRT, that's hilarious! With a 17" CRT you wouldn't need anything more powerful than an X1800XL card. Your best bet is to save some cash and get an X2 4400+ instead and then use the money you save (~$150) + the $700 you got on a decent monitor (e.g. Dell 2005 FPW) that costs around $500 and then spend the leftover $350 on a single card like an X1800XT 512 MB.

X2 4400?! Nah get a x2 3800 Week 060X...OCs to FX speeds pretty readily. But the 2005/7 is a definite. I'd still stick with a 7900GT...volt moded and OC'd, the x1800XT can't touch it, image quality withstanding...

Why get a 7900 GT, hard volt mod it for OC'ing and possibly risk destroying it? It would be far better and logical to get an X1800XT 512 MB card that doesn't require one and if he chooses to OC, he can use it's software voltage controls to do so without running the risk of killing his card through a hardware volt mod. So not only would he have software voltage control over the card he'd also get beter IQ.

 

[CVSiN]

Um that 17 inch CRT has better dot pitch res and response than most flats out there..
CRTs are still superior for gaming weather yall want to see it or not...

why pay so much for a FP...
id rather have the much bigger faster res and response for cheap..

I'll be hanging onto my 19 and 21 ADIs for a long time to come..
1600x1200 is not even a problem for them..

and they are over 5 years old.

only thing that will make me upgrade is Vistas new requirements for HD vid.

 

[Golgatha]

Originally posted by: SpeedZealot369

Originally posted by: Veech
What would you folks recommend for a good video solution for lots of gaming on a $700 or so budget for use on an A8N32-SLI and Athlon 64 X2 4800 system?

thanks all..

2x7900gt hands down.

Bingo.

Edit: Didn't read about the monitor issue. Grab yourself a 7900GT or X1800XT 512MB (very happy with my X1800XT 512MB) and a DVI based 8ms 17in or 19in LCD.

 

[nitromullet]

Originally posted by: Veech

Originally posted by: deadseasquirrel

Originally posted by: Veech
What would you folks recommend for a good video solution for lots of gaming on a $700 or so budget for use on an A8N32-SLI and Athlon 64 X2 4800 system?

thanks all..

Motherboard and processor look good, but what about the rest of the system? How much ram do you have? What monitor are you using? What power supply?

2 x 1GB PC3200 RAM, a Nokia 447X1 CRT (17" CRT about 6 years old but still works perfectly!), gotta decide on a case, and prolly get a 600w PS with it.

But now another thread is concerning me regarding SLI performance in a dual-core setup, what's the point if I have to cripple the CPU? *ack*

Anyway, yeah dual 7900GT's makes total sense to me. thanks!

That's a shame that you're getting influenced by the FUD posted by people who don't actually own a dual core processor. From what I can tell, the vast majority of people using dual core are very happy with it and don't experience any issues (myself included). A few things to think about:

1) Dual core is the foreseeable future at the moment. If you plan on keeping your rig for 2-3 years I don't even really consider it an option not to go dual IMO.
2) If on the rare occasion an application does have issues with dual core, it is an easy fix... All you do is set the affinity and it's taken care of.
3) The "crippled" dual core is actually still more processor than a single core of the same speed. All you are doing when setting the affinity is making sure that the application stays running on one of the cores instead of hopping back and forth. Everything else running in the background can still use the other core, which will give more cycles to your app as opposed to a single core where a single core is shared between all the applications.
4) The only downside to dual core IMO is that it is a bit more expensive than single core.

In regards to your original post: I'm going to have to agree with some of the other folks on running dual 7900GT's with a 17" crt... You should buy a better monitor first, and then buy the video cards to support whatever screen you get. The reason I say this is because if it takes you say 6 months to save up for a monitor and you spent $700 on a 7900GT SLI set now, you will have wasted those two cards for 6 months, which at that time will probably be around $250 each. Basically, video cards have a shorter lifespan than monitors, so buy your monitor first and spend as much as you can on it because you'll be looking at it everyday and will be stuck with it for a while.