Originally posted by: gsellis
Apoppin, I am going to get you a 103 key keyboard. The one missing the semi-colon/colon key. It is like trying to read a post by someone who stopped too often at the little roadside stop a couple miles past Honolua Bay (Maui).
Since you need so much assistance, I will teach you how to paddle out to a reef break with a strong side current.
try it brah ... shoots ... i tink you *like* it
and does 10-12' Pipeline, Oahu [Hawaiian ... 20'-25' feet in the rest of the world] have a strong enough side current for you?
i found it *refreshing* .... and i was 'regular' there for da Kine Winter swell ... for years
Geev um awready!
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OK ....
i got my 7800GS and have been playing the last few hours.
the card looks and feels *solid* --unlike that cheap and flash Sapphire whor ...
the heat sink is heavy and fan is QUIET
installation was routine and the drivers installed without a hitch - latest Certified Drivers 93.71 ... love NOT having CCC ... and played around with the basic settings ... nice ... no Net 2.0 and more streamlined
:thumbsup:
3DMark05 was a hair under 6K ... totally stock and my CPU still running at only 3.01Ghz [instead of the usual 3.2 or 3.31Ghz] .... seems a little low ... but performance was *excellent* in games ...
i played Fable at identical setting to the x1950p and gameplay is as smooth as butter
FEAR's x-pack actually was more stable with nvidia drivers than ATi's with either the x850xt or x1950p ... it was *buggy* and would hang or hitch and sometimes crash ... so far ..... no prob with the GS
:Q
but slightly lower settings for smoothness
Oblivion was on a par with my x850xt's performance -- with the exception that it would allow for *grass* [and HDR] and still be smooth ... the x1950p is definitely faster [but i am 'done' with Oblivion, anyway]
i haven't installed RivaTuner yet ... so don't know about the core or o/c'ing
and i can't see ANY *shimmering*
so far ... really nice video card ... kinda like a slightly beefier x850xt with SM3.0 and a
better IQ ... probably very close to the x1950p's IQ [excellent] ... but i don't have it to compare anymore ... colors are vibrant too
both card's IQ are 'top notch' in my book ... and a big improvement over what i remember of nvidia cards.
so far for $160 after MIR ...
[i saw it yesterday *on sale* at Best Buy for $250 .... no rebate ... "marked down" from $379

]
a *solid* :thumbsup:
and 'recommended' by apoppin
:Q
you can quote me
["so far", is my
only disclaimer]
no one hijacked my account
:shocked:
--or is paying for my testimonial