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Bought a BFG 6800GT OC today...

Jeff7181

Jeff7181

Lifer
Upgraded from a 9800 Pro that was annoying the crap outta me with driver problems.

Anyway... my first impressions... the card is heavy... big copper heatsink. I also liked how easily the card fit into my case and motherboard, just slid right in. My 9800 Pro I had to fight with a little bit, like the dimentions were off by just enough to make it a tight fit. The molex connector went in easily too, also unlike my 9800 Pro.

Once I got it installed the fun began. I had already removed the ATI drivers, so when I booted up I immediately went into safe mode and finished cleaning up the leftover ATI drivers. Rebooted and got into Windows and installed the Foreceware drivers on nvidia's site... 61.77 I believe. Rebooted again and set the resolution and color depth and refresh rates. Checked the temperature... it was reading 58-60 C at idle... pretty warm, but I guess pretty normal for these cards.

So I figured I'll put it through it's paces and run 3DMark... so I ran 2001 and got a score of about 20,000... then ran 2003 and got about 11,000. Haven't run 2005 yet or any other benchmarks... but so far I'm happy with it. I guess my PC is fairly loud to begin with, so I can't hear the difference between this card and my 9800 Pro with a VGA silencer on it. Later tonight I'll play some Doom 3 and Counter-Strike: Source and Far Cry and maybe run Aquamark and Shadermark for comparison.

Haven't tried overclocking it yet, but it's already overclocked a little bit with it's core at 370 MHz by default.

I was impressed with the quality of AA though. Vastly improved over the FX series of course... without blowing it up 1000% an analyzing pixels, I'd say the quality is exactly the same as my 9800 Pro.

I'll post back with links to benchmarks for comparison. Probably won't be able to with 2001 though because it won't let me publish them... it keeps saying some crap about CPU speed variation.

*EDIT*
Some benchmarks for ya'll. 🙂 BTW, all benchmarks are run with AA and AF at application preference unless otherwise noted.

Doom 3 @ 1024x768 with 16XAF - 67.9 FPS
3DMark2001 everything default - 20,257
3DMark2003 everything default - 11,101
3DMark2005 everything default - 3,855

More to come...

Far Cry - Ubisoft Research Demo - 103 FPS at Maximum Detail
Far Cry - PC Games Hardware Demo - 60 FPS at Maximum Detail

I tried to run Counter-Strike: Source... but they've removed the beta from Steam, so I can't run it anymore... gotta buy it, and I'm not about to do that... at least not yet.

Aquamark - 58,209
 
I bought the exact same card 3-days ago and also to replace a 9800P. Having had ATI cards for the last few years and knowing how nVidia's last gen cards were lacking, I was kind twitchy about the purchase. After all, I did go to BB with the idea of buying an X800P. 😀 When I actually looked at both cards, with all sorts of reviews spinning around in my head, I took a chance on the BFG. I can sum up my experience so far in one word, WOW! The card and drivers (6672, with the 5.10 nForce MB set) have been nothing but a joy. It's fast, stable and allows me to play the heavy-hitter games (FC, D3, T:V and DoW) at insane detail levels with slick FPS's.

My only issue has nothing to do with the card itself. I have to wait two weeks for the DD 6800 water-Block. :Q One note: I was hovering around 58-60 C idle until I put my case door back on, with its 120x38 Panaflo. Since then its been about 54 C idle.
 
I'm so jealous. I wish I could afford to upgrade my 9800P with a 6800GT. 🙁

Guys, what is the IQ difference in D3 with the 6800GT vs. the old 9800P? Either of you play UT2K4? If so, how about IQ diffs in that game? Thanks for any info. I love to hear first hand reports from users rather than get them reviews.
 
I dont exactly know what IQ is but I can say I uprgraded to a 6800 GT from a 5200 and it runs UT2K4 perfectly at 1280x1024 no slowdowns and AA. It was probably the best upgrade I ever made.
 
Originally posted by: Megatomic
I'm so jealous. I wish I could afford to upgrade my 9800P with a 6800GT. 🙁

Guys, what is the IQ difference in D3 with the 6800GT vs. the old 9800P? Either of you play UT2K4? If so, how about IQ diffs in that game? Thanks for any info. I love to hear first hand reports from users rather than get them reviews.
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FWIW, the IQ is a bit better on my BFG 6800GT than my old FX5900, plus I can crank AA\AF and still have smooth gameplay.
 
Originally posted by: Megatomic
I'm so jealous. I wish I could afford to upgrade my 9800P with a 6800GT. 🙁

Guys, what is the IQ difference in D3 with the 6800GT vs. the old 9800P? Either of you play UT2K4? If so, how about IQ diffs in that game? Thanks for any info. I love to hear first hand reports from users rather than get them reviews.
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In general the textures are a lot more 3D than with the 9800P. In places where D3 is supposed to be black, it REALLY is black now. :Q Yeah, I play 2k4, sometimes too much. It's also a lot better in terms of color saturation and blending, plus detail textures seem to go on forever now. At 1280 32bpp 2k4 runs like a dream now, even with heavy onscreen action, online or off. I LOVE this card, plus I'm not freaked about HL2 anymore! 😀
 
Congrats the GT's are sweet cards. IQ means Image Quality to they guy that doesn't know. All my games run like a dream.
 
Guys, what is the IQ difference in D3 with the 6800GT vs. the old 9800P

Its much better in D3 as it is in FarCry and Halo, those are all the games I have loaded at this time.

Its the Best upgrade I have ever made.
 
this is my first NVIDIA, a 6800, and I am thrilled. I have owned an original 8500, a 9500 Pro, and a 9800 Pro, still have a 7500 AIW and a 9000 AIW. I was die hard ATI when the drivers sucked... so this is saying a lot.
 
Originally posted by: Megatomic
I'm so jealous. I wish I could afford to upgrade my 9800P with a 6800GT. 🙁

Guys, what is the IQ difference in D3 with the 6800GT vs. the old 9800P? Either of you play UT2K4? If so, how about IQ diffs in that game? Thanks for any info. I love to hear first hand reports from users rather than get them reviews.
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I dunno about you, but I love the way my 9800P runs UT2K4... silky smooth and looks fantastic with all the details turned up... the 9800P is by far not dead yet! 🙂
 
I too upgraded from my 9800 Pro. My 9800P was a fine beast and worked flawlessly with any game I threw at it. The BFG6800GT OC is a beast though. Fast as hell. Plus I can acutally play NWN at high settings something I had trouble with ATI since nV open gl is better. I love this card.
 
Hell ya i upgraded too from a ati 9800pro to a eVGA6800GT. I had a x800pro from ati and i was getting fps no where near teh fps i am getting with my 6800GT. Those 4 extra pipe lines make a huge difference.

But if you got the money more like 700 to dump on a card, i would definately go for the ati x800xtpe
 
I also upgraded from a 9700 pro to 6800 gt, but kept the 9700 pro (still good for most games with medium high settings - doom 3 runs well on it) and used it in another pc.
 
9700 pro is far from dead. 9800 is just a spinoff - 9700 was the first and largest performance leap in the beginning of the previous genearation of cards two years ago.
 
Originally posted by: user1234
I also upgraded from a 9700 pro to 6800 gt, but kept the 9700 pro (still good for most games with medium high settings - doom 3 runs well on it) and used it in another pc.
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Doom 3 runs adequately on it. After playing Doom 3 with my 9800 Pro, and playing it again with my 6800... there is a distinct difference. Not so much in image quality as other suggested, but in frame rates. I haven't played Far Cry yet much... just ran those benches.
 
Well, we are refinancing the house to get some equity out to fix up the place. We should be signing the papers by the end of this coming week. And last night my dear wife told me that I ought to do something nice for myself with some of the $$$. I told her I need $200 to buy a new video card after selling the one I have.

I'm gonna be getting myself a 6800GT soon. Maybe within 2 weeks. :heart: Do you all think I can get:

1. A 6800GT used in the FS/FT forum for ~$350?
2. $150 for my BBA 9800 Pro with VGA Silencer v3 preinstalled?
 
Originally posted by: Jeff7181
Upgraded from a 9800 Pro that was annoying the crap outta me with driver problems.

Anyway... my first impressions... the card is heavy... big copper heatsink. I also liked how easily the card fit into my case and motherboard, just slid right in. My 9800 Pro I had to fight with a little bit, like the dimentions were off by just enough to make it a tight fit. The molex connector went in easily too, also unlike my 9800 Pro.

Once I got it installed the fun began. I had already removed the ATI drivers, so when I booted up I immediately went into safe mode and finished cleaning up the leftover ATI drivers. Rebooted and got into Windows and installed the Foreceware drivers on nvidia's site... 61.77 I believe. Rebooted again and set the resolution and color depth and refresh rates. Checked the temperature... it was reading 58-60 C at idle... pretty warm, but I guess pretty normal for these cards.

So I figured I'll put it through it's paces and run 3DMark... so I ran 2001 and got a score of about 20,000... then ran 2003 and got about 11,000. Haven't run 2005 yet or any other benchmarks... but so far I'm happy with it. I guess my PC is fairly loud to begin with, so I can't hear the difference between this card and my 9800 Pro with a VGA silencer on it. Later tonight I'll play some Doom 3 and Counter-Strike: Source and Far Cry and maybe run Aquamark and Shadermark for comparison.

Haven't tried overclocking it yet, but it's already overclocked a little bit with it's core at 370 MHz by default.

I was impressed with the quality of AA though. Vastly improved over the FX series of course... without blowing it up 1000% an analyzing pixels, I'd say the quality is exactly the same as my 9800 Pro.

I'll post back with links to benchmarks for comparison. Probably won't be able to with 2001 though because it won't let me publish them... it keeps saying some crap about CPU speed variation.

*EDIT*
Some benchmarks for ya'll. 🙂 BTW, all benchmarks are run with AA and AF at application preference unless otherwise noted.

Doom 3 @ 1024x768 with 16XAF - 67.9 FPS
3DMark2001 everything default - 20,257
3DMark2003 everything default - 11,101
3DMark2005 everything default - 3,855

More to come...

Far Cry - Ubisoft Research Demo - 103 FPS at Maximum Detail
Far Cry - PC Games Hardware Demo - 60 FPS at Maximum Detail

I tried to run Counter-Strike: Source... but they've removed the beta from Steam, so I can't run it anymore... gotta buy it, and I'm not about to do that... at least not yet.

Aquamark - 58,209
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Jeff, something does not seem right with your scores.

I'm using an overclocked p4 @ 3.24 ghz and a bfg NU softmodded to unlock everything and slightly overclocked to 399/761 and I get 10809 in 3dmark 2003, but 3978 in 3dmark 2005. Your 3dmark 2003 are higher than mine, but your 3dmark 2005 are higher. Im using the latest foreware drivers, 66.81 i believe

 
Originally posted by: Jeff7181Not so much in image quality as other suggested, but in frame rates.
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There is indeed a distinct difference in terms of IQ between these cards in D3, FC and 2k4. And it goes deeper than just frame rates, into the feature set of the NV40 GPU.

 
slag,

It's the drivers causing the low '05 score, he'd pick up 8-900 points just by going to newer ones. His scores are all just about what they should be for stock and that driver set with his overclocked barton-M system.
 
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