Have 6800GT, see no reasons to upgrade

[vision33r]

Ok, bought 6800GT last summer for $325 used. Right now it is worth probably $200.

With the subsequent releases such as the 7800, 7900, x1800, x1900 series and so on. I don't see one compelling reason to upgrade yet at all.

I play BF2, WOW, Fear, CS:S, HL2, CIV4, AOE3, GT286
A:SA they all play great on my gaming rig.

Gotta love the videocard wars between ATI & Nvidia. Prices dropping and performance escalating but I see no reasons why I should fork out another $300-400 for a current card.

Current gen games all perform great with a 6800GT, I'm sure next-gen games will just begin to stress my 6800GT especially if they use more textures, polygons, and SM3.

My point is, this videocard wars is pointless but great for the consumers..

 

[Madwand1]

I played Half-Life 2 on a 4400 Ti. And then I played it again on a 6800 GT. It looked a lot better, probably played a bit better, but it was still the same game. I don't mind the eye candy at all, but think that it really gets overboard here; we play games for fun, neither for the eye candy nor the technical wizardry. Um, some of us at least. I'm sure many here play FPS / etc. partly for the sake of having an excuse to maximize hardware performance.

My point in concert with the OP is that I think gamers and game makers often get hung up on the graphical performance at the expense of gaming to their own detriment.

 

[Demoth]

Agreed. A lot of gamers do not need much more then what is considered a mid range card. I have been using a vanilla 6600 for about a year now which I got as a refurb for $50 (OCed to 550/700). Originally got it just as a filler while waiting for a good price on a high end card. However, I played every game I have wanted just fine at 1280 X 1024 with AA and most eye candy on (WoW, CoH/CoV, Doom3, etc.)

Now that I am playing D&D Online however, I am finally having to tone down shadows and lighting effects, but this is also due to how badly Turbine made the graphics engine. Playing with the settings I can still run fine with AA and have quality settings that looks pretty near what I would have with a higher end card. So I have the luxury of waiting for prices to drop on the 7900 OC cards hopefully with better cooling than the current crop, possibly getting one bundled with Oblivion, saving me that much more for a game I want to get anyways.

 

[CVSiN]

I agree I wasnt on the market at all for a new card till my 6800GT started acting up...
now instead of buying a new agp card for 200 bucks i decided I might as well dump the 754 system and upgrade to 939 and SLI..

all done for under 500 bucks with a 7800GT CO SC

not too shabby =-)

 

[impemonk]

UNDR 500 bucks?! WHAT EXACT BRANDS DIDJA GET?!

 

[Ika]

Yeah, GPU Wars are overrated. though it is fun to keep up .