How does a Geforce 6800 Ultra handle today's games?

[evident]

Like L4D2, SC2? What about more intense games like skyrim or battlefield?

 

[tviceman]

It won't run Battlefield at all, and it will struggle with everything else you mentioned at 1024x768 resolutions, even at the lowest in-game graphical settings.

 

[Joseph F]

I don't think that it even has the capability to run most of today's games.

 

[evident]

not as bad as i3-2100 integrated graphics though, right?

 

[MisterMac]

i think HD2000 might be a tad better actually.

HD 3000 without a doubt, but HD2000 not so sure.

Still not much better.

 

[Maximilian]

It handles them badly lol... and thats being generous.

Todays games will run better on the i3 2100 graphics. They still wont run well on that though, not demanding games anyways.

 

[peonyu]

I had a 6800 GT 5 or 6 years ago and had to replace it to play Age of Conan properly, the card would just chug at certain spots at 1280x1024...That ofc was years ago. I doubt it could run any game newer than two years at a remotely decent speed even on low settings, and im sure a HD2000 is faster. A HD2000 can atleast run most new games at 20-30 fps on the lowest settings.

The good part atleast, is if your card is AGP you might be able to ebay for a small amount of money [$50].

 

[Joseph F]

I had a 6800 GT 5 or 6 years ago and had to replace it to play Age of Conan properly, the card would just chug at certain spots at 1280x1024...That ofc was years ago. I doubt it could run any game newer than two years at a remotely decent speed even on low settings, and im sure a HD2000 is faster. A HD2000 can atleast run most new games at 20-30 fps on the lowest settings.

The good part atleast, is if your card is AGP you might be able to ebay for a small amount of money [$50].

I still wonder why people bother to upgrade their ancient AGP-based systems.
Hell, it would probably be cheaper at this point to buy a PCI-E-based motherboard and PCI-E GeForce 7900GS than just buying a 6800 AGP.
(Assuming that it's a Socket 939 or Socket 478-based system)

 

[Jman13]

I think a key point has been touched on...did they even make the 6800 in PCIe? I had one four video cards ago, and I am not a big upgrader....

I'd imagine the 6800 is probably an AGP card, which won't fit on essentially any new motherboard. I upgraded from a 6800GS (which I unlocked to a GT) to an 8600GT, to a 9800GT to my current GTX460. My 9800 could still play today's games at decent frame rates at medium detail without AA, but I'm sure the 8600 would have struggled, and the 6800 would likely be completely unplayable.

 

[Joseph F]

I think a key point has been touched on...did they even make the 6800 in PCIe? I had one four video cards ago, and I am not a big upgrader....

I'd imagine the 6800 is probably an AGP card, which won't fit on essentially any new motherboard. I upgraded from a 6800GS (which I unlocked to a GT) to an 8600GT, to a 9800GT to my current GTX460. My 9800 could still play today's games at decent frame rates at medium detail without AA, but I'm sure the 8600 would have struggled, and the 6800 would likely be completely unplayable.

Yes, they made it in a PCI-E variant. It was one of the first cards to use it.
As a matter of fact, the GeForce 5900 Ultra was made in a PCI-E variant, as well.

 

[Fallengod]

It can handle source games just fine I am sure. Honestly, time to upgrade man. There are some cheap solutions out there that would be vastly better. 6800 Ultra's were kinda known back then for overheating and failing. Those things use so much power and produce tons of heat.

If money is a concern, buy someones used card off an FS/T forum for $50 or something. I see 5770's in the $60-$65 price range all the time, that card would be a huge improvement and only $60.

Here is a brand new ati 6770 for $70AR with a free game from newegg.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125396

 

[Joseph F]

It can handle source games just fine I am sure. Honestly, time to upgrade man. There are some cheap solutions out there that would be vastly better. 6800 Ultra's were kinda known back then for overheating and failing. Those things use so much power and produce tons of heat.

If money is a concern, buy someones used card off an FS/T forum for $50 or something. I see 5770's in the $60-$65 price range all the time, that card would be a huge improvement and only $60.

Here is a brand new ati 6770 for $70AR with a free game from newegg.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125396

Even a Radeon 4650 would be one heck of an upgrade, and those are probably around $30 from a reasonable seller.

 

[LoneNinja]

I can say from experience a 6600GT could barely run L4D1 at 1280x1024 low settings, struggling to maintain 30fps with dips down around 20fps. I don't think a 6800 would fair much better, and it's simply not supported with some newer games.

 

[evident]

im asking for a friend who's a cheap bastage with a $300 budget for everything minus case, power supply and OS.

 

[Joseph F]

im asking for a friend who's a cheap bastage with a $300 budget for everything minus case, power supply and OS.

Well, tell him that there are much better cards than the 6800 Ultra, even at a $25 budget.
BTW, Greetings from York County.

 

[evident]

Well, tell him that there are much better cards than the 6800 Ultra, even at a $25 budget.
BTW, Greetings from York County.

all the way out in the boonies . bucks county here.

 

[Ketchup]

im asking for a friend who's a cheap bastage with a $300 budget for everything minus case, power supply and OS.

Even a $30 GTS 250 off eBay would be a pretty big upgrade.

 

[Joseph F]

all the way out in the boonies . bucks county here.

Yeah, I'm pretty much in the middle of Bum****t, Nowhere, myself.

 

[Wizlem]

if low low budget gaming is what you're after better go used or llano

 

[lavaheadache]

I want a 6800 ultra!

 

[MrTeal]

im asking for a friend who's a cheap bastage with a $300 budget for everything minus case, power supply and OS.

H61 motherboard $50
Pentium G620 $70
8GB DDR3 ram $35
64GB SSD $80
Use the old HDD for storage
HD6770 $70

$305, all available on Newegg. If there's no existing HDD, move to a 500GB HDD.

 

[Elcs]

if low low budget gaming is what you're after better go used or llano

I think this is along the right lines.

If the guy is purchasing a new system on such a strict budget and wants to game, he's probably better off picking up a new board and processor with reasonable integrated GPU, saving the money to improve those parts or add to a kitty for a GPU.

With more info on his situation we'd be in a much better position to provide advice, beyond the simple "6800U is no good".

 

[thelastjuju]

I still wonder why people bother to upgrade their ancient AGP-based systems.
Hell, it would probably be cheaper at this point to buy a PCI-E-based motherboard and PCI-E GeForce 7900GS than just buying a 6800 AGP.
(Assuming that it's a Socket 939 or Socket 478-based system)

Well, I took my 9 year old AMD64 build, put it in my bedroom and transformed it into a bedroom HTPC :sneaky:

Surprisingly, a $50 AGP card upgrade was all I needed to handle HD content and last era gaming graphics. No way I could have gotten anything else to do what its doing for just $50.

I'm also a bit of an old school gamer anyway.. Newer games are just becoming too generic and stale, and even Nintendo is running out of ideas.. I just don't know how many more games with a tough, badass looking guy in a muscle suit toting big guns I can take, while the online community gets flooded with 13 year olds who will tell you all about how gay this or that is.

 

[evident]

It's actually a Socket 754 platform that i built for him back in 2004-5 timeframe, lol.

this is what i ended up selecting for him.
ASUS EAH6770/DI/1GD5 Radeon HD 6770 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card

$20.00 Mail-in Rebate Card
$109.99

G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-8GBXL
$39.99

ASRock H61M-GE LGA 1155 Intel H61 HDMI Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
$62.99

Crucial M4 CT064M4SSD2BAA 2.5" 64GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

$104.99

Intel Core i3-2120 Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz LGA 1155 65W Dual-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 2000 BX80623I32120

Sony Optiarc 24X DVD Burner, Bulk Package Black SATA Model AD-7280S-0B - OEM

$135

total $450.

 

[Leyawiin]

I still have an old AGP rig - 7800 GS with an Athlon64 3700+. Have all my old 4:3 aspect games installed on it and its hooked up to a 1280x1024 17" LCD. I have a lot of fun with it playing games from about 2000-2005.