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

[Joseph F]

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.

Sounds like a good rig to fire up some F.E.A.R. on. :thumbsup:

 

[Fallengod]

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.

That is a bit high for a 6770 just so you know. Newegg has a Gigabyte 6770 on sale for $70AR with a free game that can be sold for $10 which would give a final price of $60AR. Thats almost double the price.

 

[evident]

the Asus video card is 89 after rebate and also comes with thr dirt gane. only $10 more.but clocked higher with solid reviews