I have a 7800gt. What should I upgrade to?

[TriggerHappy101]

Hi. I am looking to upgrade my video card. My bro needs a new card for his rig and wants mine. What do you think I should upgrade to? I am looking for best performance for the dollar, yet I want to see a good boost in performace over my 7800gt.

Here is my rig.

CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 1MB L2 Cache 2200MHz
Mobo: EPoX EP-9NPA+Ultra, nForce4 Ultra (Socket 939)
Memory: 2GB of OCZ PC3200 @ 2-3-2-5 1T
Video Card: eVGA 7800GT 256MB w/ copper heat sink (#N516) OCed @ 470MHz/1100MHz Nvidia GeForce
Hard drive: Seagate 160.0 GB @ 7200 RPMS (IDE)
Monitor: 22" Widescreen LCD Westinghouse 1680x1050


Any suggestions? I was thinking about this:
eVGA 512-P2-N637-AR GeForce 7950GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 KO Superclocked Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130066

Is this my best bet? I cant spend more than $300

How much performace advantage can i get?

 

[supaidaaman]

i while back i went from a 7800gt to a 7900gt co sc from evga...i noticed a boost but it wasnt that much. I would say wait a bit, or else a real performance boost would be from a GTX or greater.

 

[TriggerHappy101]

But doesnt the 7950GT preform even better compared to a 7900gt?

 

[BW86]

Honestly, I'd wait.

 

[Azndude2190]

Wait till summer.Honestly your card can handle the newest games still.Even on high.

 

[Kromis]

Originally posted by: Azndude2190
Wait till summer.Honestly your card can handle the newest games still.Even on high.

Yep! Still has some life in it!

 

[TriggerHappy101]

I agree. But even if i can get $200 for this card?

 

[enz660hp]

Im will be sticking to my pc'ed 7800gt for a while, at least till the r600 comes out, it runs all the games I play perfectly. But if you reeeaalllyy need to upgrade, and want a massive performance boost at the same time, get one of the 8800 cards. If you cant spend more than 300 (just saw that), Get the x1950xt 256mb. But I wouldnt spend money on dx9 cards when dx10 cards are already appearing, and a lot of them are right around the corner (q1&2 of 07)

 

[tuteja1986]

No , if you have a 7800GT then don't upgrade... unless you want to pay $450 for 8800GTS. ATI and Nvidia are getting ready to release new cards in mid jan. 7800GT to 7950GT is stupid move. Either get 8800GTS + or wait.

http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/ati_radeon_x1950_pro/

Battlefield 2 1600x1200x32 4xAA 8xAF
$250 X1900XT 256MB : 80.1
$250 7900GTO : 77.3
$200 X1950PRO : 64.2
$250 7900GT : 59.7

Halflife 2 Lost Coast 1600x1200x32 4xAA 8xAF
$250 X1900XT 256MB : 57.2
$250 7900GTO : 51.9
$200 X1950PRO : 43.5
$250 7900GT : 40.9

Fear 1600x1200 0xAA 8xAF
$250 X1900XT 256MB : 47
$250 7900GTO : 41
$200 X1950PRO : 35
$250 7900GT : 34

Quake 4 1600x1200x32 4xAA 8xAF
$250 X1900XT 256MB : 55.1
$250 7900GTO : 55.5
$200 X1950PRO : 40.1
$250 7900GT : 45.4

Call of Duty 2 1600x1200 4xAA 8xAF
$250 X1900XT 256MB : 40.5
$250 7900GTO : 34.9
$200 X1950PRO : 32
$250 7900GT : 30.7

Farcry HDR 1600x1200 0xAA 8xAF
$250 X1900XT 256MB : 54.1
$250 7900GTO : 50
$200 X1950PRO : 44.1
$250 7900GT : 39.5


Oblivion HDR Mountain Area 1600x1200 0xAA 8xAF
$250 X1900XT 256MB : 39.1
$250 7900GTO : 32.5
$200 X1950PRO : 31.3
$250 7900GT : 24.1

Oblivion HDR Foliage Area 1600x1200 0xAA 8xAF
$250 X1900XT 256MB : 26.8
$250 7900GTO : 16.9
$200 X1950PRO : 21.3
$250 7900GT : 12

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http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/nvidia_geforce_8800_preview/
Half life 2 Lost Coast HDR 1920x1200x32 4xAA 16xAF

$650 8800GTX : 98.7
$450 8800GTS : 76.1
$400 X1950XTX : 53.7
$300 X1900XT : 49.5

Dark Messiah HDR 1920x1200x32 4xAA 16xAF

$650 8800GTX : 101
$450 8800GTS : 72
$400 X1950XTX : 49.4
$300 X1900XT : 45.6

BF2142 1920x1200x32 4xAA 16xAF

$650 8800GTX : 77
$450 8800GTS : 51.1
$400 X1950XTX : 46.3
$300 X1900XT : 41.4

Quake 4 Ultra Quality 1920x1200x32 4xAA 16xAF

$650 8800GTX : 83.6
$450 8800GTS : 63.7
$400 X1950XTX : 48.7
$300 X1900XT : 43.2

Lock On: Mordern Air Combat 1920x1200x32 4xAA 16xAF

$650 8800GTX : 83.3
$450 8800GTS : 68.7
$400 X1950XTX : 48.7
$300 X1900XT : 42.9

Pacific Fighter 1920x1200x32 4xAA 16xAF

$650 8800GTX : 55.6
$450 8800GTS : 51.9
$400 X1950XTX : 42.8
$300 X1900XT : 39.5

FEAR 1920x1200x32 4xAA 16xAF

$650 8800GTX : 69
$450 8800GTS : 50
$400 X1950XTX : 49
$300 X1900XT : 44

Oblivion Mountains HDR 1920x1200x32 0xAA 8xAF

$650 8800GTX : 101
$450 8800GTS : 79.8
$400 X1950XTX : 45.4
$300 X1900XT : 42.1

Oblivion Foliage Area HDR 1920x1200x32 0xAA 8xAF

$650 8800GTX : 52.7
$450 8800GTS : 38.6
$400 X1950XTX : 26.7
$300 X1900XT : 24.5

Oblivion HDR Mountain Area 1920x1200x32 4xAA 8xAF

$650 8800GTX : 70.5
$450 8800GTS : 46.5
$400 X1950XTX : 34
$300 X1900XT : 29.8

Oblivion HDR Foliage Area HDR 1920x1200x32 4xAA 8xAF

$650 8800GTX : 38.3
$450 8800GTS : 26.5
$400 X1950XTX : 23
$300 X1900XT : 20.6

Call of duty 2 1920x1200x32 4xAA 16xAF

$650 8800GTX : 55.6
$450 8800GTS : 41.3
$400 X1950XTX : 41.1
$300 X1900XT : 35.3

Farcry HDR 1920x1200x32 4xAA 16xAF

$650 8800GTX : 88.1
$450 8800GTS : 63
$400 X1950XTX : 48.7
$300 X1900XT : 43.1

Company of Heroes 1920x1200x32 4xAA 16xAF

$650 8800GTX : 70.8
$450 8800GTS : 57
$400 X1950XTX : 36.4
$300 X1900XT : 33.3