Is 7800GT overkill for my system?

[xSeongminx]

Hi, I bought a Sempron 3400+ Compaq from Compusa for 125$ and am upgrading the video card but was wondering if the 7800GT is an overkill? Don't worry about the PS, as I have an Antec 400W (450W?) to supply my needs. I am receiving an X850XT pretty soon, but was wondering if it would be best to sell the card and get the 7800, but if I don't notice a difference, I don't want to waste money cause you know how it goes... COM (College Owns Me).

 

[VIAN]

You'll be fine

 

[will889]

At the rate new GPU's are coming out (extremely fast) no, i don't think your rig would be too much for it. Actually you could likely upgrade the processor later to a 3700 Venice (or similar) if you needed a bit of a boost. Myself, i would stick with the X850XT and wait for DX10/Vista to take root then go for a DX10 class card with roughly the same speed as a 7800GT. Unless you really want SM 3.0 and faster frame rates right now than the X850XT will give you (which should be really nice up to 12x96 with aa-af- res).

 

[xSeongminx]

Okie dokes. Time to put the X850XT up for sale on ebay where they like to pay more than retail (hehehe...)

 

[Soccerman06]

Originally posted by: xSeongminx
Okie dokes. Time to put the X850XT up for sale on ebay where they like to pay more than retail (hehehe...)

Put a reserve on it just incase you dont sell at the right price. I personally would wait for DX10/Vista cards to come out before you upgrade your video card. the X850XT is more than enough for you at this point in time.

 

[NeezyDeezy]

depends on your purposes and uses 100%

 

[Sunrise089]

Totally depends on your resolution. Do you have a 15/17" LCD that limits you to 1024x768? X850XT.
Do you have a very nice CRT or a widescreen LCD that allows you 1600x1200 or 1920x1200 or even ~1640x960? I would get the 7800GT.
Do you have a very common 1280x1024 19" LCD - tossup

 

[Zebo]

Do you have a link to this $125 computer? That has to be deal of the century.

 

[mwmorph]

Originally posted by: Zebo
Do you have a link to this $125 computer? That has to be deal of the century.

it was a great limited time deal last week i think. pci-e 939 i think.

 

[nRollo]

No, buy it.

 

[xSeongminx]

Originally posted by: Zebo
Do you have a link to this $125 computer? That has to be deal of the century.

It's somewhere in the hotdeals section . And yup, it's a Sempron 3400+ 939.

I have a 19" Samsung LCD with a max res of 1280x1024. I'm prob going to hand the LCD down to my mom and 2405 sometime in the future (don't need the 3xxx). Well, I guess my upgrade all depends on whether I can sell the X850XT for what I want.

 

[Sunrise089]

I you're going to buy a 2405, I would get AT LEAST a 7800GT, and consider even more. That monitor has a lot of pixels to push and the resolution can't be lowered like a CRT (and still have perfect quality).

 

[NoStateofMind]

Originally posted by: xSeongminx

Originally posted by: Zebo
Do you have a link to this $125 computer? That has to be deal of the century.

It's somewhere in the hotdeals section . And yup, it's a Sempron 3400+ 939.

I have a 19" Samsung LCD with a max res of 1280x1024. I'm prob going to hand the LCD down to my mom and 2405 sometime in the future (don't need the 3xxx). Well, I guess my upgrade all depends on whether I can sell the X850XT for what I want.

I did a search for it in hot deals and came up with nothing. Any help?

 

[xSeongminx]

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