LANPARTY UT NF4 SLI-DR Expert - VIDEO CARD upgrade

[Mattax]

I have a DFI LANPARTY UT NF4 SLI-DR Expert with a e-GeForce 7800 GT video card and want to upgrade to the best price for money video card.

Suggestions?

Thanks!

 

[Lithan]

What resolution do you game @? Do you want to enable AA?

 

[vanvock]

What CPU? That could be a factor as well.

 

[Mattax]

Originally posted by: vanvock
What CPU? That could be a factor as well.

Here is the current RIG set up:
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Dual Core Processor Model ADA3800BVBOX - Retail

HEATSINK&FAN: XP-90c Heatsink and Panaflo (92mm) fan

MB: DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 SLI-DR Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD

RAM: OCZ PC4000 2G(2x1024) DDR500 EL GOLD GAMER EXT XTC OCZ5002048ELGEGXT-K DUAL CHANNEL KIT ENHANCED LATENCY 3-4-3-8

PS:SeaSonic S12-600 ATX12V 600W Power Supply - Retail

CASE:Antec Performance I P180 Silver Computer Case - Retail

HD 1:Western Digital Raptor WD740GD 74GB 10,000 RPM 8MB Cache Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM

HD 2:Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 ST3300831AS-RK 300GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - Retail

HD 3:Maxtor 300GB

BURNER/ROM: NEC Silver IDE DVD Burner Model ND-3540A - OEM

CD-ROM: ASUS 52X

DVD-ROM: Creative PC-DVD 12X

VIDEO: eVGA 256-P2-N517-AX Geforce 7800GT 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 VIVO PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail

SOUND:Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Elite Pro 8 (7.1) Channels PCI Interface Sound Card - Retail

MONTIOR: LCD SCEPTRE 20" WIDESCREEN

OS: Windows XP Professional

I have two other threads going to upgrade to the best CPU for the MB and another thread to upgrade the RIG's MB, CPU, RAM and VIDEO card. I only did this after being told that I should upgrade instead of just the CPU.
UPGRADE PC link
http://forums.anandtech.com/me...=2188932&enterthread=y
UPGRADE CPU link:
http://forums.anandtech.com/me...id=29&threadid=2188832

Thanks!

 

[Kakumba]

8800GT is still damn good value. Nice motherboard btw, I love mine, even though its not my day to day machine anymore.

 

[biostud]

I have a very similar setup and I'm waiting for the HD4850 to see prices and performance. If I had to buy right now I would get a 9600GT or a 8800GT, also try overclocking your CPU to get the most out of your new videocard.

 

[Munky]

Get either a 9600gt, a 3870, or a 8800gt. Also, overclocking your cpu to about 2.5ghz or so would help alleviate the cpu bottleneck for these new video cards. I'm using a 8800gt, with a similar setup, on a 1920x1200 monitor, and it plays almost anything smoothly at high settings.

 

[m1ldslide1]

Originally posted by: Mattax

Originally posted by: vanvock
What CPU? That could be a factor as well.

Here is the current RIG set up:
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Dual Core Processor Model ADA3800BVBOX - Retail

HEATSINK&FAN: XP-90c Heatsink and Panaflo (92mm) fan

MB: DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 SLI-DR Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD

RAM: OCZ PC4000 2G(2x1024) DDR500 EL GOLD GAMER EXT XTC OCZ5002048ELGEGXT-K DUAL CHANNEL KIT ENHANCED LATENCY 3-4-3-8

PS:SeaSonic S12-600 ATX12V 600W Power Supply - Retail

CASE:Antec Performance I P180 Silver Computer Case - Retail

HD 1:Western Digital Raptor WD740GD 74GB 10,000 RPM 8MB Cache Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM

HD 2:Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 ST3300831AS-RK 300GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - Retail

HD 3:Maxtor 300GB

BURNER/ROM: NEC Silver IDE DVD Burner Model ND-3540A - OEM

CD-ROM: ASUS 52X

DVD-ROM: Creative PC-DVD 12X

VIDEO: eVGA 256-P2-N517-AX Geforce 7800GT 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 VIVO PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail

SOUND:Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Elite Pro 8 (7.1) Channels PCI Interface Sound Card - Retail

MONTIOR: LCD SCEPTRE 20" WIDESCREEN

OS: Windows XP Professional

I have two other threads going to upgrade to the best CPU for the MB and another thread to upgrade the RIG's MB, CPU, RAM and VIDEO card. I only did this after being told that I should upgrade instead of just the CPU.
UPGRADE PC link
http://forums.anandtech.com/me...=2188932&enterthread=y
UPGRADE CPU link:
http://forums.anandtech.com/me...id=29&threadid=2188832

Thanks!

I enjoyed reading the parts list - it reads like the ultimate dream system from 3 years ago.

As for the vid card, 8800GT is a great card for a great price. I doubt you'd be disappointed, unless something similarly priced with way more performance comes out in the next month or two.

 

[Mattax]

Thanks everyone! From reading all of the comments in the open threads I have going, it sounds like for now to save money and enjoy this RIG for a couple of years, I should overclock my current CPU and get an 8800GT Video card.

Can anyone point me to a place where I can get information on overclocking my MB and CPU?

Thanks!

 

[biostud]

here you go:

http://forums.anandtech.com/me...t_key=y&keyword1=guide