Upgrading from 6800GT to 7800GTX

[Tu13erhead]

I'm doing one of those Free Ipods type deals where I should be getting $1000 to Best Buy in the next few weeks. I'm debating buying a 7800GTX from Best Buy, or if I should just spend it elsewhere. I would need to buy a PCI Express board, but that's not a big deal.

My system:
Athlon64 3200+ Winchester
BFG 6800GT AGP
3gb PC3200 DDR Dual Channel
Dell 2405FPW 24" LCD @ 1920x1200

I can run anything at full or near full and it's playable. Far Cry runs at native resolution and just about full everything at 30fps.

Thoughts on whether it's worth it? Should I just keep with my 6800gt and wait for the next generation of cards in a few months?

 

[Emultra]

Wait a minute, 3GB Dual Channel? Is that possible?

As for the card, with that hefty native resolution of your LCD monitor, it might just be necessary in order to play well in the upcoming games. 30FPS is too little for my taste.

 

[ShadowBlade]

ill give you $20 for your 6800GT
its so worth it to upgrade to the 7800GTX, i would throw my 6800GT out the window

 

[m21s]

Well im kinda in the same boat as you.
I have a BFG 6800gt OC and it plays all the current games fine for me on my 2001FP.

When we can finally utilize some of the power in next gen games that the 7800 allows us too im hoping there will be more to choose from that just the 7800. Ati perhaps?

Unless your stuck on Nvidia, I would choose to wait and see what's coming down the road in terms of competition for it.

When I have a hard time playing on my 2001Fp with my 6800gt OC, i'll upgrade.

my .02

 

[ryanv12]

Assuming you're running this on the 2405 FPW, then yes it would be worth it. You actually have the resolution to take advantage of the power.

 

[dguy6789]

Originally posted by: Emultra
Wait a minute, 3GB Dual Channel? Is that possible?

As for the card, with that hefty native resolution of your LCD monitor, it might just be necessary in order to play well in the upcoming games. 30FPS is too little for my taste.

Yes it is possible. Have 1.5GB in each channel. Such as a 1GB stick and a 512MB stick in each channel.

 

[Tu13erhead]

Originally posted by: dguy6789

Originally posted by: Emultra
Wait a minute, 3GB Dual Channel? Is that possible?

As for the card, with that hefty native resolution of your LCD monitor, it might just be necessary in order to play well in the upcoming games. 30FPS is too little for my taste.

Yes it is possible. Have 1.5GB in each channel. Such as a 1GB stick and a 512MB stick in each channel.

Yep. That's what I have.

 

[hans030390]

YES...DO IT NOW.

wait do they have the 7800gtx cards at Worst buy?

 

[iwearnosox]

Originally posted by: hans030390
YES...DO IT NOW.

wait do they have the 7800gtx cards at Worst buy?

Sold out, they were $550 with coupon.

 

[Creig]

Originally posted by: ryanv12
Assuming you're running this on the 2405 FPW, then yes it would be worth it. You actually have the resolution to take advantage of the power.

The Answer.

 

[fstime]

Originally posted by: ryanv12
Assuming you're running this on the 2405 FPW, then yes it would be worth it. You actually have the resolution to take advantage of the power.

QFT

The 2405 is the PERFECT LCD to get the 7800GTX for.

You will be running the card at/near its full potential.

 

[zendari]

No IMO. Not yet, if you are asking this you probably aren't in dire need of one. Wait for the R520.

 

[RussianSensation]

I would wait until ATI debuts its cards. If they release AGP cards as well, you wont have to buy a new motherboard. Also I think ATI will be much faster than G70 given that they will have 90nm process (ie higher clock speed), and probably pack in more pipelines. ATI cards have been always faster at shader-intensive games, so R520 shouldn't be any different.

 

[vision33r]

Originally posted by: RussianSensation
I would wait until ATI debuts its cards. If they release AGP cards as well, you wont have to buy a new motherboard. Also I think ATI will be much faster than G70 given that they will have 90nm process (ie higher clock speed), and probably pack in more pipelines. ATI cards have been always faster at shader-intensive games, so R520 shouldn't be any different.

That means atleast 10 month wait before ATI gets a *real* product onto the store shelves at newegg.com

Good luck waiting for ATI's 3 month paper launch period to 6 month hype cycle, then another 4-6 month of supply shortage problems. By that time a 32 piper 7800 will be out.

 

[deadseasquirrel]

Originally posted by: vision33r
That means atleast 10 month wait before ATI gets a *real* product onto the store shelves at newegg.com

Good luck waiting for ATI's 3 month paper launch period to 6 month hype cycle, then another 4-6 month of supply shortage problems. By that time a 32 piper 7800 will be out.

You're not serious are you? They have emoticons that indicate sarcasm. I'm just gonna assume you left it out on accident and that you don't really mean that, cuz the smiley that I would have to use to comment if you are serious would probably get me banned.

 

[RussianSensation]

Originally posted by: vision33r

That means atleast 10 month wait before ATI gets a *real* product onto the store shelves at newegg.com

Good luck waiting for ATI's 3 month paper launch period to 6 month hype cycle, then another 4-6 month of supply shortage problems. By that time a 32 piper 7800 will be out.

Well, I think one of the reasons ATI delayed their launch is not to have the cards paper-launched. They are most likely improving yields and pumping out production samples in order to duplicate Nvidia's launch, even if it takes them 3 months longer. If their cards have 500mhz + clock speeds, 32 pipelines, then I doubt anyone would be disappointed (also given that no game today really takes advantage of 7800 series - so ATI is in no rush). Also since Nvidia has no AGP 7800GTX cards, and no other variants of the 7800 series (and remember it's the mid-range that makes the most money), I don't think they have anything to brag about just yet.

 

[ss284]

Too bad many games have no widescreen support (bf2)

-Steve

 

[Bushman5]

DEFINATLY NOT

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: Bushman5
DEFINATLY NOT

 

[whozyodaddy]

Hell no.

 

[n7]

I would say it would actually be an upgrade for you, since you have a nice 24" LCD.

If you had a 19" LCD i would say no way, but if you can afford it, it'd likely make a quite noticeable difference with your LCD.