Video card help.. upgrade path?

[Deleted member 4644]

Right now, I play mainly BF2 and am happy with my 7800GT 256.

I am thinking however about upping the resolution and I may be playing some new games in the future. I KNOW I will want to play UT2007 when it comes out.

I have an SLI board right now.

Would I be smart to get a second 7800GT now/soon, or should I wait and just get a new video card later?

What newer games (if any) would require more than a 7800GT? How does a 7800GT compare to some of the newer cards out there? (ie, 7800GS and 7900?)

 

[Captante]

Right now I'd wait to upgrade if I were you .. buying a second 7800GT to run SLI wouldn't make a lot of sense unless you snag the second card uber-cheap off fs/ft or somthing.

Your 7800GT is slower the a 7900GT, but not really enough slower to make that upgrade worth it either... in order to get a significant bump you'ed have to jump to a 7900GTX/GX2 or an X1900XT/XTX & with the X1950's around the corner plus (hopefully) the Nvidia G80 coming soon, now isn't the time to buy any of the above IMO.

 

[Deleted member 4644]

Got it, sounds reasonable. Thanks for the quick and to the point advice.

 

[happy medium]

Your 7800gt is to exspensive (300.00$) to sli. You could sell the 7800gt for about 175.$00 and buy a 7900gt for $250.00. Then when you need it buy another 7900gt later much cheaper like $200.00 and it will be 25% faster