what a difference a day, er, I mean video card make!

[nedjinski]

this is not big news to many of you that follow tweaking regularly, but

if you are thinking - "yeah, I gotta build a new bigger, better, faster machine - for many $$$" ---- this is what I got by changing only the video card.

I share my upgrade -

old system:
ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe
Athlon 64x2 3800+
Corsair CMX512-6100XLPRO (1024)
ATI X800 GTO2 16

3DMark 06 - 1900
PassMark Performance Test - 495

new system:

ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe
Athlon 64x2 3800+
Corsair CMX512-6100XLPRO (1024)
evga 8800GT SSC 512

3DMark - 7645
PassMark Performance Test - 590

was it worth $300???

 

[LOUISSSSS]

you're still bottlenecked by 100%. i get about 14k with and OC'ed Q6600 and an OCed 8800gt

i upgraded from an amd 4800 (very similar to 3800)

 

[Slugbait]

Back on the subject, yes...it looks like it was worth $300, if you're into gaming. If you are planning to build a new machine over the next six months or so, you've already got a really good video card.

You might also notice that picture quality of DVD movies on your new video card is vastly superior to the old x800.

Enjoy