Will 7800GT be enough or Should I do 7800GTX/ATI520?

[willmg43]

Hey all I Just upgraded to a 1920x1200 Res LCD and I am running into Framerate problems with my X800XL at full res. Seems that the 7800GTX would solve my problems or possibly the new ATI card if and when it ships. The questionI am having is whether to wait and see if the 7800GT would be able to run at 1920x1200(dont care too much about AA/AF) and if the prices will truly be around 399 as thats a bit more palatable.

Any thoughts?

 

[hans030390]

The 7800gt will probably solve your problem.

 

[Lonyo]

Wait 3 days for the supposed 7800GT launch and probably some benchmarks are my thoughts.

 

[R3MF]

7800GT will run that screen fine. after all my 6600GT will run HL2 and GTA:SA fine at 1680x1050, and a 7800GT has exactly twice the fillrate, twice the bandwidth, and twice the memory.

 

[willmg43]

Yeah its looking like GT is the way to go, just want to wait a bit on pricing, makes no sense to spend 449 when I could spend 510 and get GTX, I want to see if GTs will drop to 400 or so before lpunging in.

 

[BigfootKevin]

I'm gonna wait until the 520 comes out before i make any big decisions.

 

[John]

Originally posted by: willmg43
Yeah its looking like GT is the way to go, just want to wait a bit on pricing, makes no sense to spend 449 when I could spend 510 and get GTX, I want to see if GTs will drop to 400 or so before lpunging in.

$399 @ Monarch

 

[keeleysam]

Originally posted by: John

Originally posted by: willmg43
Yeah its looking like GT is the way to go, just want to wait a bit on pricing, makes no sense to spend 449 when I could spend 510 and get GTX, I want to see if GTs will drop to 400 or so before lpunging in.

$399 @ Monarch

I think the XFX will be better @ the same price. It is factory OC'ed 50MHz higher on both the gpu and RAM.

http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merchant...=PROD&Store_Code=M&Product_Code=190339

 

[Munky]

Originally posted by: keeleysam

Originally posted by: John

Originally posted by: willmg43
Yeah its looking like GT is the way to go, just want to wait a bit on pricing, makes no sense to spend 449 when I could spend 510 and get GTX, I want to see if GTs will drop to 400 or so before lpunging in.

$399 @ Monarch

I think the XFX will be better @ the same price. It is factory OC'ed 50MHz higher on both the gpu and RAM.

http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merchant...=PROD&Store_Code=M&Product_Code=190339

XFX + factory OC'd = ......:Q......:frown:...:|:|:|

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Buy it. Don't look back. When ATI's R520 kicks the crap out of NVidia 20 times over and ATI buys NVidia still don't look back. You will be making a good decision at the moment and that's all that matters.

 

[Munky]

I'm gonna disagree and recommend a 7800gtx. A 7800gt might be good to play last year's games at high res, but if you plan on using 19x12 resolutions with AA, you're gonna need at least a 7800gtx, mybe even 2 of them.

 

[kirbymixmasta]

Originally posted by: munky
I'm gonna disagree and recommend a 7800gtx. A 7800gt might be good to play last year's games at high res, but if you plan on using 19x12 resolutions with AA, you're gonna need at least a 7800gtx, mybe even 2 of them.

1 Should be MORE then enough for any current gen games.

 

[OvErHeAtInG]

Originally posted by: munky
I'm gonna disagree and recommend a 7800gtx. A 7800gt might be good to play last year's games at high res, but if you plan on using 19x12 resolutions with AA, you're gonna need at least a 7800gtx, mybe even 2 of them.

True but he doesn't care about AA/AF.

I'd say it's a wash. GTX will future-proof you a little more, so that you may end up saving $$ in the long run since you don't have to upgrade so soon. On the other hand, the GT still has a dual-link port and all those great features... and GTX won't buy you much in today's games w/o aa/af ... but what about next year...

You could always get a 7800GT now, which meets your needs, then when prices come down get a second one and SLI them. Of course that would necessitate an SLI motherboard.

 

[ayabe]

Originally posted by: kirbymixmasta

Originally posted by: munky
I'm gonna disagree and recommend a 7800gtx. A 7800gt might be good to play last year's games at high res, but if you plan on using 19x12 resolutions with AA, you're gonna need at least a 7800gtx, mybe even 2 of them.

1 Should be MORE then enough for any current gen games.

Agreed. If people can find a way to unlock the extra pipes on these, the GT will be the card to get unless you are a fool with money to burn. Some of the reviews I've seen today have the GT's clocking as high as the GTX's(stock).

 

[MBrown]

how big of a monitor do you need to play at 19x10? If you have a 19inch monitor you should only be playing at 1280x1024 max right?

 

[Munky]

Originally posted by: ayabe

Originally posted by: kirbymixmasta

Originally posted by: munky
I'm gonna disagree and recommend a 7800gtx. A 7800gt might be good to play last year's games at high res, but if you plan on using 19x12 resolutions with AA, you're gonna need at least a 7800gtx, mybe even 2 of them.

1 Should be MORE then enough for any current gen games.

Agreed. If people can find a way to unlock the extra pipes on these, the GT will be the card to get unless you are a fool with money to burn. Some of the reviews I've seen today have the GT's clocking as high as the GTX's(stock).

I bet nvidia is gonna do whatever they can to prevent such easy modding of the gt to the gtx. They probably lost many sales of the ultra last gen because of the mod, and I doubt they'd want to see it happen again. Look at how hard they're trying now to prevent a successful mod of the DFI nf4 into an SLI board. I would not count on the ability of the gt to unlock extra pipes.

 

[bunnyfubbles]

Originally posted by: MBrown
how big of a monitor do you need to play at 19x10? If you have a 19inch monitor you should only be playing at 1280x1024 max right?

Desktop LCDs are 23"+ for 1920x1200 resolution.

However there are 15-17" laptop displays that offer that resolution...WUXGA

19" desktop LCDs are all pretty much 1280x1024 (none that I know of offer any higher), however CRTs are a different story but would probably require a larger than 19" CRT to offer 1920 pixels in width.

 

[willmg43]

I have the 24" Dell LCD, kicks butt at 1920x1200. Just to let you all know I bit the bullet last week saw a deal I couldtn pass up through dells home electronics, snagged an XFX OC GT for $340 after coupons!!!!!! Yeah but it wont ship till the 20th Oh well.

 

[MBrown]

So I only have a 19inch LCD. Am I gonna tell a difference between the gtx and gt?

 

[Bona Fide]

Originally posted by: MBrown
So I only have a 19inch LCD. Am I gonna tell a difference between the gtx and gt?

Not for another year or so, that's for sure.

 

[Dethfrumbelo]

Either wait for the R520 or get the GTX for ~$100 more for a considerable performance advantage over the GT.

Unlike the 6800GT, the 7800GT lacks the pipes of its big brother.