Worth upgrading?

[Nda]

Hello, i was wondering if it's worth it to upgrade my bfg 6800 gt oc to 7800 gs (agp), or should i just upgrade the cpu or other parts, pls give recommendation if you can. Thanks in advance.

Currently playing:
BF2, Halo Custom, Lineage2, WoW, CS:Source (fps for all these game so far are ok on 19x12, sometimes dips but most of the time are ok)

Nothing hardcore, but then again im using 2405 FPW so res set at 1920x1200 (no aa/af), so...

Current Spec: (nothing fancy)
A64 3200+ (socket 754 ~2.2ghz) ~not venice core
120 gb SATA
BFG 6800 gt oc
Audigy 2

 

[SynthDude2001]

No. It looks like the 7800GS isn't much of an improvement over a 6800GT at all (if any). Your CPU (2.2GHz A64) is still relatively strong too, I'd recommend waiting until you can do a bigger upgrade (939+dualcore+PCIe, or AM2, etc.)

 

[Avalon]

It would only be a small improvement if you overclocked the 7800GS.

 

[Malladine]

Nah, not that much better.

 

[beggerking]

probably not....
too expensive for very little performance/feature gain.

 

[Zbox]

wow the 7800gs seems to be such a huge flop

 

[compgeek89]

Originally posted by: Zbox
wow the 7800gs seems to be such a huge flop

its simply an outlet for failing 7800 cores :laugh:

 

[Malladine]

Originally posted by: Zbox
wow the 7800gs seems to be such a huge flop

It would be a good deal @ $250, imo.

 

[AzNPinkTuv]

u guys do notice evga has a 7800gs at 460/1350 stock right???

that will pwnt all other vga cards..

AT underclocked these things at nvidia stock spededs.. lol so these benches arent exactly great

 

[Malladine]

so 375/1.2 to 460/1.35?? Why did they do that again?

 

[NoStateofMind]

Originally posted by: Malladine
so 375/1.2 to 460/1.35?? Why did they do that again?

Your guess is as good as mine. Pretty ignorant if you ask me. Concidering the cards they had were at retail spec, it doesn't make sence to run benchmarks when you underclock it. Maybe they should underclock the 512 GTX or X1900XT/X. The ancient AGP users are shamed again!

 

[Malladine]

At +85mhz core and +150mhz memory, the 7800GS should be a far more attractive option. I'm gonna pay attention to proceedings again.

 

[Topweasel]

It doesn't seem like a good bargain till you notice that they are running 25% slower then what they are actually able to be purchased at. For Nvidia this is probably their way to discontinue the extra large and to hot 6800 series cards.

 

[Zbox]

Originally posted by: AzNPinkTuv
u guys do notice evga has a 7800gs at 460/1350 stock right???

that will pwnt all other vga cards..

AT underclocked these things at nvidia stock spededs.. lol so these benches arent exactly great

... this has got to be the all time worst video card review on AT ever

 

[SolMiester]

Petty they didnt do 12x10 res settings!, AGP users wont be gaming 16x10 with those fps. If you have a monitor that handles those resolutions, you will probably already have a system that delivers the goods.
G70 Core, wonder if we can unlock the used used pipes? Thats a big OC on that evga model!

 

[Kalessian]

Well what I think they should have done is run a test using both clocks.

 

[AzNPinkTuv]

nope you cant, all the g70's are laser cut so its impossible

 

[Nda]

thx for all the replies . I wont be upgrading my vid card yet then.