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Would the upgrade to a 7800 GT PCI-E be worthy....

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Pix3lDezigner

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I currently have an ASRock motherboard, 4400+ X2, 2gb PC3200 OCZ Platinum, BFG 6800 Ultra OC AGP, 2 x 74gb Raptors in Raid 0, 200 GB Seagate. I pretty much need the extra PCI slot that my 6800 Ultra is eating up, and I noticed the card I have is still going for over $300 on eBay!! I just saw on Newegg that I can get a XFX 7800 GT PCI-E for $329 after rebate. Would the upgrade be worth it considering I can get almost that for my 6800 on eBay?

Also, would it be a worthwhile upgrade in general? How much better is the 7800 GT over the 6800 Ultra? Also, would it be worth getting the 7800 GTX or would the 7800 GT be fine? I would be going to the more future oriented PCI-E in the process as well. Thank you guys, I would like to know if it's worth it soon so I can order the 7800 GT and not miss out on the deal. Thanx!
 
If you can get $300 for your 6800U, then $29 isn't a lot to pay for a nice upgrade. According to the benches, the 7800GT is a healthy increase in performance from the 6800U. If you don't mind the trouble I don't see why not.
 
Yeah it's crazy, on eBay there is a used BFG 6800 Ultra OC AGP like I have going for $345 with 19 hours left still. So it looks like there's a good chance I can end up paying for the 7800 GT with this card.
 
Considering you can pretty much get your money back on your Ultra, go for it! 😀
 
PCI-X runs at 66MHz right? Normal PCI runs at 33MHz. I 'think' this is it but I am 'not sure at all!'

Koing
 
Originally posted by: Koing
PCI-X runs at 66MHz right? Normal PCI runs at 33MHz. I 'think' this is it but I am 'not sure at all!'

Koing
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you have to also remember that there are different speeds of pci-e - x1, x4, x16 and the physical size of the slots are different
 
Originally posted by: pontifex
err... what is pci-x then? i've seen pci-e described as pci-x before. pci-Xpress, get it?
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"With PCI-X, one 64-bit bus runs at 133 MHz with the rest running at 66 MHz, allowing for a data exchange of 1.04 GB per second. PCI-X is backwards-compatible, meaning that you can, for example, install a PCI-X card in a standard PCI slot but expect a decrease in speed to 33 MHz."

http://www.mcsx.co.uk/articles/glossary.htm

"PCI Express, or PCIe, (formerly known as 3GIO for 3rd Generation I/O, not to be mistaken for PCI-X) is an implementation of the PCI computer bus that uses existing PCI programming concepts, but bases it on a completely different and much faster serial physical-layer communications protocol. "

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pci-e

Perhaps you shouldn't drop one liners if you don't have any claims to back them up.

EDIT: Oh, back on topic - If you are comfortable with dropping the cash for a new mobo and the card, it would be worth it, but it looks like you got a pretty good rig right now - you couldn't have bought that stuff too long ago! But if you really want to, I would try to pull the trigger on it as soon as possible so you can get fair market value for your existing stuff.
 
It's a no brainer, you get a nice video card upgrade for little to no cost. I went from a 6800 GT@Ultra speeds to a 7800 GT, and there's definitely a noticable performance boost.
 
Originally posted by: Tea Bag
Originally posted by: pontifex
err... what is pci-x then? i've seen pci-e described as pci-x before. pci-Xpress, get it?
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"With PCI-X, one 64-bit bus runs at 133 MHz with the rest running at 66 MHz, allowing for a data exchange of 1.04 GB per second. PCI-X is backwards-compatible, meaning that you can, for example, install a PCI-X card in a standard PCI slot but expect a decrease in speed to 33 MHz."

http://www.mcsx.co.uk/articles/glossary.htm

"PCI Express, or PCIe, (formerly known as 3GIO for 3rd Generation I/O, not to be mistaken for PCI-X) is an implementation of the PCI computer bus that uses existing PCI programming concepts, but bases it on a completely different and much faster serial physical-layer communications protocol. "

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pci-e

Perhaps you shouldn't drop one liners if you don't have any claims to back them up.

EDIT: Oh, back on topic - If you are comfortable with dropping the cash for a new mobo and the card, it would be worth it, but it looks like you got a pretty good rig right now - you couldn't have bought that stuff too long ago! But if you really want to, I would try to pull the trigger on it as soon as possible so you can get fair market value for your existing stuff.
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1st of all, i asked what pci-x was, so that meant i didn't know. 2md i said...
nm, its not worth it. you totally took it way out of context.
 
Originally posted by: Tea Bag
Originally posted by: pontifex
err... what is pci-x then? i've seen pci-e described as pci-x before. pci-Xpress, get it?
Click to expand...

"With PCI-X, one 64-bit bus runs at 133 MHz with the rest running at 66 MHz, allowing for a data exchange of 1.04 GB per second. PCI-X is backwards-compatible, meaning that you can, for example, install a PCI-X card in a standard PCI slot but expect a decrease in speed to 33 MHz."

http://www.mcsx.co.uk/articles/glossary.htm

"PCI Express, or PCIe, (formerly known as 3GIO for 3rd Generation I/O, not to be mistaken for PCI-X) is an implementation of the PCI computer bus that uses existing PCI programming concepts, but bases it on a completely different and much faster serial physical-layer communications protocol. "

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pci-e

Perhaps you shouldn't drop one liners if you don't have any claims to back them up.

EDIT: Oh, back on topic - If you are comfortable with dropping the cash for a new mobo and the card, it would be worth it, but it looks like you got a pretty good rig right now - you couldn't have bought that stuff too long ago! But if you really want to, I would try to pull the trigger on it as soon as possible so you can get fair market value for your existing stuff.
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I actually have the ASRock motherboard (AGP/PCI-E), so I won't need to get a new motherboard. Also, I think I already made the right decision. There is a used 6800 Ultra on eBay like mine selling for $345 with 3 hours left still. And I just put mine up yesterday for a 7 day auction, and already it's at $249.99. It hasn't even been a day yet! So yeah I'm pumped up!

I ordered the XFX 7800 GT from Newegg for $329 after rebate. Is that a good brand and a good card? It was the best deal I found and it looked like the core clock and ram clock were a bit faster than some of them, especially for the price. I just hope I will see some sort of improvement over my 6800 Ultra. What do you guys think?
 
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