ATI's 512MB X850 - Page 2

Short Hand · 02-25-2005, 08:56 PM

SUpposedly doom 3 can only show its full glory with a 512 card. So there will be a bit of huss over this.

Doctor Duffy · 02-25-2005, 09:23 PM

[quote=Himmler]

Quote:

Originally Posted by "Sgt. Duffy":665b9

How do you guys have so much money for this stuff? Dont any of you realize it doesnt makea noticable difference, at the rate you guys are buying video cards? I mean, stepping up from a GeForce 3 to a newer one will give you a dramatic increase, but jeeze, you guys already think its time to upgrade your 9700's. THEY'RE FINE. You will see a minimal difference, like maybe dust particles, and that for sure is not worth the extra $400. Seems everyones desperate to get the highest FPS..to get 20 FPS instead of 17.

Sorry, just my little rant.

getting 20fps would suck. yeah like gerv said, good luck running doom 3 on the settings i use on a 9700.[/quote:665b9]

Jesus, man, I use a GeForce FX 5200 and can run at High on 800x600. (Though, with a little tweaking to the .main) and I never have any slow-down, stutter...in fact, I was just sooo surprised it actually ran on my system. Well, Doom 3 is one of those friendlier-hardware games...ah, nevermind, im gonna go check out another topic.

Akuma · 02-26-2005, 07:11 AM

[quote="Short Hand":99f0b]SUpposedly doom 3 can only show its full glory with a 512 card. So there will be a bit of huss over this.[/quote:99f0b]
No, it will work on Ultra settings on any of the highend 256MB cards. 6800GT and up can do it well. I get a slight pause before entering a room, but the frame rates are nice and stable.

geRV · 02-26-2005, 07:15 AM

There are some areas where ultra don't work properly, ive seen screens that look ok but some rooms have missing textures because of the card not having enough ram to display them, usually theyre pretty small though. Ultra qualitys more or less pointless anyway, the difference between high and ultra isn't noticable at all.

Gonzo · 02-26-2005, 08:10 AM

when is this thing coming out!!!

geRV · 02-26-2005, 08:15 AM

Due "soon" for pci-e, then a further wait for the agp version.

Infernal_ · **Re: ATI's 512MB X850 -** 02-26-2005, 08:26 AM

[quote="Jonsey_":9e429]http://24.58.170.36/upload/512MB-X850-800.jpg
[url="http://24.58.170.36/upload/512MB-X850-V2-800.jpg"]http://24.58.170.36/upload/512MB-X850-V2-800.jpg[/url][/quote:9e429]

stfu

[DAS REICH] Blitz · **Re: ATI's 512MB X850 -** 02-26-2005, 09:10 AM

[quote="Infernal_":8a150][quote="Jonsey_":8a150]http://24.58.170.36/upload/512MB-X850-800.jpg
[url="http://24.58.170.36/upload/512MB-X850-V2-800.jpg"]http://24.58.170.36/upload/512MB-X850-V2-800.jpg[/url][/quote:8a150]

stfu[/quote:8a150] eek:

Doctor Duffy · 02-26-2005, 12:01 PM

Just wondering, but how di you guys go from AGP to PCIE...did you replace EVERYTHING or just the mobo?

Akuma · 02-26-2005, 12:05 PM

Depends if you have a CPU that works with the current PCIe motherboards. Meaning socket 939 for AMD or LGA775 for Intel.

99.687% of people will have to replace almost everything.

geRV · 02-26-2005, 12:05 PM

[quote="Sgt. Duffy":673ed]Just wondering, but how di you guys go from AGP to PCIE...did you replace EVERYTHING or just the mobo?[/quote:673ed]

new motherboard

HeadUp · 02-26-2005, 12:12 PM

[quote=geRV]

Quote:

Originally Posted by "Sgt. Duffy":692f2

Just wondering, but how di you guys go from AGP to PCIE...did you replace EVERYTHING or just the mobo?

new motherboard[/quote:692f2]

i have a regular pci motherboard, can i use this card then?

geRV · 02-26-2005, 12:14 PM

Nope need a pci express motherboard, probably better waiting till the agp version of it appears.

And like akuma said unless you have an amd 64 (939) or an lga-775 pentium 4 you're gonna have to upgrade your cpu as well, ddr-1 still works on most of them but some accept ddr-2 ram only.

Jonsey_ · **Re: ATI's 512MB X850 -** 02-26-2005, 02:32 PM

[quote="Infernal_":5f829][quote="Jonsey_":5f829]http://24.58.170.36/upload/512MB-X850-800.jpg
[url="http://24.58.170.36/upload/512MB-X850-V2-800.jpg"]http://24.58.170.36/upload/512MB-X850-V2-800.jpg[/url][/quote:5f829]

stfu[/quote:5f829]

oOo:

Himmler · 02-26-2005, 02:39 PM

[quote="Sgt. Duffy":032e3][quote=Himmler]

Quote:

Originally Posted by "Sgt. Duffy":032e3

How do you guys have so much money for this stuff? Dont any of you realize it doesnt makea noticable difference, at the rate you guys are buying video cards? I mean, stepping up from a GeForce 3 to a newer one will give you a dramatic increase, but jeeze, you guys already think its time to upgrade your 9700's. THEY'RE FINE. You will see a minimal difference, like maybe dust particles, and that for sure is not worth the extra $400. Seems everyones desperate to get the highest FPS..to get 20 FPS instead of 17.

Sorry, just my little rant.

getting 20fps would suck. yeah like gerv said, good luck running doom 3 on the settings i use on a 9700.[/quote:032e3]

Jesus, man, I use a GeForce FX 5200 and can run at High on 800x600. (Though, with a little tweaking to the .main) and I never have any slow-down, stutter...in fact, I was just sooo surprised it actually ran on my system. Well, Doom 3 is one of those friendlier-hardware games...ah, nevermind, im gonna go check out another topic.[/quote:032e3]

exactly, your running it on 800x600. i dotn know exactly what res im at, and i cant check becasue i dont have the cd right now, but i think its 2nd to highest or highest and i get around 50-70fps if i can remember correctly and that is with AA and AF turned on max. i highly doubt you could run that.