Old Card....New Card

[SaVas]

Pics to show the difference between old card and new card

Old card ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128mb:



New card eVGA nVidia 6800GT 256mb:





I still have some tweaking to do, but these are right out of the box

[jrpilot]

WOW...some nice changes...

[Nexus]

I think the water looks better with the old ATi card though  ???

[SaVas]

[quote]I think the water looks better with the old ATi card though

[SaVas]

Still tweaking

[Silver1SWA]

Yeah I did the exact same upgrade from the ATI Radeon 9800 128MB and not only is image quality that much better, but performance is right where I want it!!

[Wing Nut]

Savas, whose plane is that?  I like!  ;)

[SaVas]

DPR, Its the latest Custom Classics X, Travel Air Biplanes by Lynn and Bill Lyons over at Golden Eagles Squadron, [link=www.windrfters.com]Lynn and Bill's website[/link]

[Nexus]

I'd also like to upgrade, but I'd have to re-format my whole computer before I do it,. That should be standard praxis when switching videocards btw.
My 9800XT did not work too well on my old rig when it replaced the 4600ti  :(...fecked up pretty big  ;D

Anyways wont upgrade until spring (if I can afford it). Winter's almost here which means studying for upcoming aviation school interviews, aswell as guiding my youth hockey team to further success(?), AND play hockey twice a week with my other team...all this while working full time and having a girlfriend living far from me.......how the hell will I ever have time to visit her???...winter means celibacy for ol' Nex.  ;D

Sorry for the rant guys, I get this melancholic in the nights  8)

Now where were we?..oh yes the graphics cards,...

[Silver1SWA]

'sall good Nexus.  We all need to vent from time to time.

As far as reformatting, yeah I have a separate windows partition and I did a full system reinstall.  Everything runs smoooooooooooooooooooooooth.  

[ozzy72]

Very nice indeed Stephen

[ATI_7500]

I don't see a difference. A 9800pro should be faily sufficient for good frames and good quality.

[Gixer]

Heretic, my bro has a 9800pro, and a similar base setup as me.  He could nowhere near hold the FPS and settings I have mine set at.  IQ is better IMO on the 6800 than the 9800pro too.

He came round had a go one mine and is amazed how good it looks. Screenies dont really do it justice.  What I see on my 19" monitor running at 1600x1200 4xaa and 8xaf is way better than a screeny posted here  ;D

Anyhow nice shots Savas I got those bipes too, they are pretty sweet and I love racing the train hehehe.

[Nexus]

The 6800 is faster than the 9800XT which I have, no doubt about it...but it is really worth the $$$ just to get a marginal FPS boost

[Gixer]

AS you said, I play other games that use up the power of my graphics card  ;D thats one reason for me getting it I dont just play FS2004, well not until this week as BOTA has started and its all I'm doing lol.

It way out performs a 9800pro in FS2004 I know that much dunno about the 9800xt though.