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Old Card....New Card
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Wed Sep 22, 2004 4:21 pmby 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
Re: Old Card....New Card
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Wed Sep 22, 2004 5:14 pmby jrpilot
WOW...some nice changes...
Re: Old Card....New Card
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Wed Sep 22, 2004 5:19 pmby Nexus
I think the water looks better with the old ATi card though ???
Re: Old Card....New Card
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Wed Sep 22, 2004 7:18 pmby SaVas
[quote]I think the water looks better with the old ATi card though
Re: Old Card....New Card
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Wed Sep 22, 2004 7:24 pmby SaVas
Still tweaking
Re: Old Card....New Card
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Wed Sep 22, 2004 7:56 pmby 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!!
Re: Old Card....New Card
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Wed Sep 22, 2004 8:04 pmby Wing Nut
Savas, whose plane is that? I like! ;)
Re: Old Card....New Card
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Wed Sep 22, 2004 8:39 pmby 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]
Re: Old Card....New Card
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Wed Sep 22, 2004 9:09 pmby 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,...
Re: Old Card....New Card
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Wed Sep 22, 2004 9:42 pmby 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.
Re: Old Card....New Card
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Thu Sep 23, 2004 3:10 amby ozzy72
Very nice indeed Stephen
Re: Old Card....New Card
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Thu Sep 23, 2004 8:39 amby ATI_7500
I don't see a difference. A 9800pro should be faily sufficient for good frames and good quality.
Re: Old Card....New Card
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Thu Sep 23, 2004 11:59 amby 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.
Re: Old Card....New Card
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Thu Sep 23, 2004 5:11 pmby 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
Re: Old Card....New Card
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Thu Sep 23, 2004 5:35 pmby 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.