Video Card Thread (Mostly Gecube x1950xt)

Damn, that CPU and Video Card cost him around $1600!

 

but man, look at that performance! 84Fps high settings - thats insane!!

 

I run Crysis fine on my Q6600 at stock speeds (before my o'clock to 3.6) with a 6800 GT and it runs without lag at lowest settings fine and it looks amazing. Wonder what it would look like at maximum settings...

 

I could post some screen shots, on Very High - but I am using a config that tweeks the games HDR and makes it look even better...

 

Post some screenshots if you can. I just want to see the games potential.

 

Waymon: The 9800GX2 is lies. It only achieves what a pair of 8800GT cards will do in SLI when SLI's working, and it too has the same caveat - but it's 30% more!
Core2kid: I dislike the shadows of the game even at max, so I turn them off, that helps with frame rates enormously. Shadows of less than 640x480 resolution when you're running anything above 1024x768 look hideous. The game looks better without them, because it doesn't look stupid.

 

How does it look without shadows? Can you post some screenshots?

 

I'm not at a PC that could even play the original Far cry, let alone Crysis right now, I don't get back to my proper PC until early April I'm afraid (yeah, and I am upset about that) so either you'll have to wait 12 days or so or get someone else to do it.
Sorry!

 

I can post screenshots of Crysis running at low on a 6800 right not (yes, its possible to run it on that and people still use those) lol.

 

I ran Crysis at 2560x1600 even on my old X1900XT when I turned just a couple of the settings to low, not many of them seem to make much difference. As long as you've got a relatively decent CPU, running Crysis at all isn't that difficult. Running it with Shadows or Shaders at anything above low requires serious graphics muscle.

 

What settings do you think I could get out of my 6800 (350x900) with a Q6600 @ 3.06?

 

Not sure, you'll have to try it. On high, it'll have to be at a stupid resolution, but if you set shadows, shaders and texture quality to low you can probably make a decent frame rate at at least 1152x864 if not 1280x960...

 

Ill try it and post back. My max resolution is 1280x1024 on my 17 inch Ultrasharp. My dad's work computer has a 21 inch widescreen ultrasharp with a max resolution of 1650x1080. Oh how I wish I could trade monitors with him.

 

I get an average of 28 FPS on a 6800 running all high except shaders, texture, shadow at 800x600. Checked using Crysis Benchmark Tool. Idk, would higher textures over resolution or higher resolution over texture be better?

 

That's personal preference really, and it varies from game to game as to what the best balance is. Try them out and see what works for you.

 

Don't really have time to play the game anytime soon so whenever I get time I'll play it and post back. May take a couple days.

 

What overclock could I possibly get out of the 6800? At stock my temp is 51C according to Everest Home Edition. Any other software I could use to check, I don't completly trust it since it tells me my CPU core voltage is 2.64v.

 

Try Rivatuner to overclock. You can also alter the BIOS and increase the voltage to the card, but do that at your own risk. You haven't got much to lose though, you can always buy a better card if that one dies

 

If the card dies, It's still under warranty with Dell so I really have nothing to lose. For overclocking, Do you know any sites that have tested this card overclocked?

My Pathetic 3DMark06 Score with the 6800: 1938

 

How are cards like these?
8800GS- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130332
8600s- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...000048+1068310557&Description=8600&name=512MB
9600s- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133216

I was really going for something under $100.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127333

The above could possibly be my highest spending limit but I'll have to wait until about June or so to get it. I'll also then have to work on selling my X1650 pro 512MB PCI-E or 6800 GT 256MB PCI-E. How much do you think I can get for any of those cards?

I hear that the x1650 pro 512mb version should perform as well as the 7800gt. Is this true and if so why is my 6800 better than the x1650 pro?