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ATI Vidcard Advice Sought
I'm considering upgrading my ATI Radeon 9700 Pro to an ATI X800 and was
wondering whether this would be worthwhile for racing sims and/or flight sims. Many of the latest sims have pretty hefty system and graphics specs, and I find that I can no longer run many of them at full graphics settings (at least not without having the framerate suffer drastically). So has anyone made the switch from a 9700Pro to an X800? If so, was it worthwhile? If no one has personal experience with this, then perhaps someone can provide me a link to an online comparison (preferably using racing or flight sims, but I'll take a looks at any comparison). I'm looking to maximize graphics without taking a framerate hit. This would be on an AthlonXP2600 system with 1 Meg Ram, if that matters. Thanks! |
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CPU seems adequate... for now.
RAM is a little low though. I'd upgrade your RAM before your vid card. Also, most modern flight sims will suck up well over "1 Meg Ram". In fact, I think notepad.exe uses about 3.2 megs of RAM - to give you an idea. Tony BRH wrote in message ... I'm considering upgrading my ATI Radeon 9700 Pro to an ATI X800 and was wondering whether this would be worthwhile for racing sims and/or flight sims. Many of the latest sims have pretty hefty system and graphics specs, and I find that I can no longer run many of them at full graphics settings (at least not without having the framerate suffer drastically). So has anyone made the switch from a 9700Pro to an X800? If so, was it worthwhile? If no one has personal experience with this, then perhaps someone can provide me a link to an online comparison (preferably using racing or flight sims, but I'll take a looks at any comparison). I'm looking to maximize graphics without taking a framerate hit. This would be on an AthlonXP2600 system with 1 Meg Ram, if that matters. Thanks! |
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BRH wrote:
I'm considering upgrading my ATI Radeon 9700 Pro to an ATI X800 and was wondering whether this would be worthwhile for racing sims and/or flight sims. Many of the latest sims have pretty hefty system and graphics specs, and I find that I can no longer run many of them at full graphics settings (at least not without having the framerate suffer drastically). So has anyone made the switch from a 9700Pro to an X800? If so, was it worthwhile? If no one has personal experience with this, then perhaps someone can provide me a link to an online comparison (preferably using racing or flight sims, but I'll take a looks at any comparison). I'm looking to maximize graphics without taking a framerate hit. This would be on an AthlonXP2600 system with 1 Meg Ram, if that matters. Thanks! I've got one on order so I would be interested in any answers anyone has too. Rick |
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On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 15:57:49 -0500, BRH BRH wrote:
I'm considering upgrading my ATI Radeon 9700 Pro to an ATI X800 and was wondering whether this would be worthwhile for racing sims and/or flight sims. Many of the latest sims have pretty hefty system and graphics specs, and I find that I can no longer run many of them at full graphics settings (at least not without having the framerate suffer drastically). So has anyone made the switch from a 9700Pro to an X800? If so, was it worthwhile? If no one has personal experience with this, then perhaps someone can provide me a link to an online comparison (preferably using racing or flight sims, but I'll take a looks at any comparison). I'm looking to maximize graphics without taking a framerate hit. This would be on an AthlonXP2600 system with 1 Meg Ram, if that matters. Thanks! Last October I bought the Xtasy X800 Pro 256M and I had an 9700 Pro to begin with. Definately worth the upgrade! Far Cry is getting with video settings on VERY HIGH accross the board and Ultra High Water on, 98 fps at the first window you come to. Gameplay is hovering 50's to 80's+ (peaks of 160's..etc). I assume you meant 1 GIG of ram and if not.. get at LEAST a gig. I'm currently considering going to 2 gigs of corsair xms ram myself. Hah.. 1 meg.. will windows even boot? LOL. I will recommend this however, If I where to do it over; I'd get the 16 pipes instead of the cheaper 12. If you're going to do it, might as well go for it. P4 3.2E Ghz 800FSB 1MB Cache / Zalman C7000A HS / Asus P4C800-E Deluxe / 1GB Corsair XMS DDR PC3200 / Xtasy X800 PRO (@ 506/499.50) / Arctic Cooler v4 / Omegas 4.12b's / WD1600JB 160GB / WD1200JB 120GB / Lite-On DVDRW LDW-851S 8x / Creative Audigy Gamer / Nec 19" FE991SB / Logitech MX510 mouse / Saitek Gamer's Keyboard / WinXP Home 3dmark 2003-11,075 3dmark 2005-4,912 Aquamark- 63,391 That was when I tested it the day I installed. Old drivers so I'm sure its better now. Pluvious |
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"Tony DiMarzio" wrote in message ... CPU seems adequate... for now. RAM is a little low though. I'd upgrade your RAM before your vid card. Also, most modern flight sims will suck up well over "1 Meg Ram". In fact, I think notepad.exe uses about 3.2 megs of RAM - to give you an idea. Tony LOL, it sounds like it was an honest mistake on his part to say 1MB rather than 1GB. The last time I had 1MB of RAM was in my 386SX-16 system back in 1991. I upgraded it to a whopping 2MB in 1992 for about $75 ! |
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Yeah... I knew it was an honest mistake... but I just couldn't resist! Had
to mock him. Ah yes... a $75 1MB RAM upgrade - the days when RAM was worth its weight in gold, or at least sterling silver. Thank God those days are over! "NightSky 421" wrote in message ... "Tony DiMarzio" wrote in message ... CPU seems adequate... for now. RAM is a little low though. I'd upgrade your RAM before your vid card. Also, most modern flight sims will suck up well over "1 Meg Ram". In fact, I think notepad.exe uses about 3.2 megs of RAM - to give you an idea. Tony LOL, it sounds like it was an honest mistake on his part to say 1MB rather than 1GB. The last time I had 1MB of RAM was in my 386SX-16 system back in 1991. I upgraded it to a whopping 2MB in 1992 for about $75 ! |
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"Tony DiMarzio" wrote in message
... Yeah... I knew it was an honest mistake... but I just couldn't resist! Had to mock him. I know. :-) I got a chuckle out of your commentary! Ah yes... a $75 1MB RAM upgrade - the days when RAM was worth its weight in gold, or at least sterling silver. Thank God those days are over! Heh, I remember it...things did eventually "improve" though...I remember 8MB 72-pin memory sticks selling for $250 in the mid-1990s! Now, here in Canada, $200 buys you a Kingston PC-3200 CAS3 dual channel memory kit with a pair of 512MB sticks! 1GB in total, or 1000 times as much memory as I had in my original 386! |
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