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Changing my evga 6800 ultra
Hi as some of you might have noticed I have to change my last video card, an
eVga GeForce 6800 Ultra. I wanted to know what I could get not to go below the 6800 ultra standards and remaining on AGP. I know this is the NG for nvidia, but I think the Sapphire X 1950 Pro 512 MB is the only one that can keep up with the 6800 U without costing over 250 ?. Or can i get something still equal or better than the 6800 Ultra spending less? Thanks |
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Changing my evga 6800 ultra
There is the 7800GS. It is typically 25-30% slower than the X1950 Pro and
can be found for $25-30 cheaper in the USA. -- "War is the continuation of politics by other means. It can therefore be said that politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed." "Erix" wrote in message ... Hi as some of you might have noticed I have to change my last video card, an eVga GeForce 6800 Ultra. I wanted to know what I could get not to go below the 6800 ultra standards and remaining on AGP. I know this is the NG for nvidia, but I think the Sapphire X 1950 Pro 512 MB is the only one that can keep up with the 6800 U without costing over 250 ?. Or can i get something still equal or better than the 6800 Ultra spending less? Thanks |
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Changing my evga 6800 ultra
"First of One" root@localhost wrote in message
news There is the 7800GS. It is typically 25-30% slower than the X1950 Pro and can be found for $25-30 cheaper in the USA. The 7600GT AGP is cheaper again but performs effectively as well as the 7800GS. |
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Changing my evga 6800 ultra
"First of One" root@localhost wrote in message news There is the 7800GS. It is typically 25-30% slower than the X1950 Pro and can be found for $25-30 cheaper in the USA. -- "War is the continuation of politics by other means. It can therefore be said that politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed." "Erix" wrote in message ... Hi as some of you might have noticed I have to change my last video card, an eVga GeForce 6800 Ultra. I wanted to know what I could get not to go below the 6800 ultra standards and remaining on AGP. I know this is the NG for nvidia, but I think the Sapphire X 1950 Pro 512 MB is the only one that can keep up with the 6800 U without costing over 250 ?. Or can i get something still equal or better than the 6800 Ultra spending less? Thanks Not to mention that X1950pro could cost you more than you think if your PSU doesnt have at least 30A on the 12V rail. Those cards are power hungry...! |
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Changing my evga 6800 ultra
"Paris" me wrote in message
[...] Not to mention that X1950pro could cost you more than you think if your PSU doesnt have at least 30A on the 12V rail. Those cards are power hungry...! Do you know what the X1950 Pro draws in 3D mode? Not the system, the card. Just the card. 72W. That's 6A at 12v. That's a bit under an EX6800 at full tilt and way less than an FX-62. Have a hunt around the Xbitlabs site. When they measure power consumption of video cards they don't measure the power flow at the wall and make guesstimates based on who knows what assumptions about PSU efficiency and whatnot. They put shunts in the power feeds to the PCIe bus and if necessary to the supplementary power connector on the card itself. That way they can measure exactly the power the card itself is drawing. And the X1950 Pro only draws 6A. It's 50% more than a 7900GT, true - that only draws about 4A. But it's not a PSU killer. Most often the problem is that so many PSUs are cheap **** that can't come close to meeting their own specs. Get a decent 500W PSU with about 40A on the 12v rails and you can run SLI 8800GTS with room to spare. It's been done. |
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