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Upgrade Help
Hi all,
Current system is Win Xp pro, Athlon Barton xp 3200+ not o'clocked, MSI Delta NForce2 mobo, 256 bit Ati 9800 pro 128 meg, 350 watt ATX power supply and 512 megs of Dual channel OCZ pc 3200 ram. I have been looking at upgrading the video card to either Ati X800 pro or NVidia 6800gt. In my area X800's are still up over $500.00 CAD while the 6800gt can be had for well under $500.00. Can my system push either of these cards to their potential? I really only play MS Flight sim 2004. With all graphics maxed out and (AAx4 and ASx8) I can barely sustain 20 fps near busy airports. Will I see "double" the performance with the X800 pro over the 9800 pro as stated by Future Shop and Best Buy? I heard flight sim may run faster on the ATI card but most other recent games run faster on the NVidia card. Comments please. Thanks Milo |
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No. You will be cpu limited. You will need an Athlon64 see push those
cards to their potential. DaveL "Milo Malhame" wrote in message news:EPEMd.265467$8l.182900@pd7tw1no... Hi all, Current system is Win Xp pro, Athlon Barton xp 3200+ not o'clocked, MSI Delta NForce2 mobo, 256 bit Ati 9800 pro 128 meg, 350 watt ATX power supply and 512 megs of Dual channel OCZ pc 3200 ram. I have been looking at upgrading the video card to either Ati X800 pro or NVidia 6800gt. In my area X800's are still up over $500.00 CAD while the 6800gt can be had for well under $500.00. Can my system push either of these cards to their potential? I really only play MS Flight sim 2004. With all graphics maxed out and (AAx4 and ASx8) I can barely sustain 20 fps near busy airports. Will I see "double" the performance with the X800 pro over the 9800 pro as stated by Future Shop and Best Buy? I heard flight sim may run faster on the ATI card but most other recent games run faster on the NVidia card. Comments please. Thanks Milo |
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