Should I KEEP my video card?

with a quad I would go with a 8800gts, 115 dollars after rebate.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130082


"Robert Blass" wrote in message
...
I was planning on building a quad-core system [intel] and am wondering
if it would be ok to recycle and keep using my nvidia 6800gs 128mg?

If not, what would be a good entry-level vid card?

I aint made of money, thanks a lot.

Robert Blass wrote:

Well I mainly do APPS but wanted to do 'some' gaming on the side.

What games and at what resolution? This chart is not quite up to date, but
can still be very helpful for comparing how the different cards perform in
various games. http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphics_2007.html

This is not quite up to date either, but may be helpful in attaining the best
performance for your dollar:
http://www.tomshardware.com/2008/03/...ming_graphics/

A modern quad core system's motherboard will NOT use an AGP socket such as
your video card requires, but rather will use a PCI-E socket video card.
Time to upgrade.

--
--DaveW


"Robert Blass" wrote in message
...
I was planning on building a quad-core system [intel] and am wondering
if it would be ok to recycle and keep using my nvidia 6800gs 128mg?

If not, what would be a good entry-level vid card?

I aint made of money, thanks a lot.

'DaveW' wrote, in part:
A modern quad core system's motherboard will NOT use an AGP socket such as
your video card requires, but rather will use a PCI-E socket video card.
_____

Though quad core motherboards with an AGP slot may not exist, the 6800 GS
128 MByte display adapter exists in AGP and PCI-e versions.

Phil Weldon

"DaveW" wrote in message
. ..
A modern quad core system's motherboard will NOT use an AGP socket such as
your video card requires, but rather will use a PCI-E socket video card.
Time to upgrade.

--
--DaveW


"Robert Blass" wrote in message
...
I was planning on building a quad-core system [intel] and am wondering
if it would be ok to recycle and keep using my nvidia 6800gs 128mg?

If not, what would be a good entry-level vid card?

I aint made of money, thanks a lot.

A modern quad core system's motherboard will NOT use an AGP socket such as
your video card requires, but rather will use a PCI-E socket video card.

Though quad core motherboards with an AGP slot may not exist, the 6800 GS
128 MByte display adapter exists in AGP and PCI-e versions.

Asrock have made a few with both agp and pcie.
Not top of the line though.

My 6800GS is made by EVGA is *IS* PCI-E

On Wed, 9 Apr 2008 17:48:40 +0200, "ShutEye" sayd the
following:

A modern quad core system's motherboard will NOT use an AGP socket such as
your video card requires, but rather will use a PCI-E socket video card.

Though quad core motherboards with an AGP slot may not exist, the 6800 GS
128 MByte display adapter exists in AGP and PCI-e versions.

Asrock have made a few with both agp and pcie.
Not top of the line though.

'Robert Blass' wrote:
My 6800GS is made by EVGA is *IS* PCI-E

_____

Which fact should tell you, that, as 'ShutEye' posted, some advice (and
attitude) posted here is not "top of the line". For more mature replies you
might want to seek a more mature newsgroup; alt.comp.hardware.overclocking ,
for example.

Phil Weldon

"Robert Blass" wrote in message
news
My 6800GS is made by EVGA is *IS* PCI-E

On Wed, 9 Apr 2008 17:48:40 +0200, "ShutEye" sayd the
following:

A modern quad core system's motherboard will NOT use an AGP socket such
as
your video card requires, but rather will use a PCI-E socket video card.

Though quad core motherboards with an AGP slot may not exist, the 6800
GS
128 MByte display adapter exists in AGP and PCI-e versions.

Asrock have made a few with both agp and pcie.
Not top of the line though.

Phil Weldon wrote:


For more mature replies
you might want to seek a more mature newsgroup;
alt.comp.hardware.overclocking , for example.

Phil Weldon

What Phil meant to write was "To find people who enjoy speculating about
nothing and wondering "what if" try the fisher-price groups."

Garbage In Garbage Out.

This is not quite up to date either, but may be helpful in attaining the best
performance for your dollar:
http://www.tomshardware.com/2008/03/...ming_graphics/

Now presumably up-to-date:
http://www.tomshardware.com/2008/04/...for_the_money/

Augustus wrote:
"Robert Blass" wrote in message
...
I was planning on building a quad-core system [intel] and am wondering
if it would be ok to recycle and keep using my nvidia 6800gs 128mg?

If not, what would be a good entry-level vid card?

I aint made of money, thanks a lot.

Most 128Mb 6800GS cards I've seen are AGP and not PCIe. In fact, in 30
seconds of Googling, I could not find a single PCI-e 128Mb 6800GS card. And
tha's all the time I felt like investing. For any modern gaming, assuming
it's PCIe, it's not adequate. If it's not PCIe then make sure you use
non-conducting snippers to trim the PCB board to make it fit.


ROFLMAO!