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MisterAutomatic · 2 Weeks Ago

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Originally Posted by MrDeodorant

Oh, the new hardware is great; but the system as a whole, with a weakling video card and a half-assed OS that can only recognize half the RAM installed, sucks.

Weakling. I disagree with that. The 8800GTS 640 was an awesome card, and still is a decent card depending on your monitor size. You my friend are misinformed.

Now as far as the hardware I would look into changing the RAM. Patriot timings tend to run pretty freaking high, other than that, you're ahead of the game in allot of ways.

MrDeodorant · 2 Weeks Ago

Well, it's one of the 96 shader core models, and I've had it for a year. I'm pretty familiar with it's performance, and trust me, it's not all that powerful any more. There isn't a game I've bought in the last year that it can play at 1920x1200 at even medium settings smoothly. As you say, it depends on your resolution, but at my resolution, it is a weak card.

As for the RAM, yeah, timings of about 9-9-9-27 or so aren't great, but it's a big step up from 1066 @ 5-5-5-15.

MrDeodorant · 2 Weeks Ago

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Originally Posted by black6

Hey guys, I am looking to get a new graphics card. I just got an i7 920 with 6gb of ram and a DX58SO board. I am still using my 7800GTX which is terrible. I am look to spend 100-150, the cheaper the better. I also don't mind buying a used card. What do you guys think is the best card ATI or NVidia.

Huh. Guess mine isn't the worst in the world!

ComGuards · 2 Weeks Ago

Officially, no, you can't upgrade from the RC to the RTM version. But Google returns several guides on how to do it anyways.

Not sure if it's valid for 64-bit though. You'll have to run 64-bit Windows to recognize the full 6GB anyways (XP or Vista or 7)

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