Asus N6800/td/512mb

[knghtwhosaysni]

Re: Asus N6800/td/512mb

I would hold off on buying that... the 7600gs isn't all that great, infact, if I recall correctly, it is just a teensy bit getter than the 7300gt. I'm gonna find some reviews, but I think an x800gto, which is about the same price, would be better.

edit: as far as the 3DMark05 scores go, the x800gto is generally ahead by 600 points. Yes, performance is not necessarily linked to the 3DMark05 score, but apparently the x800gto can overclock very well, getting that score up to 5800, 1200 more points than the 7600gs. When overclocked, the 7600gs was only to move its score to the x800gto's stock speed score, about 4600.

http://www.gamepyre.com/reviewsd.html?aid=700&p=5

http://www.hardwarezone.com/articles/view.php?id=1856&cid=3&pg=4

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Diamond/X800GTO/5
Also keep in mind that those ests were without AA and AF. Usually, where ATI cards pull ahead is when AA and AF are turned on.

[AdmiralSCL]

Re: Asus N6800/td/512mb

I have this exact card and it works great. I run Bf2 on all high settings with 4xAA. Great card for the price. You can also unlock the extra vertex and pixel shaders. NICE CARD!!

Last of the dying AGP....

[r.satterwhite]

Re: Asus N6800/td/512mb

I took TehFunk's advice and kept my 660GT and upgraded to 2 gigs of ram running at 306 MHz (half pc3200, half pc2700) and all settings run well on high except dynamic lighting/shadows, with 2x AA, in multi-player mode. Looks great. Cost $89 (A-Data brand)
My next step will be to upgrade the AMD Athlon 2600 (266Mhz) to the Sempron 2800 (333MHz) maybe I can squeeze out a little more. Cost $82.

All cheaper than the new video card option.
Thanks again TehFunk