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Nvidia 7900GT XXXTREME 520/1500mhz - but i cant runt everything on High since iam only on 1gb... BF2 = 1gb = does not compute.

ATI x700pro payed $70 at circuit city can run on all highest settings.

Bfg 7800gtoc

[mcp]eltorrente wrote:

I have a BFG 7900GTX OC.  This thing is a very nice card and handles BF2 really well.

I play BF2 at 1920x1200x32 with everything turned up to "high" or "max" whatever in the settings, and I get a constant 100fps with occasional dips to 90fps or so.

Holy fuck.

i dunno much about these things, but as Defiance said...

HOLY FUCK.

T0rr3nt wrote:

you thinks those are old, i play with a radeon 9600 pro.

i do too

cyborg_ninja-117 wrote:

Defiance wrote:

[mcp]eltorrente wrote:

I have a BFG 7900GTX OC.  This thing is a very nice card and handles BF2 really well.

I play BF2 at 1920x1200x32 with everything turned up to "high" or "max" whatever in the settings, and I get a constant 100fps with occasional dips to 90fps or so.

Holy fuck.

and you believe him unless he has SLI... 90-100fps... thats kinda of impossible in high settings w/ an uber high resolution....

You think so? 

I have an AMD X2 4800 running at 2.8ghz (watercooled CPU and Northbridge)
2gigs of Mushkin Redline (254mhz, 2.5, 3, 3, 7 timings)
RAID 0 x 4 on an Areca 1210 PCIex8 Raid Card (128mb onboard cache ram and 500mhz onboard cpu) - This is what allows me to load levels LONG before the next guy gets in-game.  In fact, I've capped the Hotel at Karkand before any MECs could spawn in and stop me.  If there is no time-limit before starting a map.. look out!

I ABSOLUTLEY get 100fps with all settings on high/max at 1920x1200x32!!!

I also get 11,500+ on 3DMark05 if that is any indication of anything.  When I used to have a 7800GTX, I would get between 35-70fps depending on what was on my screen (with my same system).  When I dropped the 7900GTX in there, it never EVER drops below 70, and is always around 100fps. 

Put together a system exactly like mine and you'll see for yourself.  I'm not making things up to sound cool to a bunch of avatars on some internet board- I'm just speaking the truth.

Last edited by [mcp]eltorrente (2006-07-09 14:00:03)

I also have a 7800 GT.

i used to have an x850 but overheated and parts started dropping off because it ran at a ridiculous temperature lol now i have a X1900 its great but too loud.

Last edited by Kurazoo (2006-07-09 14:07:25)

Kurazoo wrote:

i used to have an x850 but overheated and parts started dropping off because it ran at a ridiculous temperature lol now i have a X1900 its great but too loud.

get an aftermarket cooler like a VF-900cu

cablecopulate wrote:

7900GT now, 9800 Pro before. The 9800 served me very well in the past, but the 7900 is where it's at for now. Don't really have a preference between the two brands, whatever is powerful, stable and cheap.

edit: Still have an old Geforce 2 MX that fucking kicks ass. It doesn't game for shit anymore, but if I am even in a bind and need to get something running for whatever reason, it's a workhorse and always works so I can fix a problem.

Morale of the lesson, always keep a cheap pci card on hand!

Wow, you practically went the same way as me. 

GeForce 2MX (still going strong) -----> GeForce 4 Ti4200 (fan died and killed the card) -----> Radeon 9800 (one of the best cards I've bought, anyone who says ATi drivers are crap obviously didn't use this) -----> GeForce 7800GT (mighty beast indeed, 1600 x 1200 at max details - what more could you ask?).

ATi or NVidia is simply a matter of what's offering the best value for money at the time.  Just like Intel or AMD and all the other competitions.  I don't honestly care about which manufacturer has the most crowing idiots behind it, because odds are if you need to shout from the rooftops about your choice then you're not sure you made the right one.

I've got a 6600GT PCI-X. Not great but the price was right. I gotta upgrade it at some point. Maybe an SLI board with two 6600GT cards would do the trick at a reasonable cost???