Cannondale06, your wrong about this one, even with my "oldish" proc, this thing flat out smokes anything I've had before. I've had nothing but ATI cards since the 4600TI days, I'm really not an ATI/AMD fanboy, but if you get the chance to testdrive one of these cards look out...
Got one from BestBuy online in april(HD6950,2mb), CCC already I.D.ed it at 820mhz and 1250, didnt have to touch a thing, better to be lucky than good right?
I've got the 360 and I can't believe you'd actually consider trading it even for a 7800GTX . As much as I would like to get my hands on one or a pair of them, there is no way I would trade my 360 for one. The games aren't the best launch games I've ever played but what the hell they're better...
I also rented the game, and it seems very suceptible to dirt, fingerprints, and other stuff that can get on a disk. My kids are always cleaning it to get it to work right.
I'm 56 years old and I have played video games now for over 30 years. I find them to be a great stress reliever and good for brain activity. My general reaction times are much higher than non-video game players my age, and I feel they can be an effective Alzheimers prevention mechanism.
I've got Comcast cable for my high-speed internet as well as cable for my TV. My problem is after a small wind, breeze, or whatever, my internet goes out as well as my lower band channels on my TV. I've had Comcast techs over several times but by the time they show up everything has resumed...
AznAnarchy99, you won't notice much of an increase by going from a X800Xt-PE to a 7800GTX. I played a friends machine with a 7800GTX with the same proc I have, and I really couldn't tell the difference. I'm gonna wait at least for the R520s to come out and see what they can do with crossfire and...
If you can borrow some ram from someone you know, put it in and check it out. I will never go back to 1gb while playing BF2, and it also did wonders in Doom 3.
I was very disapointed at first, I had to run my res at 1024X768 and my Hz level to 60. I then added an extra 1gb of ram (now at 2gb Corsair XMS3200) and I can run everything at 1200 X 1600, 75Hz and the highest settings without any slowdown. It wasn't my card holding me back at all, it was not...
I gained 500+ pts in Aquamark, and thats the only one I tested before I got the 5.8 cats. After I put the drivers in and the ram I gained 500+ pts in 3d mrk2005. There is a gain sometimes.By the way, I'm still at 200MHz 2-2-2-6, 4 Dimms with 512 in each one. I love the 2gb and wouldn't trade it...