ALWAYS do your homwork

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Let this be a lesson to you:

I had an eVGA 6800gt and I didn't want to do a full upgrade so I thought I'd get a 7800 GS OC. Well, I normaly search high and low in every nook and cranney on this forum to find out as much info as I could about a product I was wanting to buy...execpt this time. Then today I got bored so I thought I'd look at what the forum thinks about my brand new card and came across this:

http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1013886&highlight=BFG+7800

I guess that its only a slight(if any) performance increase that is defently not worth $350.00 considering I already had a 6800gt. Not to mention I lost 4 pipes. By the way, I didnt see in there if you could unlock the extra pipes, can you? If I could I guess I wouldnt be THAT pissed at myself for not doing my homework...

Anywho, the point is always do your homework, because had I done it I would be $350.00 richer with a video card that has about the same performance:(
 
actually, both cards have 16 physical pipelines, while the 7800GS has 8 ROPS where the 6800GT has 16. Because of the more efficient architecture, it is able to beat the 6800GT in most every facet
 
Hmm, I guess I'm not understanding it fully. What I got from it was that while it is better then a 6800gt its not worth $350.00 IF you already have a 6800gt. Am I right in saying that?
 
Anh dont forget that 7800gs' overclock like crazy. On stock cooling theyll go to at least 460/1450 and lots of people have gotten 500/1500 with stock, thats from 375/1200 stock. This o/c makes very very close to a 7800gt, which is quite a bit faster than a 6800ultra.
 
ZOMGWTFBBQ said:
Anh dont forget that 7800gs' overclock like crazy. On stock cooling theyll go to at least 460/1450 and lots of people have gotten 500/1500 with stock, thats from 375/1200 stock. This o/c makes very very close to a 7800gt, which is quite a bit faster than a 6800ultra.
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If this is true that makes it worth it IMO.
 
I'm not into ocing because I really have no idea what the hell I'm doing and I'm scared I will break shit.
 
overclocking is easy. let rivatuner do it for you.
also if you bought from evga like you did your last card then if it breaks you can rma it for a new one. If you OC your new card you'll get likely a 10-20% increase in performance easily. a 7800GS will outperform a 6800GT easily if you just tweak it right.
 
Yea if you dont like it return it and exchange for something better. I think your stuck with AGP, and that does stink, but I thought they released a card that has the 7800 GT core for AGP recently? I remember reading something about it. Gainsward or something? Might want to check for it.
 
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