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ta7mike

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I recently purchased and played Battle for Middle Earth 2, and could really see lags across playing large battles.... i dont really want to spend the money now to 'jump' on the PCI-E wagon, but really looking to extend the life of rig to another 1-2 years. As everyone else still on the AGP side, I am looking at both the 6800GS and 7800GS. I have read one post that it didn't make sense for the person to jump to the 7800 series due to the CPU, granted it was a Athlon 2700, not sure how much better i am off :). Thanks for the input on which way to go! BTW, if its 7800GS then i would go with the evga 7800gs superclock.

these are the latest specs :

MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum 939
AMD 64 3000+
OCZ Modstream 530W
RAM 1GB OCZ 3200
HD 74 Raptor, 200GB Maxtor, 160 SG
XFX 6600 GT
Dell 2005FPW
 
Get a 939 PCIe motherboard like this one for $100, and a 7600GT for about $200.

Compare that to $300 for a 7800GS alone, with no better performance and a dead end upgrade path. This way you'll have the same performance and price as a 7800GS, and you'll be on PCIe.
 
Don't I need to change my Powersupply as well?

Also are you sure that I would have about equal performance...that would be amazing.
 
Looking at the 200 range cards the 7600GT reviews on newegg reminds me a lot about the discussion last year deciding between a 6600GT and 6800nu cards. does the 7600GT card really stack up against a 6800ultra or the 7800GS for me to take the jump?
 
Def go PCIe and 7600GT, lower power consumption, transparent AA, better upgrade path, no truly noticable performance difference
 
ta7mike said:
Its hard to find a review on 7800GS vs 7600GT...
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I know for one thing that the 7800GT is about in between an X850XT and an X1800XT, and that the 7800GS is about equivalent to an X850XT. Because the 7800GS is a good bit less powerful than the 7800GTX (as is the 7600GT), it would make sense that the 7600GT is about equivalent to the 7800GS. Looking on Futuremark's website, the 7600GT also has almost exactly the same scores as the 7800GS in 3dMark05.
 
PWMK2 said:
I know for one thing that the 7800GT is about in between an X850XT and an X1800XT, and that the 7800GS is about equivalent to an X850XT. Because the 7800GS is a good bit less powerful than the 7800GTX (as is the 7600GT), it would make sense that the 7600GT is about equivalent to the 7800GS. Looking on Futuremark's website, the 7600GT also has almost exactly the same scores as the 7800GS in 3dMark05.
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QFT

I agree with the idea of getting a PCIE mobo and a nice little 7600GT. All you need.
 
Mr. Stryker said:
QFT

I agree with the idea of getting a PCIE mobo and a nice little 7600GT. All you need.
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Yup.

At one point planning my upgrade, I actually had a 6800GS and a 939 AGP mobo! Silly me.

Now it looks like this:

7800GT (or 7900 if prices fall)
A64 3000+
DFI Ultra-D

Oh, and you're not seeing 7800GS vs 7600GT, because ones AGP, and one's not ;)
 
Thanks everyone for the reply...side question, if I do get a new mobo, can I still re-use my WinXP version or do I need to buy a license?
 
Yes; after you pop the new mobo in, run a repair install of Windows XP and you should be good to go with installing new drivers. Dont forget to redownload all your windows updates though!
 
ta7mike said:
Thanks everyone for the reply...side question, if I do get a new mobo, can I still re-use my WinXP version or do I need to buy a license?
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I've been reusing the same Windows XP license ever since I got it back in 2001. Sshh! ;)
 
Unknown-One said:
Yes; after you pop the new mobo in, run a repair install of Windows XP and you should be good to go with installing new drivers. Dont forget to redownload all your windows updates though!
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To avoid problems, also uninstall mobo drivers before swapping, and install new ones after the swap.
 
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