x850XT vs. 7900GT

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Tanatz

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How much of an improvement would I notice in general? Games I play:

Everquest 2
Oblivion
Quake 4

also, about how much could I get for an x850XT on eBay if I decided to make the switch.

I've been an ATi guy for a long time now, but a bunch of little things have me wanting to switch back to Nvidia.
 
A 7900GT is significantly faster than X850XT in all of those games. I don't play EQ2, but I can tell you that Oblivion will look and play oodles better.
Personally I'd go for an X1800XT, but as you seem set on the GT I won't try and dissuade you.

As for selling the old card, just search on eBay to get a rough re-sale value. I'm based in the UK so my advice on this point would be pretty useless. All I will say is that the AGP version is worth more than the PCI-E card.
 
My main reasons for considering the switch are:

Catalyst Control Center - hate it.
Noisy fan under load - hate it ( no its not overclocked )
NVidia color vibrancy setting, I miss that.
SM 3.0 ( or lack thereof with the ATi card I have now )
 
The 7900GT would be a much better deal, X850XT isn't that great of a card especially if you want to play oblivion.
 
I would be interested in getting a BFG OC, are the fans noisy on those?
 
make sure the oc card you get is reliable...a lot of them have had problems...

and the x850xt scores the same fps as the 7900gt in oblivion but in every other game the 7900gt is a LOT faster...
 
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