Which Graphics Card Do You Use?

Point taken Muf.

But if it were for everyone around we would still be using the old version of ms word 3.0 cause it was good enough then...so why renewing and revamping hardware for playing games?...It's a hobby first of all, and why having three different machines if you can do everything with one

One of the main reasons why we still are able to play the latest games on those consoles: let's install Kaspersky, Ewido and Tiny on that XBox and see if it is still able to play those games? afaik the processor in the consoles are P4 1400Mhz...it wouldn't handle the games right if you surf and browse/burn music while typing a letter... on that gamingconsole I guess.

But I do understand what you're saying! Enjoy the rest of the weekend

Andy

 

Point noted

What I meant to say was that Doom 3 at low detail still looks better than Max Payne at high detail

That effectively proves that even at lower details, games of the future will look better on your PC than the current games at high details

Consoles, currently have just one problem - hardware expandability. While they can offer excellent speed - the hardware may or may not allow for some features to be enabled - Floating point color for example (this is the main reason why Xbox doom 3 does not look as good as PC doom 3).

When a console is released, it offers the best tech, but no upgradeability - it can limit a developer in quite a few ways. Therefore the developers have to spend more time optimising for the consoles. This is why some developers choose to make their games only for PS2 or XBox - so they can optimise better for those.

 

Firecat and Infinity.

Good points you bring up there. Consoles have a major disadvantage in their incapability to be upgraded, and yes if i installed some security apps on an xbox it would bring it to it's knee's.

Wouldn't it be nice if pc's lasted for at least 10 years for running the latest security/business apps. And games consoles were upgradeable and only cost about $50 for the latest graphics chip to bring it up to date. Well we can dream!

Thanks for your thoughts ppl and have a good day.

muf

 

Lets hope it becomes a reality someday

 

how much is the fx 6600?

 

Anywhere from about USD 115 to USD 200, depending upon whether you want to buy GeForce 6600LE, 6600GT or just the vanilla 6600..

 

You did not ask about Matrox. We have several multi monitor systems that use Matrox. One system has four 21" monitors being driven by one card.

 

There really should be a Matrox (at least Parhelia) in this poll.
They have the best quality 2D and multi-monitor setup.
The 3D speed is not great, but it depends on what you use you computer for.
If you are an avid 3D gamer, then forget it.
Otherwise they rock.

 

I'm sorry, my mistake. I do know of Matrox, they have excellent 2D solutions.

About the Parhelia, I want to ask a question - Is it really capable of doing floating point ops with the vertex shader?

 

Hi Firecat,

I looked, but couldn't find any info about it.
I think tomshardware, maybe anandtech, did a review a while back.

You could ask here:
http://forum.matrox.com/mga/index.php?c=14

Keep on roaring.

 

How would you guys compare the Leadtek PX6800TDH Geforce 6800 256MB 256-bit DDR PCI Express x16 card with the H.I.S. Radeon X800GT IceQ card ?

 

To be honest, I haven't a clue what graphics card I have!

 

Well i have a Gainward FX5700LE. Hows this gfx card??

 

I use the 9800xt, and it is indeed a great card, but next time around I am definately going Nvidia due to lack of linux driver support for ati. I'd even trade my 9800xt for a 5950 ultra if someone wanted to.

 

I'm running a PX6800 256 MB and have turned on Coolbits.....i use the Winfast program that came with to bump the clocks up to recommended optimized settings.....have also installed Riva 2.0 Build 15.7 and more or less used the defaults.....a few days ago the Winfast program otimized to 416 and 783.......today(for reasons i do not understand)it was 408 and 767........is it ok to keep these programs running or should i drop one and if so, which one.....

 

Coolbits is OK. But just use the Winfast program and not RivaTuner.

@kalpik - Your graphics card is:

DX7 games - good
DX8 games - OK
DX9 games - not so good

 

I have this one, but I don't play games, I'm not interested in any graphic applications. So my graphics card is a poor man's solution
Sapphire (PCI-E) X550 Advantage 256M DDR PCI-E VGA/TVO/DVI-I Heatsink 128bit 200Mhz
The prize was crucial in my choice : 82 EURO.

 

Thanks Firecat
BTW..i just made 1000 posts...not much compared to some, but a lot for me......long live Wilders....

 

Hmm... not very comforting! But thanks anyways!

 

Congratz RainWalker !

splendid, PciE is very stable good performer! may I ask what brand of 6800 Nvidia?

grtz!

/edit: reason why asking? .. possibility for you to upgrade it with bios flash to GT6800

 

TNT1 1999 (approx) vintage on my server (well its a server).

Laptop has some rubbish built in intel 3d junk, but I dont play games so does'nt bother me.

 

3D Labs Wildcat VP 800 (dual monitor)
Backup mach: ATI Radeon 9600SE (dual monitor)
No gamers here. CAD / graphics.

 

7800gt, here is my 3dmark05 score.

 

GeForce FX 5600XT

Regards,
sonap

 

7800GT [256, pci-e x16]