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Nvidia new card..

greenopelagreenopela Member Posts: 62
in Everquest II

Just looked at http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/7800_Series.html#agx_2d065_2dlt

Quote "Now available for the first time - the fastest NVIDIA powered graphics card ever made - the incredible new GeForce 7800 GTX. We have the following in stock - BFG GeForce 7800 GTX OC 256MB GDDR3 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail at just £399.95 +VAT, Gigabyte GV-NX78X256V-B GeForce 7800 GTX 256MB GDDR3 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail at just £339.95 +VAT, Leadtek PX7800GTX-TD256 GeForce 7800 GTX 256MB GDDR3 VIVO TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail at just £339.95 +VAT and XFX GeForce 7800 GTX 256MB GDDR3 VIVO TV-Out/DVI - Retail at just £379.95 +VAT"

so basical 400 quid,, and if some one buys one can they tell me if there any problem with EQII with it ?? before i upgrade..

i have found one First review / test of the new nvidia 7800 GTX (single and sli):

http://translate.google.com/translate?sourceid=mozclient&u=http%3A//www.hardspell.com/hard/showcont.asp%3Fnews_id%3D14372

Chinese website.. but it is translated.. and dont have EQII figures. image

Does anyone know when ati new cards are comming out??

Comments

  • DekronDekron Member UncommonPosts: 7,359

    - Single card requires min. 400W PSU Nice

    Also, it doesn't state the video ram. Is this the 512 model?

  • greenopelagreenopela Member Posts: 62


    Originally posted by dekron

    - Single card requires min. 400W PSU Nice
    Also, it doesn't state the video ram. Is this the 512 model?

    I`v not seen any 7800 with 512 ram.. but only a few companys have released it so far, with it been on sale from today,, i did notice that the 6800 ultra with 512 is still slighty more expensive than these first cards..
  • KiamdeKiamde Member CommonPosts: 5,820

    $485.25 for a card that could out perform the X850XT? I'd hit it.


    edit-

    Single card requires min. 400W PSU

    Holy S&*!.

    - includes BFG T-Shirt

    And now you know why I adore BFGTech.

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  • KaneKane Member Posts: 780

    That may be the retail price, but I've seen it going for $600+ on most sites...

  • LanmoragonLanmoragon Member Posts: 994

    Think there will be a significant price drop in the 6800 and possibly 6600?

  • KiamdeKiamde Member CommonPosts: 5,820

    Originally posted by Lanmoragon
    Think there will be a significant price drop in the 6800 and possibly 6600?


    Doubtly. The prices may go down on say, ebay, but not retail.

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    "When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out." ~Abbie Hoffman

  • KaneKane Member Posts: 780

    I've seen the 6600 GT going for as low as $150 or so after rebates...probably wont see any significant price drops till X-Mas this year. If you want a really good deal, though, check the refurb section at NewEgg.

  • anarchyartanarchyart Member Posts: 5,378
    Slightly off topic, but if you have a really nice card, check out the Battlefield 2 Demo if you already have not. I have an x800 pro with 1 gig stick of ram and 19" lcd monitor and the graphics are well, every adjective has been used to death to describe graphics so I'll take a minute to invent a new one, the graphics are crap your pants and kiss your mother-in-law realistic! Seriously, I want a MMORPG with this engine, it seems to manipulate googleplexes of polygons effortlessly.

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  • greenopelagreenopela Member Posts: 62

     

    At long last iv found a review/ test that uses EQ2 as a benchmark.. results are when image quality is at Extreme Quality too.. imageimageimage

    http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=150&type=expert&pid=11

    Might get one.. image

     

     

  • greenopelagreenopela Member Posts: 62

    Another review at : http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=Nzg0LDE0

    they said "This new Release 75 ForceWare driver has finally fixed the problems the GeForce cards had in EverQuest II. In the past, we were only able to run at the High Performance quality setting. Now with this new driver, we can run the game in Balanced mode with smooth performance and no stuttering.

    With the GeForce 7800 GTX, we found that 1600x1200 with 2x TR MSAA in Balanced mode plays very well. This is the fastest performance and highest quality settings we have ever experienced with EverQuest II. Furthermore, not only is this is a very large performance increase over the GeForce 6800 Ultra, but it is also an image quality improvement over the Radeon X850 XT-PE."

  • SmydSmyd Member Posts: 37

    eq2 is amazing

    Awesome

  • r0hnr0hn Member Posts: 185

    599 for a GeForce 7800 GTX 256mb PCI Express as listed on pricewatch.com - This category was only added in the last week.  512mb appears to not be available at this time.

    Best buy ran an ad for a 6800 ultra for 350.00 after rebates.  That was the best deal I have seen and it's a signal prices on the 6800 will be dropping soon, I think.

     

     

     

     

     

  • shaeshae Member Posts: 2,509

    If anyone is interested http://www.nvnews.net has a good collection of links to reviews and write up's, plus their own initial testing, info on the new drivers and all the good stuff.

    Just ordered my two BFG 7800's to replace my two ultra's in my little gaming rig. /Sigh, nothing like new nvidy cards to make a girls' day !

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  • sushimeessushimees Member Posts: 489

    Originally posted by Kiamde
    $485.25 for a card that could out perform the X850XT? I'd hit it.
    edit- Single card requires min. 400W PSU

    Holy S&*!.

    - includes BFG T-Shirt

    And now you know why I adore BFGTech.


    Huuugggeee waste of money :)

    I'd buy myself a car for that money lmao.

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  • KaneKane Member Posts: 780

    Hey shae, what you doing with your ultras? They AGP or PCI-E?

  • shaeshae Member Posts: 2,509

    PCI-E of course image Their running my SLi rig right now, and I'm not sure what I'm going to do with them now actually, probably just going to throw them on the Trade and Sale forums at nvnews, see if anyone wants them.

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  • Waden84Waden84 Member Posts: 1

    Hey man try newegg.com

    awesome prices and a great refund policy

    they are the best

    I just upgraded my computer (wouldn't call it an upgrade so much as an overhaul)

    and also bought an eVGA 6800GT AGP which can be bought anywhere from 230 to 400 dollars.

    I got mine for $235 from ebay and I can play eq2 with absolutely everything maxed out (execpt AA and anistropic which are horrible performance killers unless low resolution) and res of 1600x1200 with a playable framerate - 25 to 30 fps and it looks absolutey amazing (off course I dont play it at these setting and opp for a little better frame rate with still gorgous graphics)

    You don't have to spend a fortune to get great graphics right now.

  • anarchyartanarchyart Member Posts: 5,378

    BLAH I buy the best card on the planet an X800 pro (the day after it was released) for 600 bucks canadian and they go and make 5 better ones!

    Damnit don't you R&D people ever sleep!?!imageimageimage

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  • herculeshercules Member UncommonPosts: 4,925

    Posted a link concerning EQ2 and the new G7800gtx in off topic.

    Basically it seems at 1600x1200 the game is still running choppy on ALL AVALIABLE cards in group combat.

    At a lower resolution it is playable on high ends- g7800gtx,6800ultra,X850XT but the X850XT still runs better then even the 7800gtx unless in SLI mode.

    My thought is wait for the ati new graphics card if you plan on buying a new graphics card this year.

    I own the X850XT(and can confirm that this card does indeed run in extreme quality in even small raids with a athlon 3800+,2gb) so might skip a generation and get the next years card.

    But i am sticking with ATI even next yearimage

  • Saren42Saren42 Member UncommonPosts: 94

    yea, i've been thinking of getting a 850xt AGP, and sell off my 6800 Ultra AGP. I mean I used to be able to run in extreme quality when the game first came out live....but i also have a FX-55 CPU and 2gb ram

  • greenopelagreenopela Member Posts: 62

    MSI MESSED up one of its premium motherboards as you won't be able to fit a Geforce 7800 GTX in it. It's an SLI system and people at some forums discovered that one of the capacitors will interfere with one of the cards. DOHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! imageimageimageimage

    its the K8N SLI..

    But i own the ASUS sli board.. so PHEWWWW!! image

     

  • greenopelagreenopela Member Posts: 62

    OH dear  imageimageimageimageimage

  • apocadallapocadall Member Posts: 64

    Would this one be ok?

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813130501

    I'm doing a complete overhaul on my PC, the only thing i'm keeping is the hard drive. I'm getting the BFG version of the 7800GTX and i'm not sure if what you said would also apply to this motherboard.

  • greenopelagreenopela Member Posts: 62


    Originally posted by apocadall

    Would this one be ok?
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813130501
    I'm doing a complete overhaul on my PC, the only thing i'm keeping is the hard drive. I'm getting the BFG version of the 7800GTX and i'm not sure if what you said would also apply to this motherboard.

    It should be fine... According to reports its just the MSI K8N SLI board won’t be able to fit G70.. (i think its the second card that the capacitor gets in the way)

    and MSI are working on a new revision of the board

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