Thoughts?

Post by **raw** » Sat Sep 03, 2005 10:08 am

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814122201

Currently I have an ATI X300SE PCIE card (128 MB) which is ok but I really hate it's qwerky display issues with the drivers and REALLY want to head back to Nvidia. I also am not looking to get the top of the line since I don't really game anymore but am anticipating Q4. With that in mind, is this card decent?

Post by **Don Carlos** » Sat Sep 03, 2005 10:51 am

I have near enough the same card in my machine
Its an excellent card bang for buck wise and as shown
has alot of potential

Here is mine with some tweaking

Now i have a 3ghz 64 AMD with a gig of PC3200 RAM
I have OC'd my system to 3400 speeds and i get this in doom 3
everything on highest quality (ultra mode) @ 1024*768

[lvlshot]http://web.ukonline.co.uk/c.slocombe/doom3timedemo.jpg[/lvlshot]

Its definatly a fantastic card and worth getting if your on a budget!
If you could get a 6800 do it tho, the extra pipelines help loads

Post by **Don Carlos** » Sat Sep 03, 2005 11:09 am

did the HL2 stress test 1024 everything on high too

[lvlshot]http://web.ukonline.co.uk/c.slocombe/hl2stresstest.jpg[/lvlshot]

Thats without a restart after i did the Doom 3 demo

Hope it all helps

Post by **raw** » Sat Sep 03, 2005 11:29 am

NICE! I'll hump you later sir. :lub:

Post by **Don Carlos** » Sat Sep 03, 2005 8:21 pm

i'll bring the lube...

Post by **Kills On Site** » Sat Sep 03, 2005 9:30 pm

Don Carlos, what processor do you have and what cooling system do you have to get it to 3GHz

Post by **DiscoDave** » Sat Sep 03, 2005 10:59 pm

6600 is a nice card on a budget/non gaming use. Performs faster than a 9800 pro if i remember correctly

Post by **Don Carlos** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 8:42 am

Kills On Site wrote:Don Carlos, what processor do you have and what cooling system do you have to get it to 3GHz

i ment a 3000 64bit AMD
Running @ 3400 speeds

So actually 2200 mhz...? Just a slip of the fingers...

Post by **Kills On Site** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 3:39 pm

Ah, still a nice overclock. I was about to torture you for your OCing secrets lol. My Athlon XP 2500+ Mobile is running 2.4 right now. The only problem is that HL2 hates me and my OC. HL:S and CS:S don't hate me as much, and D3 has no problem, but HL:2 hates my OC and I don't know why, I pull somewhere around 160 FPS.

Post by **Don Carlos** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 3:42 pm

see thats a nice gain

I'm gonna try n get mine goin higher soon by messing around with voltages n shizzle!!

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 7:52 pm

DiscoDave wrote:6600 is a nice card on a budget/non gaming use. Performs faster than a 9800 pro if i remember correctly

http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphi ... ie-02.html

this will clear it up, and where it stands.

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 7:53 pm

Kills On Site wrote:Ah, still a nice overclock. I was about to torture you for your OCing secrets lol. My Athlon XP 2500+ Mobile is running 2.4 right now. The only problem is that HL2 hates me and my OC. HL:S and CS:S don't hate me as much, and D3 has no problem, but HL:2 hates my OC and I don't know why, I pull somewhere around 160 FPS.

run memtest, and see if it blips or anything ( errors ) then run somthing that is cpu intensive ( Super PI and etc ) for a wile and see if she hickup's, HL2 is usually pritty good at finding invonerablity's with computers.

Don: nice score man, i'm pulling 112.4 with a 3200+ and a 9800 pro.

Post by **Don Carlos** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 9:05 pm

gonna try it with a fresh bootup

Post by **Don Carlos** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 9:16 pm

[lvlshot]http://web.ukonline.co.uk/c.slocombe/hl2stresstest_rs.jpg[/lvlshot]

Not bad i dun think anyhoo

Post by **Kills On Site** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 3:38 am

I've run memtest for a good 12 hours, I will try this Super PI Tuesday when I goto school, as seeing as my computer has a B52 Bomber engine for a CPU Fan (Tornado 92mm) I can't really run it while I sleep