Whats ur next card?

[GnomeWizardd]

whatcha gonna buy next?

[GnomeWizardd]

MY 6800 will be here shorty. I couldnt refuse the leadtek for 299 from www.gameve.com

[Thrax]

Provided that ATI doesn't fix their X800 series for OpenGL, the 6800GT.

[madmat]

Mine shoulda been here today.... :rant: :rant: :rant: :rant:

[TheSmJ]

A 6800GT from BFG... as soon as this damn price gouging ends... :rant:

[madmat]

Since I got my 6800 by eVGA they offer the upgrade program where you send them your card and the price difference within 90 days if you decided you want the better faster card...SmJ you could do that very thing and get the GT for 399 and have a few weeks to play with the 6800...
//Edit Oops, my bad, you want the BFG...tidE\\

[TheGr81]

I know I'm gonna catch a LOT of flak from my friends, but ATi doesn't look so good right now... I picked "6800GT". nVidia's offerings are just kicking the crap out of ATi right now, as much as I hate to say it.

[pseudonym]

Not so sure as of yet. I think I'm going to hold onto my 9800pro until the last minute and then buy whatever is cheapest. Maybe I'll do it round HL2 time.

[JChretien]

My next card will be... somebody's old Radeon 9800pro that they ditched for an x800 or a 6800 =D i am el-cheapo... and of course i'll bolt that barton sink on there kekekeke

[Geeky1]

I don't know yet, but I'm tempted to get a BFG 6800GT-OC.

[TheSmJ]

I know I'm gonna catch a LOT of flak from my friends, but ATi doesn't look so good right now... I picked "6800GT". nVidia's offerings are just kicking the crap out of ATi right now, as much as I hate to say it.


If that's the case, then you'd better change your sig. ;D

[Shorty]

Sticking with my 9800xt for another generation. Not convinced there is enough performance increase to justify spending the money.

As half-life2, Doom III and all current crop of games will fly on this card, Im not upgrading for the sake of upgrading ;)

I have a high performance card to play games when I have time, 500 extra 3dMarks will not increase your sexual prowess, your frags per hour, the size of your e-pen0r , your lifes longevity, it will not make you hip, cool, trendy and will not get you laid.

You are not your 3dMark!

Il sit this round out...

[muddocktor]

Sticking with my 9800xt for another generation. Not convinced there is enough performance increase to justify spending the money.

As half-life2, Doom III and all current crop of games will fly on this card, Im not upgrading for the sake of upgrading ;)

I have a high performance card to play games when I have time, 500 extra 3dMarks will not increase your sexual prowess, your frags per hour, the size of your e-pen0r , your lifes longevity, it will not make you hip, cool, trendy and will not get you laid.

You are not your 3dMark!

Il sit this round out...


My sentiments exactly, Shorty. I'll stay with my refurb 9800 Pro AIW for a while and sit this round of upgrades out, unless something bad happens to my present vid card. :)

[entropy]

Picked x800 pro, just because if I ever do upgrade (read: not until soph year of college, and that's if I can somehow afford it...), that would be the only card I could get. I'd be more keen on upgrading other more essential components first and foremost.

[madmat]

I'm getting the 6800 simply because the 5900U went tits up on me, not due to any largess on my part, I was actually offered a 9800xt or 350 credit from newegg and I chose the 6800 instead.
I kinda figured they'd give me the rest of the credit from the 350, boy was I wrong, next time I'll know better, take the credit and use the leftover cash for stuff life AS5 or ccfl's...never can be too cool or have too much bling.

[GnomeWizardd]

lol I am only getting a leadtek 6800 cause I sold my 9800xt for 275 The 6800 was 299 so I made out pretty good Not to metion The real reason i went with the 6800 and didnt stay where I was was the fact of pixel shader 3.0

[GnomeWizardd]

just to let u guys know I got my card in. Removed the old drivers nad jsut plopped it in and installed the new drivers. Works fine( i will be formatting when i get back from bank ) BUT i did a quick 3dmark I still went up 500 3dmarks (22000) but I amagine after I format and reinstall I will hit 23k without a prolem. Switching from ati to Nvidia without a format Is almost suicide. and image quality was so much richer and deeper. WOW the graphices actually looked alive. A+ to leadtek and nvidia for actually picking themselves off the ground dusting off and rejoining the race! )

[Gobbles]

aiw 9600XT....

should be a decent upgrade for my current 8500le..., My monitor only does 1024x768 so running doom3 and hl2 should not be an issue... That and I dont have the budget for anything better...

Gobbles

[Nomad]

I'm going to be waiting a little bit before I change cards.

[SimGuy]

Whenever Doom III pisses me off @ 1024x768 without AA/AF, I'll go grab a BFG 6800GT AGP through the local distributors.

Unless ATI manages to successfully rewrite their new OGL driver package and get some decent performance out of it, then I'll consider an X800 XT PE.

[Leonardo]

BFG makes very good cards for the money.

[GnomeWizardd]

OMG i did a fresh format and ran the Nabu demo from nvidia OMG floored me. I was really tenative going to nvidia after my 5900 disater. but man I am happy!

[lemonlime]

I'm not too sure what route I am going to go yet. I have been holding off on a video-card upgrade for too long. I'm still using my trusty GF3 Ti200 128mb. Nvidia's 6800GT looks mighty tempting. I just picked up a nice 22" NEC 1250+ monitor, so 800x600 games are not cutting it any longer.

How is the 2D quality on the 6800?

[SimGuy]

Lemonlime, out of curiosity, did you pick up that NEC locally in T.O.?

If so, care to share where they are selling them? :)

[Leonardo]

My next card will be... somebody's old Radeon 9800pro that they ditched for an x800 or a 6800 We are of like mind.

[lemonlime]

Lemonlime, out of curiosity, did you pick up that NEC locally in T.O.?

If so, care to share where they are selling them? :)

The Tigerdirect retail store in Markham (407 & Woodbine) has some Multisync 1250+'s for $340CDN. You get a $40USD mail-in rebate on top of that as well. So its more like $290 after everything is said and done. They are 'off lease' monitors, but the one I got looked brand new. They were out of stock for the longest time, and I didnt want to pay $130 for shipping (thing weighs like 80 pounds). Beautiful monitors, thats for sure. 1600x1200@87Hz, .25AG. I was there two days ago, and they had 3 left. Make sure you call before you go out there though :)

[TheSmJ]

What do you all think of PNY cards? It's a possibility I could get my hands on a PNY 6800GT for $317(!!!!) before the release of Doom 3, but I have heard rumors of the brand selling crummy cards in the past.

[KingFish]

When I can find one for a good price, it's X800 Pro for me. Looks like Nvidia got a lot more votes than I expected here.

KF

[Thrax]

PNY is one of nVidia's premiere partners.

Their cards USED to be complete ****, back in the GeForce2/3 days.

[Mohawk]

i got myself a x800 pro made by HIS with the funky cooler gonna flash it to unlock the extra 4 piplines at the weekend pretty happy with this card

[Omega65]

Right now it looks like the 6800GT will be the next upgrade.

[Geeky1]

Ok, I have a problem. I'm not sure how to answer your question. Is my next card the MSI 9800 Pro (with XT GPU & RAM) I just bought, or is it the Leadtek 6800GT I bought at the same time? Should I just go with whichever one I touch first? ;D

[Omega65]

Ok, I have a problem. I'm not sure how to answer your question. Is my next card the MSI 9800 Pro (with XT GPU & RAM) I just bought, or is it the Leadtek 6800GT I bought at the same time? Should I just go with whichever one I touch first? ;D
How much and from where?!? :thumbsup:

[GHoosdum]

I'm with Shorty and mudd. So I can't vote.

[Geeky1]

Omega, $435 and from Newegg. I originally ordered one from Atacom, since they were getting a shipment yesterday, and I could have had it yesterday, but they only got 3 cards and had to fill backorders. So, rather than wait for Atacom to get it next thursday, I ordered it from newegg, it'll be here on tuesday, and it cost me like $75 less (total, between the 9800 and the 6800; Atacom charges a 3% service fee for order pickups that are paid for with credit cards/checks too, so that's part of the $75)

//EDIT
And I just checked Newegg. They've changed the price to $455, and they're gone already anyhow. The PNY ones will supposedly be in stock later today. I suggest you use e-mail notification on this one guys, because the cards will go fast

[GnomeWizardd]

leadtek is the shiz

[Geeky1]

Hopefully. The damn heatsink on it looks big enough. :D However, in all honesty, I would've bought any of the 6800GTs they had in stock that were ~$440 or less

[Omega65]

I think I'll wait until they drop in price further. I really hate the idea of paying over $250 for a video card.

Now that ATI and Nvidia each have competitive cards, they should drop in price rapidily once the manufacturing issues get worked out. (fingers crossed)

Plenty of votes for the 6800GT but none for the 6800 Ultra.....