Simviation Forum - Old Card....New Card

Sep 22^nd, 2004 at 5:21pm

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Pics to show the difference between old card and new card

Old card ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128mb:

New card eVGA nVidia 6800GT 256mb:

I still have some tweaking to do, but these are right out of the box

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Reply #1 - Sep 22^nd, 2004 at 6:14pm

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WOW...some nice changes...

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Reply #2 - Sep 22^nd, 2004 at 6:19pm

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I think the water looks better with the old ATi card though ???

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Reply #3 - Sep 22^nd, 2004 at 8:18pm

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I think the water looks better with the old ATi card though ???

Thats because I had the wrong water scenery installed using Ocean FX 2. I had it set for maximum waves.

It looks MUCH better now, and I have installed the latest drivers. Looks AWESOME now

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Reply #4 - Sep 22^nd, 2004 at 8:24pm

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Still tweaking

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Reply #5 - Sep 22^nd, 2004 at 8:56pm

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Yeah I did the exact same upgrade from the ATI Radeon 9800 128MB and not only is image quality that much better, but performance is right where I want it!! Grin

I'm pleased with Nvidia so far. This is my first Nvidia card EVER. Haha

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Reply #6 - Sep 22^nd, 2004 at 9:04pm

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Reply #7 - Sep 22^nd, 2004 at 9:39pm

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DPR, Its the latest Custom Classics X, Travel Air Biplanes by Lynn and Bill Lyons over at Golden Eagles Squadron, Lynn and Bill's website

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Reply #8 - Sep 22^nd, 2004 at 10:09pm

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I'd also like to upgrade, but I'd have to re-format my whole computer before I do it,. That should be standard praxis when switching videocards btw.
My 9800XT did not work too well on my old rig when it replaced the 4600ti Sad

...fecked up pretty big Grin

Anyways wont upgrade until spring (if I can afford it). Winter's almost here which means studying for upcoming aviation school interviews, aswell as guiding my youth hockey team to further success(?), AND play hockey twice a week with my other team...all this while working full time and having a girlfriend living far from me.......how the hell will I ever have time to visit her???...winter means celibacy for ol' Nex. Grin

Sorry for the rant guys, I get this melancholic in the nights 8)

Now where were we?..oh yes the graphics cards,...

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Reply #9 - Sep 22^nd, 2004 at 10:42pm

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'sall good Nexus. We all need to vent from time to time.

As far as reformatting, yeah I have a separate windows partition and I did a full system reinstall. Everything runs smoooooooooooooooooooooooth. 8)

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Reply #10 - Sep 23^rd, 2004 at 4:10am

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Very nice indeed Stephen 8)

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Reply #11 - Sep 23^rd, 2004 at 9:39am

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I don't see a difference. A 9800pro should be faily sufficient for good frames and good quality.

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Reply #12 - Sep 23^rd, 2004 at 12:59pm

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Heretic, my bro has a 9800pro, and a similar base setup as me. He could nowhere near hold the FPS and settings I have mine set at. IQ is better IMO on the 6800 than the 9800pro too.

He came round had a go one mine and is amazed how good it looks. Screenies dont really do it justice. What I see on my 19" monitor running at 1600x1200 4xaa and 8xaf is way better than a screeny posted here Grin

Anyhow nice shots Savas I got those bipes too, they are pretty sweet and I love racing the train hehehe.

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Reply #13 - Sep 23^rd, 2004 at 6:11pm

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The 6800 is faster than the 9800XT which I have, no doubt about it...but it is really worth the $$$ just to get a marginal FPS boost ???
Because we are not talking about day and night here, it's not a MX2 vs the 6800, it's the one year old 9800XT which in a CPU depending game like FS performs extremely good. If I want more FPS I'd buy a better cooling system and increase the clock freq. of my Athlon 64 processor.

I have my FPS locked at 35. I get the same result regardless antialiasing and other goodies turned on or OFF. In my case (and that goes for the most of us here), the limit is set by the computer and it's memories.

A 6800 would not increase my FPS by much, so with some consideration, I think I'll pass the GFX upgrade

However, if we were talking about heavy graphic games like Aquanox or Farcry, then hell yeah I'd buy a new card in a jiffy Grin

People looking to buy new cards might want to check this out.
http://www20.graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20040907/geforce_6600-12.html

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Reply #14 - Sep 23^rd, 2004 at 6:35pm

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AS you said, I play other games that use up the power of my graphics card Grin

thats one reason for me getting it I dont just play FS2004, well not until this week as BOTA has started and its all I'm doing lol.

It way out performs a 9800pro in FS2004 I know that much dunno about the 9800xt though.

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Reply #15 - Sep 23^rd, 2004 at 9:20pm

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I have my FPS locked at 35. I get the same result regardless antialiasing and other goodies turned on or OFF. In my case (and that goes for the most of us here), the limit is set by the computer and it's memories.

I think that's an issue with ATI. I couldn't get video card settings to effect image quality or performance (when turning settings down).

My friend has a older Nvidia card and moving video card settings on that thing makes a HUGE difference in both areas.

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Reply #16 - Sep 23^rd, 2004 at 9:57pm

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It's not hard to determine if FSAA and AA is activated, but when I unlock the frames I see a difference in the FPS. Without the goodies turned on, I have well above 100fps at times, when they are activated it drops to around 45-50, but not below 35

And juggling with different drivers has finally made me a happy man (thanks Omega).

IF (and that's a big IF), I will buy a new card it will be the X800XT, only because I get a discount on ATi products.

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Reply #17 - Sep 24^th, 2004 at 7:33am

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IF (and that's a big IF), I will buy a new card it will be the X800XT, only because I get a discount on ATi products.

Next year's card will be a X800XT for me as well,but I'm a convinced ATI-user...

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Reply #18 - Sep 24^th, 2004 at 11:58am

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NOOOO! Say it isn't so. Embarrassed

I can't believe you went to an Nvidia.... Grin

Switching video cards is like cheating on your spouse, in the end it is just expensive! Grin

Seriously, enjoy the new card... looks good to me...

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