Hakaslak
06-21-06, 12:19 PM
I've been following this community a lot, and although I don't post too much, I still love this forum lol. </stupid>
Anywho, I have a evga GeForce 7950 in my rig, but I let my friend borrow it, so I ordered a 7300GS o live with for 2 weeks. Don't even ask... he had a date or something or other. Hell if I know <_< ...
So the next day, this POS video card that is smaller than my sound card comes, I plug it in, and start playing games. I am blown away. Obviously, I had to turn the resolution from 1900x1200 to 1024x768 and sometimes 800x600, but the card is a really really good card..... it surprised me. Even though the graphics looks like crap (in comparison), you get used to it after a while. It can run CSS at around 40 fps at max settings,4x AA,16xAF and 1024x768, and runs just fine.
Need for Speed Most Wated was also fine, but I'm having problems with FRAPS, so I can't post my FPS now... but let's just say that at the medium lowish settings (no AA no AF) it's still smooth. I have no tearing, no lagging, no flickering textures that I had with my SLI 7800s, no problems :P
The only game I couldn't run was Oblivion, and I don't know what that game does that is so special, but it murdered the poor thing, and I was still in the Bravil Mages Guild... T_T. No Oblivion for 2 weeks :thumbdwn:.
But what really surprised me was the price. at $80 for next day delivery ($20+ for shipping) It was a great bargain. Honestly, I feel that most of us 'hardcore gamers' need to take a step back and actually use some of the cards we bash, either because of review sites or paper specs. Yes, it does have a POS 64 bit bus, it had 'TurboCache', it doesn't even have RAM sinks! However, I feel that the video cards that nVidia (I have no clue about ATi) , at all price points, are good deals. They can run all the gamnes I play, sans Oblivion, and they perform very well. It is quiet, small, doesn't need a 1KW PSU, and still has dual outputs and s-video out.
I've told many prosepective gamers on what to put in a PC for games, and I've always sciffed at anything below 2nd tier. (you know, 7900, 7600, 7300... The 7600 is second tier). But now, after my experiences with the crappiest of the crap 7 series, I might have to rethink my impressions of hardware.
I know we all like to compare benchmarks, either in game or out, but still, perhaps we're going a little too consumeristic? We blindly drool at the latest and greatest (I know I do), but how do we compare gameplay without actually using the cards? I know most of you haven't seriously used anything like a 7300, and when I say that, I mean for more than a day running benchmarks. I mean day in and day out use, actually overclocking and tweaking the card.
</rant>
I STILL LOVE MY 7950!!!!
ED! GIVE IT BACK ALREADY!!!!!!!!!!
AND DONT GIVE IT BACK TO ME LIKE THAT DUDE THAT HAD A 'ACCIDNT' ON HIS 6800 2 YEARS BACK... <_<;;
BTW - Anyone have the link to that thread? I can't find it. It was ROFL
Anywho, I have a evga GeForce 7950 in my rig, but I let my friend borrow it, so I ordered a 7300GS o live with for 2 weeks. Don't even ask... he had a date or something or other. Hell if I know <_< ...
So the next day, this POS video card that is smaller than my sound card comes, I plug it in, and start playing games. I am blown away. Obviously, I had to turn the resolution from 1900x1200 to 1024x768 and sometimes 800x600, but the card is a really really good card..... it surprised me. Even though the graphics looks like crap (in comparison), you get used to it after a while. It can run CSS at around 40 fps at max settings,4x AA,16xAF and 1024x768, and runs just fine.
Need for Speed Most Wated was also fine, but I'm having problems with FRAPS, so I can't post my FPS now... but let's just say that at the medium lowish settings (no AA no AF) it's still smooth. I have no tearing, no lagging, no flickering textures that I had with my SLI 7800s, no problems :P
The only game I couldn't run was Oblivion, and I don't know what that game does that is so special, but it murdered the poor thing, and I was still in the Bravil Mages Guild... T_T. No Oblivion for 2 weeks :thumbdwn:.
But what really surprised me was the price. at $80 for next day delivery ($20+ for shipping) It was a great bargain. Honestly, I feel that most of us 'hardcore gamers' need to take a step back and actually use some of the cards we bash, either because of review sites or paper specs. Yes, it does have a POS 64 bit bus, it had 'TurboCache', it doesn't even have RAM sinks! However, I feel that the video cards that nVidia (I have no clue about ATi) , at all price points, are good deals. They can run all the gamnes I play, sans Oblivion, and they perform very well. It is quiet, small, doesn't need a 1KW PSU, and still has dual outputs and s-video out.
I've told many prosepective gamers on what to put in a PC for games, and I've always sciffed at anything below 2nd tier. (you know, 7900, 7600, 7300... The 7600 is second tier). But now, after my experiences with the crappiest of the crap 7 series, I might have to rethink my impressions of hardware.
I know we all like to compare benchmarks, either in game or out, but still, perhaps we're going a little too consumeristic? We blindly drool at the latest and greatest (I know I do), but how do we compare gameplay without actually using the cards? I know most of you haven't seriously used anything like a 7300, and when I say that, I mean for more than a day running benchmarks. I mean day in and day out use, actually overclocking and tweaking the card.
</rant>
I STILL LOVE MY 7950!!!!
ED! GIVE IT BACK ALREADY!!!!!!!!!!
AND DONT GIVE IT BACK TO ME LIKE THAT DUDE THAT HAD A 'ACCIDNT' ON HIS 6800 2 YEARS BACK... <_<;;
BTW - Anyone have the link to that thread? I can't find it. It was ROFL