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A TIN OF SOUP
28th November 2004, 12:36 AM
OK as most of you know due to me talking about it none stop on TS tonight, Im gettin a new GC,,

I have my heart set on a 5950 ultra ( Which I have ordered and paid for from Dabs,, ( But I have a sneaky feeling they gonna mail me and tell me they havent got any! )

apart from them and without spending £300+ I need to buy one from the US,, Wich the BTU guys said they would help me with if needed,,

So tonight I looked at the


MSI NX6800GT-TD256 GeForce 6800 GT 256MB
.. - 350MHz Core Engine Clock speed
- 256MB 1000MHz high speed DDR3 memory
- Superscalar 16-Pipe GPU Architecture
- CineFX 3.0 Engine
Connectors:
1 x VGA out(15 Pin D-Sub)
1 x VIVO
1 x DVI connector

Max Resolution:
2048 x 1536@85Hz

3D Acceleration Features:
AGP 8X
CineFX 2.0 Engine
Advanced pixel shaders deliver 2x the floating-point shader pixel performance
of previous generations
Support for Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0 (DX9) pixel shader 2.0+
Support for DX9 vertex shader 2.0+
Long pixel programs up to 1,024 instructions
Long vertex programs up to 256 static instructions with up to 65,536 instructions
executed
Dynamic, conditional execution and flow control
Architected for Cg and Microsoft HLSL for maximum compatibility for nextgeneration
content
128-bit, studio-quality, floating-point precision computation through
the entire rendering pipeline
Native hardware support for 32 bpp, 64bpp and 128 bpp rendering modes
Up to 12 pixel shader operations/clock
Up to 16 textures per rendering pass
Support for sRGB texture format for gamma textures
DirectX and S3TC texture compression
Optimized for 32-, 24-, 16-, 15- and 8-bpp modes
True-color, 64x64 hardware cursor alpha
Multibuffering (double, triple or quad) for smooth animation and video
playback
- The Industry's First On-Chip Video Processor
- UltraShadow II Technology
- 64-Bit Texture Filtering and Blending
- Intellisample 3.0 Technology
- Unified Driver Architecture (UDA)
- nView Multi-Display Technology
- Digital Vibrance Control 3.0
- High-Speed GDDR3 Memory Interface
- 256-Bit Memory Interface with Advanced Memory Control
- 128-Bit Studio-Precision Computation
- Full-Speed 32-Bit Color Precision
- Advanced Adaptive De-Interlacing
- Video Scaling and Filtering
- TV-Out
- Dual 400MHz RAMDACs
- 0.13 Micron Process Technology
- Silent Copper Cooling Solution
- Games Bundle including URU, XIII and Prince of Persia 3D all full games

That costs £281

But looking at the5950 Ultra again...

GPU: GeForce FX 5950 Ultra
Memory: 256MB DDR(256-bit) MB
AGP: AGP 1X/2X/4X/8X
Clock Speed: 475MHz
Memory Speed: 950MHz(2ns)
Connectors:
1 x VGA out(15 Pin D-Sub)
1 x VIVO
1 x DVI connector

Max Resolution:
2048 x 1536@85Hz

3D Acceleration Features:
AGP 8X
CineFX 2.0 Engine
Advanced pixel shaders deliver 2x the floating-point shader pixel performance
of previous generations
Support for Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0 (DX9) pixel shader 2.0+
Support for DX9 vertex shader 2.0+
Long pixel programs up to 1,024 instructions
Long vertex programs up to 256 static instructions with up to 65,536 instructions
executed
Dynamic, conditional execution and flow control
Architected for Cg and Microsoft HLSL for maximum compatibility for nextgeneration
content
128-bit, studio-quality, floating-point precision computation through
the entire rendering pipeline
Native hardware support for 32 bpp, 64bpp and 128 bpp rendering modes
Up to 12 pixel shader operations/clock
Up to 16 textures per rendering pass
Support for sRGB texture format for gamma textures
DirectX and S3TC texture compression
Optimized for 32-, 24-, 16-, 15- and 8-bpp modes
True-color, 64x64 hardware cursor alpha
Multibuffering (double, triple or quad) for smooth animation and video
playback...


Looking at the 2 I still want the ultra and I can get it if all else fails from the US for around £200....

What u think peeeps?

TheTemplar
28th November 2004, 12:50 AM
Bud, go for the 6800GT, it will make sure you are future-proof, the 5950, whilst a cracker of a card in no way comes close to a 6800GT.
you could even get two 6600GT's on PCIX and Sli them for less than a 6800GT.
this does of course mean a new processor and mobo...lololololol but the frame rates will be good enuff to last quite some time.
MSI are a brilliant card/mobo maker and always give you a fantastic bundle with your kit. the only folks to come close to their bundle is DFI, but they cost WAY more.
lemme have a wee look into things and i'll post you some details.
As a wee point to note, at my work we don't just make dungeon equipment we also make PC's and very fast ones at that.
i'll go take some pics of my machine now and post them within the hour(brave words from me that!!!..lol) and show you what we mean.
The Cold is an utter expert and puts my knowledge well in the shade.
i imagine we can not only find you the fastest most funky card but also at great prices too!
Templar

A TIN OF B3NO
28th November 2004, 12:54 AM
atm i gotta

RADEON 9600 SERIES,

Chip Type: RADEON 9600 series AGP (0x4150)
DAC type: Internal DAC (400mhz)
Memory Size: 256mb
Adapter string: RADEON 9600 SERIES


It works Great - i dont see wy you need somin better ;) unless you have money :D

TheTemplar
28th November 2004, 01:22 AM
pics of machine posted in show me your section. sorry for poor quality but i had to use my phone as i couldn't find the leads for the camera...humpf!
Templar

A TIN OF SOUP
28th November 2004, 10:55 AM
cheers Temp...

And any info is appreciated!

A TIN OF SALMON
28th November 2004, 12:23 PM
templar my nans knowledge puts youres in the shade :mrgreen:




unless were talking aboutfish tickeling :wtf:

A TIN OF SOBE
28th November 2004, 01:35 PM
soup ddr3 enough said

A TIN OF IRNBRU
28th November 2004, 09:02 PM
Hi Soup.

I don't know if you would try ebay but i found 2 on there. Both are 5950 Ultra's with 256Mb Ram.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=5142833908&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=5142958886&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT

Both are a lot cheeper than what you were going to pay. They run out near the end of next week.

Hope this helps.

Mike206

A TIN OF SOUP
29th November 2004, 08:20 AM
ooOOoooo thanks chaps

A TIN OF PLUMS
1st December 2004, 09:43 PM
6800 gt dude,best move i have made in a while.jo looks stunning with all the bells and whistles on.i aggree with the templar on this!!!