9600 Pro to X800 Pro....the truth

[Zak33]

Cos I'm a nice chap, and cos my friend at work was having grief with his PC, I agreed to swap (for a week) my X800Pro with him.

I know he expected a big leap. I know he had high hopes.

But the improvement was BIGGER than he thought. Much bigger.

Today, after only 2 days gaming, he had a grin that he just COULD NOT wipe off.

and tonight I get to install his 9600Pro into my machine for a week.,


Oh JOY

If YOU know someone with an older card, why not swap. For a week. It;s eye opening for BOTH parties!

[utdmleach]

The eye opener could go on for a bit if he nicks it lol

Cards I've owned
TNT something
Geforce 2
Geforce 4 Ti 4200
Geforce FX 5200
Hopefully, come xmas, my new XFX 6800GT should blow those out of the water. You must trust your m8 a lot to be letting him borrow an expensive card like that.

[iMc]

I went from a 9600pro to a 6800nu. The difference is def justified. If I manage to get it softmodded then I'll be even happier.

[malfunction]

Yeah.... Having had a 9600 non pro, a 9800SE (that wouldn't soft mod) and now a 9800 Pro that overclocks quite nicely there's a pretty big difference between the first two and the latter. Can't imagine going from a 9600 pro to an x800 pro - that ought to be noticeable in just about anything that actually uses 3D nevermind the boost he'd get in IQ

[Zak33]

he loves it.....not sure HOW to get it back tbh

[malfunction]

he loves it.....not sure HOW to get it back tbh

A crowbar?

[myth]

A crowbar?

This isnt HL 2 you know! After all he might damage the card!

[Zak33]

gonna need camo gear i think.

I love(d) 9600 Pro cards....good card....but HELL....

[Swafe]

i hated the 9600s......i never seem to see that much of a diference in my graphics cards upgrades....maybe im looking too hard? from a geforce 4 mx to a 9700....quite a leap youd say?

i wasnt smiling at all.....it seemed the same...but faster? maybe i should play with all the eye candy on as well..

[micron]

Cards I've owned
TNT something
Geforce 2
Geforce 4 Ti 4200
Geforce FX 5200

Tell me that you didnt go from a Ti4200 to an fx5200

[utdmleach]

Lol, no, I got two Rigs, now that my brother gone to uni I nicked his Geforce 4 Ti 4200 as its much better. I can see y u were so supprised there.

[daniel_owen_uk]

I would but unfortunately my 6800 ultra is to heavly integrated into my watercooling loop

[davidstone28]

I have to say I'm really disappointed with the performance leap from Ti4200 128mb to 6800 Vanilla. If wasn't for the fact that my card's passive, and the whole PCI-E / BTX standards shennanigans are in flux, I probably would have gone for an top of the range ATI card.

[Mblaster]

I went from a GF4 Ti4200 to 6800GT, performance improvement is amazing I can actually use the image quality tab (AA, AF) in the drivers now

[iranu]

geforce 2 Ti to 9700pro was eye opening. Still running both - gf2 ti in my dads rig. Trying to hold on as long as possible before next upgrade. Not easy!!

[Darren555]

I went from a 9800Pro to an X800XT & my fps on CS:Source video stress test increased nearly threefold on max settings