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Originally Posted by {OF}Blong
lol time for you to upgrade a 7800gt. IM still using a 6800gt.
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It is not so bad since I had the card for about 2 years. The 7800 series was released in the fall / winter months of 2005.
It is amazing being able to play and enjoy to the fullest with the eye candy on in games like Crysis, The Witcher, Bioshock, Neverwinter Nights 2, and some older games. It is a totally new level of immersion into the game world. I have never been able to easily run a game at 1600x1200 with max graphics (Crysis is still a no go on any video card for max graphics) and have no problems with stuttering or frames dipping below 30-40 FPS on the minimum.
I was having problems with all of the "next gen" games and this was a huge bang for the buck versus their previous 8800 pricing. I would have got a 8800GT since they run 250-299 and have almost the exact same speeds but the kicker is no dual slot cooler. They run a heck of a lot hotter from a less efficient heat sink fan plus it dumps all that heat inside your case rather than out the back. I felt that it was worth 50-80 dollars more to be able to over clock it faster, not heat my other PC components up, and overall have a cooler running video card. Since I would have probably just dumped almost that much money on an after market cooler to fix the GT's problems there was no real price difference to me.