Just upgraded my graphics card

[Ack]

I went form an ATI Radeon x1650 to an MSI N9800GT. Watched Fallout 3 set itself from the lowest possible settings to high. Now I'm removing all the old drivers for the card I no longer have, and enjoying how pretty all my games are. Plus, hopefully I can get STALKER to run for more than five minutes now.

Unfortunately there is one downside I've noticed. The built in fan on the new card is a bit louder, so I'm hearing it more. I do wish it ran quieter.

[holaback]

How is the N9800GT in comparison to the 8800GT? As far as I know the 9800GT was a rebadged 8800GT but I'm not sure what the N is all about. Eitherway great choice of card if I'm thinking it is what i think it is. Not too expensive and it handles everything great even at stock speeds. Most people really don't need 500 dollar cards.

[CaptainWeasel]

Man, I can't wait to buy my whole setup. Gonna throw a 9800GTX+ in there. I'd say it's a decent upgrade from a Geforce 6200. Hell, my whole GPU history has been quite depressing...

Bought a brand new Geforce FX5200 waaaaay long ago
Down(up)graded to a ATi Radeon...9000, I think it was?
Got a Geforce 6200 for free.

Yeah, I cant wait to have the best box on the block.

[Niode]

Should have gone with a HD4850. WAAAAAAY better value for money.

[lordofduct]

I'm still cooking my Geforce 7950GX2



I plan to be running this thing for awhile. I don't do a lot of gaming on my PC... so I don't see the need for upgrading

Though I can't figure out for the LIFE of me to use each GPU independently for two seperate displays on Linux. GRRRR, I even posted a thread on the ubuntu forums with no avail:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=966362

If any of you guys here who use Ubuntu (or any other variant of Linux) could help me... MUCH APPRECIATED!

[RyaNtheSlayA]

My Dell XPS has 2 BFG Nvidia GeForce 8600gt 512mb OC's with DX10 (it was the second v-card from nvidia to have DX10) upgraded from the default ATI Radeon X1300pro 128mb.

My Powerbook Rev. E has a suprisingly capable ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 (yet CMR reports it as a 9600xt?) with 128mb yet I can still manage to run Doom 3 and Quake 4 with shadows on high settings as well as AoE 3 on highest settings.

My Macbook Pro had an 8600 thats was giving me so much trouble I took it in for credit at the Apple store. Which shouldnt suprise me, 8xxx series cards always get hot and that 8600 happens to be very bad heat wise.

[Droid party]

Should have gone with a HD4850. WAAAAAAY better value for money.

That's what I bought. Great card,great price.

[Mozgus]

My 8800GT still serves me just fine. The most recent games have to be turned to medium at 1680x1050 to stay above 30fps, but that's ok. If I was still back on a smaller display, it would be running much better.