Video Card Advice

**MaximusGauis** · 02-05-2007, 20:30

I just checked NewCard. The have the X1950 Pro. In stock from HIS. That vid card is the best. The one you want is 256 with the ICEQ3. It's on sale with a $20 rebate. If I was not flat broke. I would buy that vid card for my Desktop. The HIS with the ICEQ3. Is clocked higher with the 256. Than the one with 512. Plus the ICEQ3 is their best vid card cooler.

**Birka Viking** · 02-05-2007, 21:03

If anyone dont belive me that the pipes is the most important on the old generation graficcards...then can someone explain this then..On my old comp I have geforce 6800le 128 mb card. The card has only 8 pipes original..I then downloaded a program called Rivaturner and managed to open 8 more pipes. So my card had 16 pipes and become almost a 6800 gt card. My game performance almost doubled after that...
Cheers

**MaximusGauis** · 02-05-2007, 23:04

Originally Posted by Birka Viking

If anyone dont belive me that the pipes is the most important on the old generation graficcards...then can someone explain this then..On my old comp I have geforce 6800le 128 mb card. The card has only 8 pipes original..I then downloaded a program called Rivaturner and managed to open 8 more pipes. So my card had 16 pipes and become almost a 6800 gt card. My game performance almost doubled after that...
Cheers

There are some vid cards. Such as yours. That you can unlock those extra pipes. Now if your card had 256mb. You would have a 6800GT.

**Eduorius** · 02-05-2007, 23:47

so in conclusion a 6800 is better than a 7100 for videogames?

**Birka Viking** · 02-06-2007, 18:17

Originally Posted by Eduorius

so in conclusion a 6800 is better than a 7100 for videogames?

If it is a GT YES!

**Axelus** · 02-07-2007, 18:57

I upgraded my Radeon 9000 to a Geforce 6600, and it did not change the framerate very much, except a little when 2 fullstack armies on huge settings battle, and using fire arrows, which previously caused very low frames. I've had 1gb of 400mhz ram during all the time, and that is more important, and/or perhaps a good motherboard.

**Birka Viking** · 02-07-2007, 19:48

Originally Posted by Axelus

I upgraded my Radeon 9000 to a Geforce 6600, and it did not change the framerate very much, except a little when 2 fullstack armies on huge settings battle, and using fire arrows, which previously caused very low frames. I've had 1gb of 400mhz ram during all the time, and that is more important, and/or perhaps a good motherboard.

Well if u have a 6600gt it only have 8 pipes and for that reason its not so good to play on..But a 6800gt have 16 pipes..
Cheers