Just bought my first ever PCIE card

[p_o_s_pc]

im starting to think he uses omega drivers :shadedshu

I loved my omega and tweak force drivers but i didn't get a vary noticeable boost so i want back to normal Nvidia. I don't think thats the answer to his high fps

 

[LittleLizard]

9800gt is a tweaked 8800gt
so what quad and dual you thinking of getting?

if your getting an ati card the best option is like 4830-50-70-90 lol
if it was me id get a gtx260 tho

if you want cheap and cheerful 9800gt/8800gt is okay

the point is that he uses cards without a power connectora and all those ati use at least one. he currently have the best from ati without power connector, so he must go like it or not with one of those for his quad.

 

[MilkyWay]

I loved my omega and tweak force drivers but i didn't get a vary noticeable boost so i want back to normal Nvidia. I don't think thats the answer to his high fps

years ago tweaked drivers where the shit! but now nvidia makes so many beta and WHQL that they are not as good as before

i used to use the tweakforce drivers for nvidia

 

[RadeonProVega]

im starting to think he uses omega drivers :shadedshu

Using special drivers does not increase gaming performance. None of those modded drivers does a damn thing any better then the normal drivers, trust me. I use normal WHQL official drivers. I use the 190.38 for my 9500gt and sapphire's 9.9 drivers for my 4670.

so what quad and dual you thinking of getting?

I already posted the link to the dual core. The quad core, something by Gateway.

If your getting an ati card the best option is like 4830-50-70-90 lol
if it was me id get a gtx260 tho

I thought everyone on this forum already knew that i do not buy cards that require power connectors

the point is that he uses cards without a power connectora and all those ati use at least one. he currently have the best from ati without power connector, so he must go like it or not with one of those for his quad.

Hold up, the place where i shop for video cards now besides best buy has a wide range of cards, so i may find a cool ati card, who knows

 

[LittleLizard]

Using special drivers does not increase gaming performance. None of those modded drivers does a damn thing any better then the normal drivers, trust me. I use normal WHQL official drivers. I use the 190.38 for my 9500gt and sapphire's 9.9 drivers for my 4670. I thought everyone on this forum already knew that i do not buy cards that require power connectors

i know but if u want something better than a 4670 for your quad then u will have to buy one that requires.

Oh, and using special drivers IN FACT INCREASES PERFORMANCE, just that if u use them on newer cards it wont notice but, for example in my 6600gt i got an almost 12FPS increase in farcry 1 with a mod that pushes the engine to the limit.

 

[MilkyWay]

why not use a card with a power connector? most if not all new cards require one

all psu have connectors for it, im sure those crappy pre built include connections on their weak psu

 

[LittleLizard]

why not use a card with a power connector? most if not all new cards require one

all psu have connectors for it, im sure those crappy pre built include connections on their weak psu

im sure they dont

 

[Jstn7477]

Nowadays you can buy 9800GTs without PCIe power connectors and they will blow away the 9500GT.

 

[RadeonProVega]

Nowadays you can buy 9800GTs without PCIe power connectors and they will blow away the 9500GT.

Thats all good and well, but i am not replacing cards. I plan to have 2 pcie cards for 2 rigs. The 9800gt which i am buying next month will be used only for my quad core which i am buying later this year. My 9500GT and 4670 is being used for this single core and soon for the Dual core.

 

[LittleLizard]

my only concern is if a 9800gt without power connector runs on a pcie 1.1 slot that he probably have. as far as i know it transmit less power than the pcie 2.0 so...

Can u link us to the new place u buy your video cards ?

 

[RadeonProVega]

My only concern is if a 9800gt without power connector runs on a pcie 1.1 slot that he probably have. as far as i know it transmit less power than the pcie 2.0 so

My Galaxy 9500GT and Sapphire 4670 runs just fine, gaming is fine. So i am guessing the 9800gt will run just fine on a PCIEX16 slot too.

Can u link us to the new place u buy your video cards ?

http://www.marketproshows.com/computershows/index.html

I bought the sapphire 4670 for only 70 bucks. Its a big computer show, they have all kinds computer cards for cheap prices. They also had that ICE 4670 , looks cool as hell, i was going to buy it, but i am sure it wouldn't have fit in my system. Suppose to be 30% cooler then my sapphire version tho.

Anyways, here is a video on how the show look(found it on youtube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5gZERHds4E

Its better to have cash. Because say a card cost 90 bucks, well if you have a credit card you have to pay the 90 + , however if you use cash, they take off 20 bucks from the product. I am going back once they update the show list.

 

[LittleLizard]

My Galaxy 9500GT and Sapphire 4670 runs just fine, gaming is fine. So i am guessing the 9800gt will run just fine on a PCIEX16 slot too.



http://www.marketproshows.com/computershows/index.html

I bought the sapphire 4670 for only 70 bucks. Its a big computer show, they have all kinds computer cards for cheap prices. They also had that ICE 4670 , looks cool as hell, i was going to buy it, but i am sure it wouldn't have fit in my system. Suppose to be 30% cooler then my sapphire version tho.

Anyways, here is a video on how the show look(found it on youtube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5gZERHds4E

Its better to have cash. Because say a card cost 90 bucks, well if you have a credit card you have to pay the 90 + , however if you use cash, they take off 20 bucks from the product. I am going back once they update the show list.

your 9500gt and 4670 run fin on a 1.0 slot cause they run well under the 75W limit but originally, the 9800gt uses up to 120W and while the low power versions have lower vcore and use lower core speed it still may be something unstable with only 75W to rely onto. i would grab an El CHEAPO PSU with decent amps and then a normal 9800gt BUT i know you are not going to follow my advice so, whatever. Buy the 9800gt low power that u can. if its unstable... :S

 

[kurosagi01]

your 9500gt and 4670 run fin on a 1.0 slot cause they run well under the 75W limit but originally, the 9800gt uses up to 120W and while the low power versions have lower vcore and use lower core speed it still may be something unstable with only 75W to rely onto. i would grab an El CHEAPO PSU with decent amps and then a normal 9800gt BUT i know you are not going to follow my advice so, whatever. Buy the 9800gt low power that u can. if its unstable... :S

THAT was his original plan littlelizard,he was going buy the low power version of the 9800GT,i've even gave him link to the low power version/Energy efficent/no power connector 9800GT in my post before.

The 4670 is the last card from ATI that doesn't use a power connector