will i see a significant performance increase

[das müffin mann]

will i see a significant performcance increase if i upgrade from my 2900pro 512 version to a 9600?

 

[wolf]

hmmm, id say they are both pretty even really....

there will be differences, especially at varying resolutions and settings....

but to answer the question, i don't think you see a significant performance increase.

but to me significant has to be 25%++

for example how upgrading to an x1950pro was from a 6800Ultra, which felt like somewhere in the order of 40-60% more fps (given the system at the time)

 

[das müffin mann]

i was thinking of upgrading to a nvidia card and i was wondering if i would see a significant increase, also would i see a big jump if i went with a 8800?

 

[wolf]

i was thinking of upgrading to a nvidia card and i was wondering if i would see a significant increase, also would i see a big jump if i went with a 8800?

the 9800GTX, 8800GTS and to a lesser extent 8800GT would see decent gains over the 2900Pro. more so than the 9600GT would, but it also depends on what resolution and settings you like to game at.

 

[das müffin mann]

baically 1600x---- mostly at max

 

[wolf]

well at 1600x plus some AA and AF, youll want the extra beef of the shaders an 8800/9800 has to offer i'd think, unless you can hold out for Q3 when new GPU's come out....

 

[philbrown23]

why don't you just flash the 2900pro to a 2900xt?? that would be a free upgrade.

 

[das müffin mann]

why don't you just flash the 2900pro to a 2900xt?? that would be a free upgrade.

way ahead of ya