Good for you, (grumble grumble)
its called PCI-X because thats what it is, it is NOT
AGP

you tell 'im, AoD!

those new MSi PCI-Xpress boards are wonderful, DS. Enjoy. try out the MAT settings in the CMOS, it's dynamic overclocking.

as far as the vga card itself is concerned, I'm an ATI man meself. Nvidia's fine, you got an excellent buy, but ATi has the performance edge and generally the build quality too (control over oems)

Edited by - Tawakalna on 9/10/2004 4:53:34 PM

BUT..... the nVidia draws a lot of juice. What is your psu wattage? Normally, it is recommended that you have at least a 410watt power supply to feed your card.

I think you may find that the card requires its own power connection ... unless that's only on the Ultras. Not sure.

The ATI cards don't have the same hunger but you may not find that at Best Buy.

*walks off mumbling something about luck*

I have a good power supply. i think, but it runs the card well enough. you are right though, ATI does have the edge at times but i like the stability the Nvidia cards have given me throughout the years.

This PCI X is awesome though Doom3 looks like the imps and demons are coming more motion picture style than game like. I had a FX 5700 before this card and the game looked good...but DAMN!!!

Hell even goold ole freelancer has shown me a thing or 2!! some MINOR but noticalble additives. but i am hooked on this PCI X!!....Does ATI have one yet? cause my friend is jelous and he will only use ATI and he currently has the Radeon 9800..(i think thats what it is...all i know it is the high end ATI card) and wants a PCI X card...but he is not wanting to convert to N Vidia

any suggestions?

Yes. The X800 comes in both PCI X and AGP flavors. But unless you can find another goof at Best Buy they cost as much as what your 6800 SHOULD have cost.

FYI, in the reviews of the latest and greatest cards from both makers, the comments have been that it isn't the PCI X that you are noticing. It is the latest and greatest GPUs from nVidia and ATI that are knocking your sox off.

Your friend should get pretty much the same result with an X800 AGP card. In your specific case, though, you got quite the excellent bargain so please don't take this comment as a negative about how you're now setup at all. Since your friend most likely will have to spend more money just for the card than you did for mobo and card, I thought I'd mention this to try to save him a buck or two.

Also, with the ATI X800, ultimate performance is much more dependent upon how fast and muscular the cpu also is. The slower/more feeble the cpu, the less of a bang you'll get out of the X800.

Edited by - Indy11 on 9/10/2004 8:30:10 PM

i have a gforce2 mx400, 64mb....

dark can you go pick up another for me?

GeForce 2 FX 5200 here. The best thing I can have for my computer lol. because I have half of an AGP slot that was taken by my 56 k modem until I destroyed it with a hammer

dont worry kimk, i had a geforce 2 mx400. But now i got a ATi Radeon 9200 se. and all is good.

That is a bargain, especially for PCI-Express. Nice!

Jusst for the record, how good is a Nvidia Geforce4 MX 400?

tis a peice of crap, by todays standards, but that depends on what you wanna use it for. Its ok unless you want to play all the latest games.

*ahem* My Geforce FX 5900 ultra isn't quite outdated yet *pats lovingly*

geforce fx 5600 for me.

well i have a radeon 9600XT in my computer, at the end of the year i might buy a radeon 9800xt.

I've got the Gforce 5600 also.........


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