Kamel Posted August 23, 2004 Posted August 23, 2004 depends on the type of mod, i know a bit, but i'm not recognised for it or anything. it would be better to list what card you have and what you'd like to do, then maybe i can provide a yes or no answer hehe. btw, claims are being made that nvidia has been cheating with hl2... when will it end? nevermind, that was self explanitory, lol. deathadder: i faught with cs:source for like 3 hours and gave up, apparently i'm too dumb to "manually install" it = Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathadder Posted August 23, 2004 Posted August 23, 2004 Hehe yeah apparently me too stupid to get it working too. My video card is the BFG 6800 GT in my sig I've got it running now stably at 415core and 1150 mem but as always faster is definitely better. Have no specific problems doing mods to it but probably as a last resort if at all possible. Anything else would definitely be prefered. Hopefully someone else here will have some insight as to how to get that beta up and running!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViperJohn Posted August 23, 2004 Posted August 23, 2004 Originally posted by deathadder Is anyone here as handy at modding Nvidia cards as well as Viper is able to mod ATI's? This card is sure fast but if I wanted stock speeds I guess I wouldn't be a part of this forum now would I?:shake: Actually I do mod NV cards for some of my long standing customers. I just don't advertise it. They are customs from the machining standpoint on the CPU cooler HS's and ramsinks which runs the cost up on the NV cards. Viper Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathadder Posted August 23, 2004 Posted August 23, 2004 Viper, do you have any kind of numbers for how these gt's have been able to perform when modded? I have definitely heard a lot of good things about your ability to do these mods to ATI cards but was just curious about what kind of performance can be had with one of these. Frankly I really liked the ATI and NVIDIA's about the same but what kind of swayed me to NVIDIA was curiosity for one (never owned one before) and the support for shader 3.0 which was supposed to increase performance even more (may be wrong definitely not the most knowledgable here) I am just a serious gamer and wanted the investment to be as long lasting as possible. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViperJohn Posted August 23, 2004 Posted August 23, 2004 Originally posted by deathadder Viper, do you have any kind of numbers for how these gt's have been able to perform when modded? I have definitely heard a lot of good things about your ability to do these mods to ATI cards but was just curious about what kind of performance can be had with one of these. Frankly I really liked the ATI and NVIDIA's about the same but what kind of swayed me to NVIDIA was curiosity for one (never owned one before) and the support for shader 3.0 which was supposed to increase performance even more (may be wrong definitely not the most knowledgable here) I am just a serious gamer and wanted the investment to be as long lasting as possible. No not yet. Would need to do at least 3 or 4 cards before I can speculate as to what can be reasonably expected on average. You can't base anything on a single card as the card you start with could range any where from real crap to really outstanding and with nothing to compare it to ya just don't know. Pixel Shader 3.0 is a moot point as there isn't anything coded to use it. Typically it takes at least a year before the game makers start to code to use newer pixel and/or Vertex shader versions. Both x800's and 6800 are good fast cards but they need a good fast system to support them, preferably with at least a gig of memory to support them. Both FarCry and Doom3 play great for me video display wise with a modded 9800Pro that I do not even clock up to it's max. That is at 1024x768x32 with high detail. For me going from a 1/2 gig to 1 gig of system memory has FAR MORE impact than any video card I use. Either card will last you a very long while for quality gaming. More than likely you will get the bug to upgrade when the newer cards a year down the road are fast enough to suck the chips off a x800's or 6800's as they blow by even if the "old" cards gaming is still excellent by any standard. Viper Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamel Posted August 24, 2004 Posted August 24, 2004 Originally posted by ViperJohn Both x800's and 6800 are good fast cards but they need a good fast system to support them, preferably with at least a gig of memory to support them. Both FarCry and Doom3 play great for me video display wise with a modded 9800Pro that I do not even clock up to it's max. That is at 1024x768x32 with high detail. For me going from a 1/2 gig to 1 gig of system memory has FAR MORE impact than any video card I use. not disagreeing with you or anything, but i really think it depends on the game. 1gb of ram is indeed becoming the standard "minimum" for a gaming pc, and farcry/doom3 definitely are evidence of it. for all practical purposes, getting a gig of ram will help your FPS out a lot (esp for hitching/hangframes), but likely halo2, for example, will probably benefit more from a faster video card (just judging from the first halo on the pc). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViperJohn Posted August 24, 2004 Posted August 24, 2004 Originally posted by Kamel not disagreeing with you or anything, but i really think it depends on the game. 1gb of ram is indeed becoming the standard "minimum" for a gaming pc, and farcry/doom3 definitely are evidence of it. for all practical purposes, getting a gig of ram will help your FPS out a lot (esp for hitching/hangframes), but likely halo2, for example, will probably benefit more from a faster video card (just judging from the first halo on the pc). Yeah I meant the newer system memory hungry games like FarCry and Doom 3. Have never played Halo so I do not have a clue about it. I think you can pretty much count on future releases being system memory hogs now that the genie has popped out of the bottle. Viper Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathadder Posted August 24, 2004 Posted August 24, 2004 i very much dislike pretty much any console to pc port the graphics and gameplay leave much to be desired. course them console fans probably aren't too happy about pc to console ports at least as far as gameplay goes. I played halo and true crimes streets of l.a. and they were very dissapointing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathadder Posted August 24, 2004 Posted August 24, 2004 yeah i guess a gig of ram would probably be my next major purchase. doom3 definitely seems to want more than 512. any thoughts of some decent mem at a decent price? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViperJohn Posted August 24, 2004 Posted August 24, 2004 Originally posted by deathadder yeah i guess a gig of ram would probably be my next major purchase. doom3 definitely seems to want more than 512. any thoughts of some decent mem at a decent price? Hmmm...You need to define decent as it is a relative term and can vary wildly from one person to the next lol. Viper Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathadder Posted August 25, 2004 Posted August 25, 2004 well i bought these geil pc 4000's figuring that if i tried to o'c the fsb it would definitely not be a memory bottleneck but instead have pretty much found them to be the reason why i can't push the fsb. they don't like tight timings and my mb doesn't seem to like them. i would definitely want to stay at the low $200 dollar side of things if at all possible but have something that would be good with a amd 64 fx board for the future. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathadder Posted August 25, 2004 Posted August 25, 2004 i can't push the fsb stably past 208 with these things. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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