Radeon x800 pro or nf3-250 mb+a64 3200cpu?

[Joor]

Well ye im thinking about upgrading my pc very soon. Im using this pc atm:
Abit nf7 mb with Amd 2600xp@10x230=2300 mhz 2x512 pc4000 from adata.
And I have a good 5900xt@450 core/ 800 mem. Giving me around 5700 points in 3dmark 03 and 47000 points in aquamark3 .
But im not happy with the fps when im using toa client..around 30 fps with all fluff on(trees, shadows, toa water etc) at 1152x864 resolution.

So what u think is the best option for me?

 

[poisono]

Tbh you wont get much better FPS, with a new card.

The x800's only support current Direct X 9 capabilities so once the next features of DirectX 9.c/10 come out ure card wont support them. Kinda pointless, the compatibility with A64's and DAoC:ToA aint being shown to me yet, I can try out a A64 with ToA next week when my friend gets his 3800A64+


If I was you I would just get a Radeon 9800 Pro or XT. (Just out of my own choices due to the current dislike of the Ge-Force chipsets, NForce great Ge-Force *sighs*)

If you got that kinda cash why dont you try out a new Mobo as well, im running a DFI NForce 2 Ultra 400 and they are the nicest things EVER! for overclocking, the ratio's on the RAM and the Voltage and FSB settings you can get if the CPU is right are just great

 

[Damon_D]

I'm running a a64 3400 on the K8V from Asus , and its smooth runnings

 

[Joor]

After alot of reading, I will go buy epox 8KDA3+(agp/pci lock, high fsb, volt mod + alot of happy customers ) and a a64 3200 with 1 mb cache.

epox 8KDA3+ review:
http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=1594&page=1

290 fsb @ 2,8 volt on ram!!
http://www.pcstats.com/articleimages/200405/8KDA3_CPU-Z.gif

Volt mod :
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?postid=463749#post463749

Epox 8KDA3+ full modified :
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?postid=478501#post478501

..cant wait to get this baby home

 

[frogster]

I almost went for the epox myself, to the point where i actually pre-ordered it.
In the end i went for the MSI Neo2 Platinum as it supports the new 939 socket chips and Dual channel DDR

 

[poisono]

Where do u lot get this much money?

Thoo im a shuttle nut at the moment getting a new NForce2 based one with a Mobile 2500XP

 

[Bleam]

Tbh, if you only daoc it's overkill

Atm I run same resolution as you, I have all the fluffs on too
running a 1800+ @ 2,65Ghz (232FSB), 9800XT at stock speeds (Hercules suck at oc ;( ) and I'm not having any problems, fraps shows me 35-40FPS in epic scale rvr :0
Tweak you're windows, grab windows 2000, keep ur registery clean, be sure not too many tasks are running and I'm sure you'll have a greater fps :>

 

[Joor]

Tbh, if you only daoc it's overkill

Atm I run same resolution as you, I have all the fluffs on too
running a 1800+ @ 2,65Ghz (232FSB), 9800XT at stock speeds (Hercules suck at oc ;( ) and I'm not having any problems, fraps shows me 35-40FPS in epic scale rvr :0
Tweak you're windows, grab windows 2000, keep ur registery clean, be sure not too many tasks are running and I'm sure you'll have a greater fps :>

Im sure its the 2,65Ghz cpu that keep your fps so high with all on. U have water cooling for cpu or? seams high for an athlon xp?

 

[Danya]

Tbh you wont get much better FPS, with a new card.

The x800's only support current Direct X 9 capabilities so once the next features of DirectX 9.c/10 come out ure card wont support them. Kinda pointless, the compatibility with A64's and DAoC:ToA aint being shown to me yet, I can try out a A64 with ToA next week when my friend gets his 3800A64+

You'll get better FPS. An x800 or gf6800 is a lot faster even on old games. And DAoC won't be using any of the fancy stuff in DX10 anyway.

 

[SkarIronfist]

I would go AMD 64/P4 With Hyperthreading and a top end GFX card, Nvidia atm, merely because it provides 3d acceleration to multiple screens + 2GB of memory and then go and run a windowed version of DAOC on each 2 screens.