Did I F up?

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JoshSB

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Hey guys, I bought a 6800GT video card with my new system:

X2 3800+

2 Gigs of RAM

160 GB Seagate HDD SATA

DVDRW

DVDR/CDRW

A8N-E Motherboard

Did I screw up because I did not order a 7800GT / 7800GTX, what do you guys think?
 
If you had the money to buy a 7800 then you might have but if you didnt, the 6800 will serve you just fine. Even with a 6800 that will be a nice machine.
 
If you had the money for a 7800GT, you REALLY messed up bad. In most cases, the 7800GT beats the 6800GT by 40fps.
 
I did not have the extra $$$ for the 7800GT whe ni was buying my machine, I bought all this and put it together, figure in about 3-4 months i can put up my 6800GT on sale on Ebay and buy a 7800GT when i get some more funds in, or wait for the next one beyond 7800GTX to come out so the GTX drops in price.
 
money is scarce at the moment for various personal reasons, so I could not go beyond the 6800GT, just wondering if and or how it messed me up heh.
 
When i was checking out the reviews on the cards, the GS consistently dropped about 20-30 FPS from what the 6800GT can handle.
 
IF money is tight, then I think you did really good.

Get whatever you can out of the 6800GT then when you can afford a 7800GT or GTX or what ever comes out next, sell that 6800GT to a friend or something.... Then again, it's always nice to have a back up card, just in case... I've been in that, "Just in case" situation and didn't have a spare card... So i was S.O.L
 
the 6800GT will last a decent time, the 7800GT will last longer :p

but the 6800GT and 7800GT prices are the same :confused:
 
YEA YOU DID!

CLEARLY YOU CAN GET A EVGA SLI BOARD AND A 7800GT COMBO HERE FOR $360$!! http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1644233&CatId=2023

THE 6800GT IS A DECENT CARD BUT I WOULDNT HAVE BOUGHT IT
LIKE (PZERO) WAS SAYING, THE 7800GT AND THE 6800GT ARE THE SAME PRICES SOME TIMES THE 6800GT SELLS FOR MORE. I WOULD RMA THE 6800GT!

I MEAN SERIOUSLY DUDE IF YOU WANTED TO UPGRADE YOUR SYSTEM YOU HAD THE CHANCE TO MAKE A BIG LEAP IN TO THE BIG DADDY VIDEO CARDS, AND YOU DIDNT TAKE IT. INSTEAD YOUR ROLLING ON A 6800GT THAT AVERAGES 5600 IN 3DMARK05
TRUST ME I KNOW THAT ITS A FAST CARD, AND ITS GOT SM3 AND ALL BUT, IT CANNOT COMPARE TO THE 7800GT.
 
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