Anyone else a little bit disappointed with the upgrade to the 7800 GTX Go? - Page 2

what did you expect? time will tell if youll be happy down the road. things can only go SO fast (:

Man, my 7800 GO GTX pwns. Now at everything maxed in UT2k4 widescreen 1920x1200 (to the point where the game says 'holy shit!' because ur settings are so high) ... I hold a constant 75-90fps~ even in complex onslaught scenes with 8~ players and their weapons spamming.

In FEAR I done turned "ON" all the options that say something like "WARNING! This will severely lower performance as this is a high end graphics option" or whatever...

Running at the rez right before 1600x1200 (I forget what it is, but its after 1024x768) I'm unfimiliar with it... and everything ON and high as it will go (max AA and AF) I get over 50FPS 80% of the time using their "test settings" demo (so yeah, soft shadows and volumeteric lighting, etc. all ON, and NOT pixel doubling)

well im going from a 6800 go non-ultra to a 7800gtx so it should be a big different for me...we'll see

if you get a new video card, and expect to play every game at 60fps with highest settings; then yes, you will be disappointed.

My desktop 7800GT runs WoW the same as my notebook Vanilla 6800Go

It is definately the game, not your video card.

Sometimes you get a good OC'ing card and sometimes you don't it's just luck Oh well

Wow Looks like a POS anyway. I can turn everything up to the highest EVER and it runs fine (40+) and STILL LOOKS LIKE CRAP.

Definately the GAME. Poor styling, poor design.

Not at all, the 7800 is one bad ass card. playing COD2 with every setting maxed at 1680x1050 and it runs smooth as silk. Happy as hell here!

I get lag in wow on my desktop 6800u, wow seems to lag a lot. Maybe its something to do with the fact its an internet game? What surprises me is that mx440 owners can run it, but it still lags *slightly* on latest gaming cards.

That's because WoW stuttering has absolutely nothing to do with your video card, and everything to do with it being an MMO.

World of Warcraft ran consistently well with my old 6800Ultra o/c...cranked that sh!t to 1920x1200 w/2x/8x, LOD turned completely OFF, V-sync and Triple Buffering on, etc...most of the time, I would get between 40-60FPS, which was plenty for that game...the ONLY time it lagged was on Griffon rides when large sections of terrain and moving shapes were displayed, or else standing in front of the Auction House in IronForge at peak use...

I do notice overall higher frames with the 7800, but only because I made it a point to carefully watch FPS in the game on my 6800 before installing the new card...nonetheless, the difference is certainly nowhere near as dramatic as the doubling of FPS I see in FEAR, so, yeah, it appears that the newest games are affected the most by the new features/pipes/architecture of the new card (IMO that's a good thing)...

Sorry yer card don't o/c well...my card gives artifacts anytime the core is over 450Mhz, if that helps...

Well that really blows if the card wasn't able to overclock to well. Especially if the card hit 6500-6700 points on 3Dmark stock. If overclock you get about 7000-7200. So basically if 6800 ultra was to overclock and get about 6000-6200 on 3DMark05..... is it really worth $400-$600 dollar to upgrade a card that score about 1000 point higher than the ultra(Xps2 owner).

Agreed- this is why I'm having trouble forkin over the cash. Maybe after the prices get to be in the $300 range. $600 is crazy
I don't get it why my 6800 ultra is running for 3 months now at 525/1300 & runs hotter than the 7800GTX- why can't we see higher oc on that 7800?

I found it hard to justify the price for the performance gain.

But 24 pipes is much better then 12.

Where is this FEAR "mystery" resolution - ever since the demo the only options i have are 1024... and 1600... why doesn't the 1280 one show up, do i need a patch?

Does the game support 1920x1200, thats awful high, try playing the game at a lower resolution like 1680x1050.
Are you having any problems due to that sony dvd burner? alot of dell owners who got that drive have had problems with it.
Have you upgraded your video card drivers? maybe thats the problem? Be careful when upgrading drivers, make sure that you are using ones for the laptop go card and NOT THE DESKTOP verstion.
Good Luck

I don't get this whole 3dmark obsession either, especially as it doesn't even take into account many new 9.0c features that games like FEAR, Battlefront 2, Quake 4, etc all use.

I spent a little over $400 for my upgrade (only fools pay the $599 listed on Dell's site) and 2 days later (post upgrade) don't regret it a bit. F.E.A.R. showed the biggest difference for me, followed by Quake 4 and Battlefront 2, all new games I play a great deal. I noticed F.E.A.R. the most only because I was mid-way through it when I switched cards; with the 6800 Go Ultra I got stuttering and low frames at 1680x1050 (1920x1200 was unplayable for me), with the 7800 everything was silky smooth without a hitch in sight. After flashing to 450/1200 I was able to run 1920x1200 as well, with everything turned up except volume shadows. Battlefront 2 now runs much smoother, especially the space missions.

3dmark scores and older, non-graphic intensive games like WoW (I play WoW too and believe me, it isn't the video taxing the hardware) don't tell the whole story and that is all there is to it. You can try to make yourself feel better for spending the money or try to make yourself feel better for NOT spending it and argue on internet forums all day long, but facts are facts - the 7800 is a big jump for newer games.