Just got a AMD64 - 3500 and 6600GT, not too impressed with speed so i need
better graphics card, getting 3900 in 3dmark 05.
So, 3 ideas in mind.
1. SLi with another one of these?

I fried my old mobo and had to get a new one. I opted for the GIGABYTE
GA-K8U Socket 754 ULi M1689 ATX AMD, but now videos and any game built
with the Quake 3 engine runs horribly.  I still get a good fps in HL2
or Unreal though.

I just built a new computer using a DFI LanParty mobo, and I purchased an
XFX 7800GT video card.  I have plans of getting another video card to use
the SLI.  I've read that you need to have the same card manufacturer.  I've
also heard the contrary from other places.

I just recently updated my NForce driver from 78.01 to 81.85 and I'm seeing
some weirdness on the Battlefield 2 Karkland map...
NForce 78.01
http://home.comcast.net/~ramseyrt/screen003.jpg

I wa slean towards Leadtek. Want a vivo card as well. And one that
output HD would be great.
Thanks.

I have the eVGA 6600 AGP with 256MB ram. the problem i am having is that
most games (anything high end or uses 3d) i get boxes in the graphics. they
dont slow the card down, to what i know but they are very annoying. i have
the latest drivers from nvidia and i tried the latest ...

Im upgrading my gaming machine and ditching the X800XL for 7800. Which 7800
is the best performance for the price? The BFG7800GTX gets top ratings but
maybe I can save some money by just overclocking a regular 7800.
mike

I'm a relative noob looking to upgrade to a $xx card.  I was looking at
a eVGA Geforce 6200 256-A8-N341-LX Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130233
before I read about concerns in the group about only being a 64 bit

I've got a eVGA 7800GT CO graphics card (overclocked to 470 out of the box)
on its way, and while I can certainly use it as is, I understand that it can
be modified (re-flashed I assume) to open up the remaining four pipes and
thereby increase its performance.  Where can I learn ...

Hi, I've just gone the 7800 GTX route after a long spell with ATI cards.
The ATI drivers have an option to adjust gamma in both desktop and full
screen 3d. I've tried in vain to do the same thing with the Nvidia
control panel.

Are you meant to import your monitor's ICC colour profile into the Nvidia
forecware drivers?
The forceware users guide only describes how to do it, not why you might
want to.

I've got a ChainTech FX5200.  Any way to open up the pipes on this card, or
are they already all open?

System is AMD64 3000+ , ATI 9800 Pro, 1 gig ddr400, WinXP Pro SP2
......
The ATI 9800 is just not getting it done anymore in games like CoD2.
FPS is in the dirt. I am testing a Dell 9100 with nVidia 6800 pci-e 16x

Out of curiosity, some time ago I bought an FX 5500/128MB for one computer,
replacing the old GeForce4/64MB. Big performance drop on 3DMark2000,
3DMark2001, and AquaMark 3. So finally I put the GeForce4 back in. Currently
I'm running 71.84 drivers which I'd downloaded some time ...

easy question, a new machine of mine has a 4x pci express slot in, so
do i need to buy a 4x pci-express card, or does a 16x one with a longer
connector fits does it just work out it's only a 4x and work as normal?
none of the cards i'm looking at (6600gt) seem to tell you if they ...