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    Compare your old card to your new card!

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Zellio, Mar 26, 2007.

  1. Zellio

    Zellio The Dark Knight

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    lol my cards arent even there, but i moved from having a ati radeon 9550 in my desktop to my x1400 in my laptop
     
    foosa123, Mar 26, 2007
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  3. moon angel

    moon angel Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    Old card: Trident Cyberblade 16Mb

    old fps N/A (couldn't play any 3d games, cpu jumped 20 degrees C when animating fish on msn window background)

    new fps 20-25fps on WoW. About 1000% higher score on 3dmark05 as the old one wouldn't even run 3dmark 05, or 04 , or 03 etc....
     
    moon angel, Mar 26, 2007
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  4. Thibault

    Thibault Banned

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    I went from a GeForce 4 (desktop) to an ATI X1600 (now).
     
    Thibault, Mar 26, 2007
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  5. Phillip

    Phillip Phillip J. Fry

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    I went from an ATI 128 mb 9200 AGP to an x1400 256mb, this first card isn't listed so I can't geta comparison.
     
    Phillip, Mar 26, 2007
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    Zellio The Dark Knight

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    ElKid Notebook Evangelist

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    quite a jump from a 64MB GeForce 5 to a 512MB (hypermemory) X1600
     
    ElKid, Mar 26, 2007
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    Notebook Solutions Company Representative NBR Reviewer

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    Went from an ATI Mobility 9000 64 MB to X700 128 MB. I would say that the X700 is around 6-7 time faster then my previous :)
     
    Notebook Solutions, Mar 26, 2007
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  9. Matt

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    Went from nothing to ATI Mobility x1400 (128 MB). Sounds like the best upgrade yet! :p
     
    Matt, Mar 26, 2007
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    moon angel Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    No, a Trident Cyberblade is actually worse than nothing!
     
    moon angel, Mar 26, 2007
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  11. Matt

    Matt Notebook Deity

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    Lol, maybe so...
     
    Matt, Mar 26, 2007
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  13. Sager-Inferno

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    Old: x1600pro, waste of money

    New: BFG 7800GS, WOW!
     
    Sager-Inferno, Mar 29, 2007
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    Calum Notebook Consultant

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    Old card - SIS integrated.
    Didn't run games, full stop.
    New card, X1600 Mobility.
    So a major difference.
     
    Calum, Mar 29, 2007
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    Old Card: ATI RADEON 9550 256MB AGP----------3dmark05=921
    New----nVidia GeForce GO! 6600 128MB---------3dmark05=2500+
     
    deedeeman, Mar 29, 2007
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