It has now been almost 3 weeks since I tore my machine down to upgrade. While in the middle of that operation, and much to my dismay, I found that the video card I had ordered was an AGP card and not PCIX as I had apparently assumed (Doh!). Well, my new MSI 6800 video card arrived today so it’s time to try again. I ended up just choking down the $200 and going with a real live 6800 this time. It would have been nice to jump to the GT, but I don’t have that kinda cash.
I will be installing my new card in the next couple days and benchmarking many games with it. It will be interesting to see how much difference I notice when playing games like Half-Life II and Guild Wars where I was already playing them at 1280 x 1024 with 2xAA. That said, it’s hard to let the old 5900XT go. It was a great card and served me well as all technology should slave away for the pleasure of mankind.
If you’re interested, it’s up on eBay now and will be sent to a loving new home where the new owner will enjoy many hours of fantastic fun-ness whilst playing violent brain-rotting drivel. I take absolutely no responsibility for the nagging and complaints the new owner will have to endure due to spending far too many hours in front of the computer.
You can view the auction HERE.
