AGP Graphics card Geforce 7800GS http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=338481

 

PCI-Express G/C Geforce 7800 GT
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=250971

 

The 7800Gt in particular is excellent value for money shame it's only for those with PCI-e

You've used the same link for both

Doh toss, so I have <curses scan's URL system>

They're 200 quid! Is there any actual games worth spending this sort of money on nowadays?

I think I found the correct link for the other one?

Well, I've got the 7800GT and it's very lovely indeed, whether it's worth the money or not I'm not sure but there's nothing I can't run without AA turned on, AOE III, Black and White 2, COD2, Quake 4, Anything with HDR all look lots better than they used to on my R9700 Pro, what's really missing at the moment is a supply of must have games on the PC :(

I was recommending the cheaper 7800GT, the GTX is about £120 more for about 10% more performance so really not worth it! I updated the original link.

I need to start a thread or something, because I'm not sure it's just me being lured away by joyous console things and busybusyworkwork or what, but there's very little exciting on PC lately. I can run Half Life 2 pretty damn well on a 9800 Pro and haven't really seen much need to do anything bigger so far.

Ok, updated.

Also put in the Amazon links - all one of them. :|

(Can someone check I've done the referral bit right.)

There are some very good PC games out there, Civ IV, AOE III, NFSMW, COD2 Quake 4 but nothing coming up in the near future that I'm all excited about at the moment.

 

I was looking at the XBox 360 and nothing on that really looks inspiring either. The last game I got really really excited about was GT4 on the PS2, but I've finished that and it looks unpolished and a bit shit compared to modern PC graphics.

 

Maybe the PS3 will bring with it a new Gran Turismo game that will get me into gaming again!

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

It's currently in Beta and should be out by the summer. \o/

I'm enjoying Quake IV at the moment. Which is nice as I never got into FEAR, AOE III or owt like that. The graphics in it are lovely too!

They are indeed, it's the first PC game in a long while I've finished and it looked lovely especially with 4X AA all the way through!

I might have to give 4x AA a try. It's running with 2x AA at the moment and it's very nice. And it doesn't chug like a chuggy chugger such as FEAR. Although Q4 is based on the Doom 3 engine isn't it and Doom3 always looked and ran nice, even if it was as boring as pigshit.

Hahaha, rumours are abounding that it's not ever gonna get released. Still, summer is a long time away.

Civ IV and AOE III are hardly showcases of PC POWER though, as nice as they look for what they are. And what they are is not offering anything we haven't seen ten years ago with a few tweaks, sadly. I enjoy Civ 4 lots but it isn't making me go "Wow! See what PC can do!"

 

As for NFS MW, that's a console game so again not really all that exciting. I can't seem to get into it anyway. And the other two are probably superfine examples of the FPS genre but again do they do much that's not been done before? I'm just not excited much by them. 360 has exactly the same trouble at the moment, and given that the xbox turned out pretty unimaginative for games I don't hold vast hopes yet. Vive la Revolution.

It is based on the Doom 3 engine I was tempted to try the ultra detail setting but the warning message put me off, as it really wants 512Mb of Graphics RAM to run in Ultra mode.

Yeah the revolution should be very interesting, as should the PS3 XBox 360 is probably too close to a PC to get my interest for the time being, and Halo was always a poor mans UT or Half Life 2 anyway in my book.

 

The problem with PC power as you put it is that game makers will always tend to develop for middle of the road machines just with the ability to turn up the detail. As fas as FPS games go the PC is the daddy still though, just too bad if you don't like that type of game!

I like 'em fine, I just think the last time someone really innovated with one beyond "ooh look shader" was a long time ago and I'm bored with same-old. There's the capacity to do so much more with a PC and they don't.

I'm really looking forward to the new Sam and Max games this summer, they should be fun fun fun, although again probably not a showcase for PC technology.

 

(before someone says yes I know the original next S&M game was cancelled but someone else has bought the rights and seemingly most of the dev team and has said there will be a PC release this year!)