which vid 7800 gt or gtx?

I personally don't think I'd spend the extra $80 for the 5% to 10% performance boost, but it might be worth it to you.

Thanks for the replies guys. I just bought an amd 64 dual core 3800+ and its strecthing my budget so gonna go with a GT instead.

Well even though I wanted the 7800 gt it was already sold out when I went to the store. I didnt want to wait any longer for a graphics card so I bought the 7800 gtx instead.

My Op-Onion, the only real reason to get the GTX is HDR.

If you really like it and feel you need it, the workload of HDR will make use of the extra 4 pipes which are still constrained by the 16 ROPs.

Even at higher res and higher AA/AF settings, it's more of the 'stock' speeds that will be holding you back rather than architecture, and then it will be only a minor difference IMO, most of which can be helped by some tweaking.

I'd say go with an eVGA GF7800GT CO, but that also depends on the price near you (however I've seen it selling for cheaper than most companies' regular GTs, sometimes even eVGA's own GTs).

You an Aussie? He's talking Australian dollars - not US. Prices will likely be higher over there, too...

The brands of graphics cards that comes out in Australia are sometimes limited, I haven't seen an eVGA distributed here.

I got a good price for the the gtx I bought since I still see some selling for well over $700 au. Thanks for your opinions guys but I'm happy with what I bought