7900 gt or x1800 xtx

I was wondering which card is the better one. I could get the x1800xtx with 512mb of ram on it, while the 7900gt has 256mb. Which one should i get? I can use two 7900gt's in the future if I buy another one, but can i use 2 x1800xtx's?

no, the 1900xtx is to expensive right now for me. I don't know which one is better the 1800xtx or the 7900gt. I looked at some benchmarks and saw that the 7900gt sli was way better than 1800xtx. But I thought I saw that the 1800xtx was better than only one 7900gt.

Ok, sounds good. I will probably be getting the x1800xtx then. I just got kinda confused at first, I thought the 7900gt would be better just because it was newer, but i guess im wrong.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814102697

What about overclocking though ? With a voltmod a 7900gt should blow an x1800 away correct?

warranties are for n00bs.

http://vr-zone.com/?i=3437&s=4
it could, but only by a very close margin. the 7900gt isn't good on a shader intensive game like that regardless though.

Pretty amazing. But keep in mind I gave a specific link to Oblivions most demanding outdoor areas, which in FS's testing is handled much better by the ATI X1x00 cards. I'm not saying acrros the board in all games, or even across the board in Oblivion. Just looking at the most stressful area in that test which is important because it what will determine the playable settings for the card in Oblivion. (ie. If you tweak the game for indoors or even in a town, be prepared to lower those settings when getting out in those foliage areas).

Anyway, Just look at the numbers again:

12x8:
X1800XT 28.6
7900GTX 24.6
7900 GT 17.2

The 7900GT would have to beat out the 7900GTX by over 16% just to match the X1800XT in that one. Huge task considering the X1800XT is starting out 66% ahead of it. Shoot even at 10x7 it's a 48% lead at stock speeds.

I'm not ragging on the 7900GT at all as it trades blows with the X1800Xt. I just think for Oblivion the pecking order is clear. At least given the current drivers.

OEM 512MB is $299
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814102629

retail 256MB $259 AR
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814102698

How long did those extreme lag situations last? I personally don't mind SOME lag provided it is quick and goes away and doesn't kill my gameplay experience. Why is Oblivion so intensive? I mean, an X1900XTX getting under 50 FPS is just unacceptable for a game, and WHEN ITS AT 12X10!

So overall which one is a better card?

Simple shader heavy then its ati. Pixel and texture heavy then it's nvidia.

I just get newegg to replace things when they break. =)

if I turn on everything, and run @ 1280x1024 my machince cuts through it, with no lag at all. The fact is though, that while it is smooth and looks good the fps are easily under 50. I have modded the game to allow even better textures at distance and increased shadow and object distance (tweakguides.com is great) just to push my card as hard as it can...

...and it does. Oblivion is demanding, and the 1900 is almost identical in architecture to the chip in the xbox360, which the game was designed for.

as good as it is though, faces and lip-synching is better on HL2 (no self-shadowing but better overall), and the fact that the game does not use anistropic filtering at all is just retarded. w/o the mods i have used the distance textures look just dumpy. But once you unlock the stuff "hidden" the game looks stinkin amazing and the trees, grass and shadowing is why it is so taxing.

if you play Oblivion... which I do not see on the OP, but the link someone gave had that... then ati is the way to go. Not only is performance better but you get HDR + AA (w/ a patch) that Nv just can't do.

http://anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2746&p=8
"Oblivion is quite possibly the first game we've ever benchmarked where having multiple GPUs is almost necessary to get good frame rates at relatively common resolutions with most of the impressive visual effects turned on. The performance offered by a pair of X1900 XTs simply can't be matched by any single card, but as good of a game as Oblivion is you'd have to have a pretty serious computer budget to accommodate the $1200 that a pair of X1900 CrossFire GPUs will set you back."

8O

You all are just silly to think the 1800XT could beat a 7900GT (other than maybe oblivion as you say).

http://gargouri2001.byethost24.com [...] ock_review

I swear, TOMS is full of ATI and AMD fans only...