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stalvinchew   08-14-2006 at 10:18:55 AM

i wan toknow whether nvidia 6800 sLi better or ati x1900 better... which is better?? i'm planning to buy new graphic card..got any intro if got other than this ?? and now how much for nvidia 6800 and also ati x1900 in market... izzit wan use single or double graphic card... for example.. use 1 good graphic card (x1900)than using 2(SLI) nvidia 6800?pls give some comments pls.. thanks ya

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godman   08-14-2006 at 10:51:16 AM
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get the x1900gt if you can or even the x1900xt..that is i you want ati graphics...reviews say theyre good and the 1900gt even beats the nvidia 7900gt! and the 1900gt costs around £50 less!
If you want nvidia then go for the 7900gt and REMEMBER TO GET THE VIVO function on it.
ATI cardsare sometmes better because they can do HDR and antialsing? at the same time, nvidia cards cannot

ati 1900gt
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Pro [...] tID=451526
around £150-200

nvidia 7900gt
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Pro [...] tID=383047
around £200-£300

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Pro [...] tID=335772
ranges from £200- 250

id get the 1900gt over sli 6800gts or any other card atm if you have the money.
http://tomshardware.co.uk/2006/08/ [...] l#3dmark05

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ScottyHutch   08-14-2006 at 11:50:19 AM
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I would go with the ati x1900. I don't know from experience, but other reviews and posts I've read says that your probably better off with a great single card than 2 mid-ranged cards. I'm sure there are some performance reviews coving this topic.

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The_Abyss   08-14-2006 at 01:23:27 PM
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Why are you posting in the CPU forum?

X1900 series - no question. 6800 is old old technology for today's games.

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kaotao   08-14-2006 at 04:26:53 PM
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A single X1900GT or X1900XT are much better than 2 6800s in SLI.

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Dr_asik   08-14-2006 at 04:30:51 PM
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See for yourself: http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.aspx?i=2746&p=4

6800GS SLI: 10-14.7 fps
X1900XT: 27-31.5 fps

That's a no-brainer.

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Sailer   08-14-2006 at 06:35:08 PM
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May as well add my vote; X1900 XT, or better yet, X1900 XTX.

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bobert866   08-14-2006 at 09:41:56 PM
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I would go with the x1900xt. It's faster than 2 6800's and you get more features. If you look at benchmarks from the 6800 series you'll see that the architecture doesn't usually permit the performance for resolutions at 1600x1200 or higher even with sli. And if you wanted could get a crossfire card down the road.

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prozac26   08-14-2006 at 10:31:06 PM
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No point of SLIing old cards....

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sirheck   08-15-2006 at 01:54:13 AM
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yes i have 6800gts in sli but i agree i would go with
a single high end card

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sirheck   08-15-2006 at 01:57:16 AM
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one reason, has anyone noticed the hot summer we are having
this year.

well im sorry its because of me.
and the 6800gts that i have lol.

they kick out the heat :cry:

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