8800 gts 640mb or 2900xt?

[confusiont]

I know were alot of these made already but I would like to know which is better concerning temps and the amount of "power" you get out of each card.

disregard price, sli,crossfire, etc.

Im going with a single card setup anyway. So...

simply two cards compared in hardware which is better say like in 1900x1600 and a high graphics game?
and how about even higher resolutions?
and which has better drivers?

 

[TonyStark]

Some games favor the HD2900XT (Oblivion, Rainbow 6:Vegas, Quake 4)

Other games favor the 8800GTS. (Lost Planet, Supreme Commander, Neverwinter nights2)

The XT takes a bigger performance hit with AA enabled, although this has improved with driver revisions.


From what I've read, ATI has better drivers in Vista but I have no experience with that OS.

 

[confusiont]

So does the xt support AA now?

 

[Heyyou27]

So does the xt support AA now?

It never didn't support AA, it just performs worse with it enabled in comparison to it's 8800 series counterpart.

 

[fletch420]

th eone in my sig owns- best card I've ever had I think. Under proper cooling mine has surpassed ultra---- 683/2000-----

 

[spuddyt]

basically the two cards are very similar and so you might as well put on a blindfold and point

 

[T8RR8R]

Since price isn't an issue I'd say get the G80, since it doesn't use as much power from your system.

 

[macer1]

2900xt all the way.

I LOVE my 7800gxt but if i was to upgrade it would be to the 2900xt

Overall better built for the monster games about to be released.