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sephirothXR   08-10-2007 at 07:23:33 AM

I have fairly good knowledge of nVIDIA cards and which ones are good, but I have no clue of ATI. Could someone here tell me the counterpart for each model I give? I've heard of the ATI cards, but don't know what their #s mean.

nVIDIA 8800 GTX and GTS (for ATI, is it X and XT?)
nVIDIA 8600 GT, GTS
nVIDIA 7950GTX
nVIDIA 7600
ATI 1600
ATI 1900
ATI 1950
ATI 2900

For ATI, is the X and XT what GTS and GTX are for? If a laptop has 1600, is that good enough to run games like FEAR or today's FPSs(not Crysis) at high or max? Also, what's better: a 7950GTX, or an 8600 GT(I've had some tell me I'm better off with a 7950)?

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lostandwandering   08-10-2007 at 07:51:23 AM
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The 2900XT is equivalent to the 8800GTS 640
The 2600XT and pro are close to the 8600GTS and GT respectively
The X1950pro and XT are the equivalent to the 7950GT
The X1900XT and XTX are close to or better than the 7900GT and GTX
The X1650XT and Pro are close to the 7600GT
The X1600XT and Pro are close to the 7600GS

The 1600 in the laptop is rather week. The 7950 is indeed better than the 8600GT.

Check the Tom's charts for a better comparison: http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphics_2007.html

------------------------------ LAPTOP: Sager NP5760|T7200|2gb DDR2-667| 100gb 7200rpm HDD| 512mb 7950GTX|17'' WUXGA

Desktop: Core2 E7200 | Corsair 2gb DDR2-800 | Gigabyte EP35-DS3L | 250gb Seagate Barracuda | MSI GTX260 (192 SP) | Corsair VX550 | Antec 300 case
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sephirothXR   08-10-2007 at 08:03:08 AM
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Thanks a lot! Well my friend kept telling me that 8600 GT could do DX10 while 7950s couldn't, but my thinking was the higher the #, the better. Well I'll probably always stick with nVIDIA, ATI seems good, but nVIDIA is just used more often and more well known.

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Bronze Graphics badge mousemonkey   08-10-2007 at 09:03:51 AM
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Your friend is correct in that a 7950 cannot do DX10.

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andybird123   08-10-2007 at 11:15:49 AM
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mousemonkey wrote :

Your friend is correct in that a 7950 cannot do DX10.



And neither can an 8600GT, at least not at any frame rate you'd find acceptable

if it's a straight choice, the 7950 is a better card, because at least it will run DX9 well, where as the 8600GT won't run either particularly well

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Bronze Graphics badge mousemonkey   08-10-2007 at 11:18:58 AM
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andybird123 wrote :

And neither can an 8600GT, at least not at any frame rate you'd find acceptable



:lol: I didn't want to be that harsh!

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blade85   08-10-2007 at 12:46:00 PM
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wasnt there a big chart somewhere on this site with a list of all nvidia and all ati cards placed next to each other depending on approximate performance???

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Wolfshadw   08-10-2007 at 03:01:30 PM
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And this one:

 

Best Gaming Cards for the Money - Page 7

 

-Wolf sends


Message edited by Wolfshadw on 08-10-2007 at 03:03:20 PM
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spuddyt   08-10-2007 at 03:10:46 PM
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Heyyou27 wrote :

http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphics.html


I think there was.....

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lostandwandering   08-10-2007 at 05:26:03 PM
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blade85 wrote :

wasnt there a big chart somewhere on this site with a list of all nvidia and all ati cards placed next to each other depending on approximate performance???




You mean the one I put at the end of my post? Then yes.

------------------------------ LAPTOP: Sager NP5760|T7200|2gb DDR2-667| 100gb 7200rpm HDD| 512mb 7950GTX|17'' WUXGA

Desktop: Core2 E7200 | Corsair 2gb DDR2-800 | Gigabyte EP35-DS3L | 250gb Seagate Barracuda | MSI GTX260 (192 SP) | Corsair VX550 | Antec 300 case
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blade85   08-10-2007 at 06:02:00 PM
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nope not that one

it was more like a table with all the cards made to date between nvidia and ati.

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