2900 pro vs 8800 gts

i just bought the HD 2900Pro. I had the opportunity to buy the 8800gts 320, but the Pro performs just as well, in some cases better, for less money. Newegg has them for 260 dollars. this is one of the only reviews i could find... http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/1 [...] index.html

have you played world in conflict or bioshock with it? if so did it run them smoothly?

i used the 8800 gts and i got a good 80 fps with Bioshock all maxed 4 aa 1200 res (which is very smoothly(no dx10))

320mb

still on the fence

Nowadays things depend a lot on the particular game. The only situation where the 8800GTS overtook the 2900Pro heavily was in Lost Planet running in DX10 land. Every other situation the 2900Pro held its own pretty nicely, usually slightly better. The main caveats with the 2900 is that it sucks about 25W more juice at peak (during games, and according to their particular test) and it's significantly louder (7 db). The AA thing is complicated because AA is not as important at higher resolutions, only at lower resolutions where these cards are overqualified.

I'm looking at Newegg right now and the cheapest 2900Pro is about $280. However, the 1GB model is 'only' $340, so if you think that VRAM overhead will pay off in the long run, that may be a good choice. Otherwise, the 8800GTS is basically the same price (with rebates), so close in performance most of the time that there's no clear winner.

it depends, since the 2900 pro's are Supposedly failed xt's then it will depend on the individual card HOWEVER, from what I know they usually manage to OC to 2900xt stock speeds

Another review: Guru3D His 2900 Pro 512mb review At $249 Guru3D gave the card a Great Value rating.