And here I am, again, stuck between picking a 6800 or a X800. Let me point a few cons and pros about the AGP versions of both cards...
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- GeForce 6800, 6800GT, 6800 Ultra.
Pros: Excellent performance in standard resolutions (800x600, 1024x768), and in higher ones in a few cases. Equipped with Pixel Shaders 3.0 and full support for DirectX 9.0c applications (Games, more specifically). Rumored to have the best image quality.
Cons: No support for tomorrow's high quality videos, such as WMVHD or WMV9 (AGP Version), which has been a hot topic among most people and has a considerable FPS drop when used at higher resolutions (1280x1024, 1600x1200) with FSAA+AA.
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- X800 Pro, X800 XT, X800 XT Platinum Edition.
Pros: Insane performance in both standard and higher resolutions (800x600 -> 1600x1200), seems to beat 6800's in most performance tests. X800's are said to reach lower levels of image quality, but with higher performance.
Cons: Lacks in Pixel Shaders 3.0 support, but still supports Pixel Shaders 2.0 and is designed to DirectX 9.0b software generation.
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My point? Well I can't really choose between them. I would have picked the 6800 GT three days ago, but I heard about it's lack of HW support for WMVHD. And add one more thing to this - X800's higher performance in larger resolutions, even with FSAA+AA enabled.
I want to hear your thoughts about this. Is there anything else I should consider? I might end up getting a X800, because only now I saw how much better it is to play in higher resolutions... thus it has WMV9 on-chip support... but lacks Pixel Shaders 3.0....ARGH! HALP! xD
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- GeForce 6800, 6800GT, 6800 Ultra.
Pros: Excellent performance in standard resolutions (800x600, 1024x768), and in higher ones in a few cases. Equipped with Pixel Shaders 3.0 and full support for DirectX 9.0c applications (Games, more specifically). Rumored to have the best image quality.
Cons: No support for tomorrow's high quality videos, such as WMVHD or WMV9 (AGP Version), which has been a hot topic among most people and has a considerable FPS drop when used at higher resolutions (1280x1024, 1600x1200) with FSAA+AA.
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- X800 Pro, X800 XT, X800 XT Platinum Edition.
Pros: Insane performance in both standard and higher resolutions (800x600 -> 1600x1200), seems to beat 6800's in most performance tests. X800's are said to reach lower levels of image quality, but with higher performance.
Cons: Lacks in Pixel Shaders 3.0 support, but still supports Pixel Shaders 2.0 and is designed to DirectX 9.0b software generation.
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My point? Well I can't really choose between them. I would have picked the 6800 GT three days ago, but I heard about it's lack of HW support for WMVHD. And add one more thing to this - X800's higher performance in larger resolutions, even with FSAA+AA enabled.
I want to hear your thoughts about this. Is there anything else I should consider? I might end up getting a X800, because only now I saw how much better it is to play in higher resolutions... thus it has WMV9 on-chip support... but lacks Pixel Shaders 3.0....ARGH! HALP! xD