6800Ultra or X800XT PE?

[KevlarCoatedTent]

Im buying a new system and i Cant decide which graphics card to get a 6800Ultra or a X800XTPE? I play all kinds of game from Doom3 to HL2 to even the original C&C at times and i want something that will basically beat all my friends ones . And should i go for PCI express or AGP? Im buying a new motherboard anyway so which is the better way to go at the moment? keeping in mind there is a slight cost difference between PCI express and AGP

 

[Guest]

Dont need to think about it the best is X800XT PE Best value for money 6800gt.

 

[priyajeet]

No price limits - X800XT PE from HIS
Best price perf ratio - 6800GT from gainward or BFG

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[priyajeet]

and those reasons are ________________.

_______________ = u work for Nvidia

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[addiarmadar]

x800xtpe is the best option.

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[RichPLS]

on the record for the XT PE

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[HardWareBoss]

Long time no see. Where have you been?

 

[HardWareBoss]

X800XTPE Buy the HIS.

 

[eddiemoral]

I would truly reconsider buying anything from Gainward. I have a non-functioning Ultra/1200XP card. I've been calling Gainward for over a week now. Their phones NEVER answer, it's always the same voice mail that has a full answering machine that will not allow any messages. I have sent 3 RMA pages and hear nothing back, I have sent 5 E-mails and the last one, a couple of minutes ago, came back undeliverable! I think they have gone belly up and no one is talking about them!! If you want to verify try calling 408-942-2898. Or drive by (for those in Milpitas!) to 384 S. Abbott Ave., Milpitas, CA 95035.

Just a heads up!

 

[sweatlaserxp]

You can find a 6800GT for around $370 if you do enough lookin'. That's currently my favorite card.

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[pauldh]

Another X800XTpe or even X800XT vote. Especially AGP.

If you wait for NF4 and a SLI ready PCI-e mobo, then consider a 6800GT or Ultra and SLI for in the future, or sooner if you are loaded and want bragging right over those buddies. This path is big bucks though and I am not exactly sure when it becomes an available reality for the masses. The Net is full of SLI previews today, but I haven't had a chance to read them yet.


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[priyajeet]

Whatever happened to that Ultra Extreme Edition ?

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[pauldh]

It was a press release only. More rare than a XTpe even.

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[rx7000]

XT aint going to be the best option of pixel shader 3.0 starts hitting hard soon.

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[GeneticWeapon]

I'm back

For only <i>one</i> post?


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[rx7000]

I lost 50 IQ points watching the movie link in lasers post, ive been reduced to 0....

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[priyajeet]

Actually I enjoyed the flash ad that was shown before the movie, more than the movie itself.
Darth Vader is sitting down (i think to sign autographs) and breathing heavily as usual. Now Heidi Klum comes and sit just next to him, and he starts breathing more heavily.

:tongue: <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/priyajeet/fing.jpg" target="_new"><i><font color=red>Very funny, Scotty.</font color=red><font color=blue> Now beam down my clothes.</font color=blue></i></A> :tongue: <P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by priyajeet on 11/24/04 12:09 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[pauldh]

XT aint going to be the best option of pixel shader 3.0 starts hitting hard soon.

By that time neither will the 6800U? :tongue:




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[rx7000]

Itll be better than the xt.

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[TheGreatGrapeApe]

"XT aint going to be the best option of pixel shader 3.0 starts hitting hard soon."

and

"Itll be better than the xt."

But this is based on what exactly?

Sofar the only game to use both PS3.0/SM3.0 stuff for performance boost and image quality is FartCry, and sofar the ATI card is still fastest. So while the GF6800 may open some checkboxes to users, they might not necessarily be as usueable or benificial as one would think. HDR is good (and obviously can be done on ATI cards as HL2 shows), but on the nV only implementation in FC you pay such and enormous price that even the low setting is hardly worth the effort unless you prefer lower resolution/no AA/AF. It's like PS2.0/DX9 on an FX5600 (not as bad as 5200), it's possible, but not practical.

I think SM3.0 will be useful/fully exposed for the nV5x and R5xx series cards.

EDIT: for now it seems that SM2.x+ that both ATI and nV can do will be 'good enough'. The PS2.xB stuff that ATI is doing, and their geometric instancing work in FarCry, gets very similar performance results, it's more about what you do with the technology.


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<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by TheGreatGrapeApe on 11/24/04 03:08 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[priyajeet]

Nice heatsink . New player on the market.
What exam did you give ? ANd what do u plan to do with all that Si.

:tongue: <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/priyajeet/fing.jpg" target="_new"><i><font color=red>Very funny, Scotty.</font color=red><font color=blue> Now beam down my clothes.</font color=blue></i></A> :tongue: <P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by priyajeet on 11/25/04 00:40 AM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[rx7000]

Its based on the fact that alot of people have bought the current radeon / nvidia cards, and in not to long when games are thick with 3.0 where do you want to stand.

Car analogy time...

The mustang is faster than the ford explorer, but if you know pretty soon the world is going to be covered in snow forever, its pretty obvious what the choice is you should buy.

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[Worf101]

It took months of wranglin' and waiting and I had to mortgage my let nuticle to get it but it was well worth it. I'm running a HIS Excalibur X800 XT PE with IceQ II Cooling.. it's one cool, quiet GP card. Area's where people experience "slow-downs" on games like "Far Cry" and COD, just fly by on my rig. I'm soooo hapy and it looks good to boot.

Da Worfster

If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything.

 

[pauldh]

Yeah, but that analogy doesn't really work. Re-read what Grape explained to you and you'll see that the Stang in this case will get you from point A to point B JUST AS FAST, and with SCENARY JUST AS BEAUTIFUL. Just stick to the plowed roads and you'll be just as well off and possibly have loads more performance to play with in the mean time. (05 Stang would be a blast to drive compared to an explorer) Why drive through the snow just because you can if it takes longer and is bumpier along the way. Still an XTpe vote IMO.


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[rx7000]

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