radeon vs. nvidia

[knghtwhosaysni]

Re: radeon vs. nvidia

JUST BUY THE X800GTO

Honestly.... we wouldn't make the suggestion of buying an x800gto if there was a better option for you, nismojspec

[IndianScout]

Re: radeon vs. nvidia



XFX GeForce 6800 Xtreme

$124.99

256MB
256 bit

also another good suggestion

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2201323&CatId=935

[knghtwhosaysni]

Re: radeon vs. nvidia

lol thanks IndianScout, now I have to go find my benchmarks again
edit:

I thought you already decided to get the x800gto...

http://www.guru3d.com/article/content/286/9/

http://www.3davenue.com/1401.html

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/vid...x800gto_6.html

The first link shows that the 6800 and the 6800xt are about the same, and the third link shows the x800gto owning the 6800

Do you have benches that prove the 6800xt is better than the x800gto, Indianscout?

edit2: another bench showing the 6800xt is pretty much at the same level as the 6800 vanilla: http://xtreview.com/review92.htm

[IndianScout]

Re: radeon vs. nvidia

let me look

3dmark05


CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 2009 MHz

GPU: ATI RADEON X800 GTO, 398 MHz / 492 MHz

3DMark Score: 4394

GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 6800, 425 MHz / 1002 MHz (stock)

3DMark Score: 5080

[FingolfinKing]

Re: radeon vs. nvidia

*Cries* NOOOO...Indian Scout WHY?! Now it will continue and he will never go away!

[knghtwhosaysni]

Re: radeon vs. nvidia

do you have links Indianscout? Also could you explain how that 6800 is getting over 5000 in 3DMark05 when every other review I've seen has it around 4000?

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/vid...800gto_25.html

http://www.guru3d.com/article/content/286/9/

[IndianScout]

Re: radeon vs. nvidia

if your a member of futuremark you can go look on the ORB..

[knghtwhosaysni]

Re: radeon vs. nvidia

I'm looking at the results for the 6800xt on ORB and the majority are around 4000 or below... Most of the x800gto range from 5000- mid 4000's

[IndianScout]

Re: radeon vs. nvidia

there are both 128 bit and 256 bit versions of the XT card, the 128 bit will of course do worse in gaming or benchmarks..

[knghtwhosaysni]

Re: radeon vs. nvidia

Here we have a stock x800gto

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=2053437

against an overclocked 6800xt

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=2096840

x800gto 5029
6800xt 4118

and that is the 256-bit version of the 6800xt. Both CPU's were AMD Athlon 64 @ 2.07 ghz, yet the 6800xt one had a higher CPU score. And still had a lower overall 3DMark score

[IndianScout]

Re: radeon vs. nvidia

I would bet that x800gto has all 16 pipes unlocked

here is a unlocked x800gto

3DMark Score: 5260 UNLOCKED TO 16 PIPES!

[knghtwhosaysni]

Re: radeon vs. nvidia

either way, I think we ought to trust reviews from real review sites over ORB scores. Orb scores do not tell you if SLI is enabled, clock frequencies are often read wrong, optimizations could be enabled, and just the general difference in hardware could make different scores.
So feel free to disregard my post with the ORB scores

But do you have any reviews from reviewing websites that show the 6800xt is better?

edit: A little note: all the reviews I posted used the 6800xt at 425mhz core/1000mhz (effective) mem with 256mb of memory and a 256-bit interface.

[imported_nismojspec]

Re: radeon vs. nvidia

well then ill guess ill get the x800 gto tonight, but while playing bf2and wen i exited i gat a error report from ati it said"vpu recover has reset your graphics accelerator as it was no longer responding to graphic drivers commands.
so i though w/e and went back to playing bf2 wen i came back to my desktop i realized everything on my screen was bigger[icons,taskbar,windows,everytrhing!!!!] wat do i do should i restart my computer???

does any one if the x800 gto has a temp guage????????

[FingolfinKing]

Re: radeon vs. nvidia

I'd install a new driver if I were you. That happened to me when I was using 84.21 (NVIDIA)

[imported_nismojspec]

Re: radeon vs. nvidia

does any one know if the x800 has a temperature guage?