X800XL or 6800GT?

[Battlefield1985]

Get 2 x 7800GTX's lilke me...You wont look back!

LOL! thats funny.

[Battlefield1985]

Ok Time to buy a new video card. I cant decide between the X800XL 256MB or the 6800GT 256MB The rest of my system is a Intel P4 3.2 and 1GB of OCZ Ram. Thanks.

6800GT 256MB-- $314.00
LINK TO CARD
Core clock: 370MHz
DirectX: DirectX 9
DVI: 2
Memory Clock: 1000MHz
Memory Interface: 256-bit
OpenGL: OpenGL 2.0
PixelPipelines: 16
TV Tuner: No
TV-Out: S-Video Out
VIVO: No

X800XL 256MB-- $299.00
LINK TO CARD
Core clock: 400MHz
D-SUB: 1
DirectX: DirectX 9
DVI: 1
Memory Clock: 980MHz
Memory Interface: 256-bit
OpenGL: OpenGL 2.0
PixelPipelines: 16
TV-Out: S-Video/Composite Out
VIVO: No

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Submit=Go&DEPA=0&type=&description=6800gt&Category=0&minPrice=&maxPrice=&Go.x=0&Go.y=0

cheaper cards, read the reviews..."GOOGLE"

[CorlanMcD]

If you do your research instead of asking us ATi and nVidia Fanboys do you own damn research!

Both cards are good, but one is all ways better in the end.

Do some research on sites like Hexus.net, tomshardware.com, anandtech.com and such.

But if anything the 6800GT out performs the X800XL by small, medium, and large margins and sometimes vice versa, but go with the 6800GT.

I can back up what I said if you do your research.

[dmonkey]

6800GT, you can OC it to 6800 Ultra levels while the X800XL is very hard to OC. Quick cancel your order on the X800XL right now! Anyway I have an X800XL, it's not a bad card by all means, but the 6800GT is better especially if you can get it at around the same pricepoint.

[ChopperKill]

Nvidia cards in general always outperform ATi in opengl applications, sometimes by quite a huge margin. The 6800GT has this advantage over the X800XL. It also pretty much equals it on every other level. Sometimes a small amount behind somtimes a small amount in front. So performance wise they are pretty much level. So you have to consider it in other ways.

The 6800GT has shader model 3. The X800XL doesn't. This will matter in future games. The only ATi cards that will have shader model 3 are the upcoming new models which aren't out yet.

If you want to see why shader model 3 is important. Go here and look at the comparison screenshots. http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=36 and read the article. The screenshots are comparing 1.1 shader and 3.0 shader though. Still upcoming games especially Unreal Engine 3 games will benefit from SM3.

Personally I think it's an easy choice.

[NoSoup4You]

Get the 6800GT, most come with overclocking software that you can use, and from what I have heard, this card can reach 20+Mhz overclocking without much sweat.

[Got3n™]

NVIDIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I personally had way too many problems with ATI, never had any problems with Nvidia.

[NoSoup4You]

I've never had problems with either brand. I have 2 ATI and 1 Nvidia card. All of which work great.