x800 vs. 6800
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morxxx




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PostPosted: Sun, 6th Jun 2004 01:30    Post subject: x800 vs. 6800
What are you going to buy ?!
Forme: 6800 - nVIDIA over all Smile
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Gh0UL




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PostPosted: Sun, 6th Jun 2004 03:04    Post subject:
since both are happily cheating and I'm not biased.... I don't know yet. The best bang/$ ratio in the upper mid-range category will make the race.
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Mandeep




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PostPosted: Sun, 6th Jun 2004 04:08    Post subject:
have you seen how big the 6800 is!?!? im glad ati has actually worked on small size while including great proficieny. i have a 4400 right now and ill probably buy an x800 just because i dont want a huge power sucking thing in my pc.
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cybersurfer




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PostPosted: Sun, 6th Jun 2004 04:15    Post subject:
I'd go for ATI just because its not a power sucker, cause ya know its just as fast & great image quality. so i'd stick with ATI if I was buying but I'm not!
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Mad Skillz




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PostPosted: Sun, 6th Jun 2004 07:24    Post subject:
I would go with the x800 out of those two..

Im gonna upgrade me video card very soon but not to the very newest cards, im gonna grab a 9800 Pro
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Gh0UL




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PostPosted: Sun, 6th Jun 2004 10:01    Post subject:
only the GF6800 ULTRA has such a fat as$. I wouldn't buy one either.
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razor1394
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PostPosted: Sun, 6th Jun 2004 10:02    Post subject:
Not gonna buy any of those for my next card. Gonna wait for ATi's PCI express cards.
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PostPosted: Sun, 6th Jun 2004 11:01    Post subject:
I'm holding out for the PCI Express cards. Probably wont upgrade till Sep-Oct this year but due to the superb performance I've had from my Radeon 9700 Pro for the last few years I will most definatly be going for the ATI Radeon x800 (or what ever is out when I upgrade).


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Mandeep




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PostPosted: Tue, 8th Jun 2004 07:33    Post subject:
bad thing about pci express is that not all of us will have the bus for it so we would need to upgrade more than just the video card
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PostPosted: Tue, 8th Jun 2004 09:58    Post subject:
X800 XT is my next card... don“t want to buy a new 480W psu just to be able to have some gfx...

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Zeppel1n




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PostPosted: Tue, 8th Jun 2004 10:01    Post subject:
Running ATi today, will be running ATi tomorrow too.
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tranx




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PostPosted: Wed, 7th Jul 2004 06:32    Post subject:
between the nvidia GT 6800 vs the ati X800 PRO, i think the GT is the better deal. you're getting 16pipes and PS3.0; next generation technology. and both cards are going for the same price $399.
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|MaguS|




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PostPosted: Wed, 7th Jul 2004 08:36    Post subject:
Im currently loving my x800 XT. I plan on getting my GF a 6800U just so I can see the difference for my self. Wink
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Gh0UL




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PostPosted: Wed, 7th Jul 2004 19:14    Post subject:
hey |MaguS| u moved to USA??

It seems there's a lot of potential still hidden in PS3 - the latest optimizations for FarCry have proved that. On the other hand I have no idea how much the drivers for the latest ATi cards can be tweaked to increase performance. I have some doubts in this case. Unfortunately, the newest high end cards of both brands are still unavailable where I live, meaning in Central Europe - more time to decide for me
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copywrong




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PostPosted: Thu, 8th Jul 2004 01:07    Post subject:
I got my X800XT PE a couple of days ago and I am loving it. So ATI all the way for me although I do not believe the 6800Ultra to be a bad purchase. There is power in that card too. Playing my games in 1600*1200 with AA and AF on my 22inch screen is a dream come true:)
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Manijak




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PostPosted: Wed, 13th Oct 2004 17:51    Post subject:
soman thx for the links, now I'll have to read a lot before I buy me a new comp...
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Steve-O 2004




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PostPosted: Wed, 13th Oct 2004 23:27    Post subject:
If I could afford a new one, I would buy the nvidia one


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gutyreader




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PostPosted: Wed, 13th Oct 2004 23:44    Post subject:
I haven't been all that satisfied with my Radeon 9600XT

incompatibilities, small problems, GAY drivers...

But then again, the equivalent on vnidia sucked just as much but both of these card are outstanding! Only deciding factor should be the price... Some might argue that the 6800 is power hungry... but hey so am I! Jk
I think we should all have good power supplys anyway..

Just check which ever has the best price

But beware of all those gay millions of editions xt pe ultra gt pro whatever
be sure of what you buy.
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MAD_MAX333
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PostPosted: Thu, 14th Oct 2004 00:31    Post subject:
interesting... i use to be the biggest nvidia fan boy, but since ATI is from canada, and they seem to do more with less, i will be looking at buying a X800 XT specially since i get em for 50% off
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AnimalMother




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PostPosted: Thu, 14th Oct 2004 02:23    Post subject:
I love my 9800XT, it performs amazingly with everything, even Doom 3. So i'll probably stick with ATI, although I used to be an nvidia owner.

It's just that the 6800GT seems more easily overclocked then the X800XT.
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jk_baller23




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PostPosted: Thu, 14th Oct 2004 17:33    Post subject:
i might go for an ATI, but I heard somewhere that the nvidia card was better....i think it was from g4techtv...but I have been a long time user of nvidia and want to try ATI's X800
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razor1394
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PostPosted: Mon, 18th Oct 2004 10:10    Post subject:
The difference is very small between those cards if you look at the benchmarks. From what I saw the Nvidia 6800 ultra owned in Doom 3 (OpenGL) and the X800XT owned in Farcry (direct3d). On the other hand Ati are improving their OpenGL part together with the other part of their drivers so I think that problem is getting fixed The Nvidia card is also very power hungry and takes up two slots so I wouldn't choose it.
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NickTs




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PostPosted: Mon, 18th Oct 2004 12:40    Post subject:
stick with ati!
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PostPosted: Wed, 20th Oct 2004 21:41    Post subject:
Im running an x800 now, its not too shabby but doesnt hold much over my old 9800xt. Certainly not going to buy a new card for a while, at least until the full on 16x PCI-E cards hit the public domain.
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NeoXed2k




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PostPosted: Sun, 19th Dec 2004 14:04    Post subject:
Im switched from my old Geforce FX 5950U to Radeon X800 XT Pe and im happy with it. To bad that the X850 is on the way Sad


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Steve-O 2004




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PostPosted: Sun, 19th Dec 2004 15:09    Post subject:
I would go for the Nvidia Card if I had to select one for free Smile


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PostPosted: Sun, 19th Dec 2004 17:50    Post subject:
HArd one but i got th 6800U thats because the are "future safe" and will make full use of features in future games, ati is still built on "old" architecture and nvidia is not so!


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Pizda2




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PostPosted: Tue, 21st Dec 2004 00:09    Post subject:
6800 GT or X800 Pro, i would go with the 6800 GT, as mentioned above 16 pipelines, PS 3.0, als the 6800 GT has much better clocking capabilities than the X800 pro, unless it's the VIVO version but i hear that one is quite rare. 6800 GT can easily be clocked to Ultra and far over the Ultra, so 6800 for me.


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PostPosted: Tue, 21st Dec 2004 19:25    Post subject:
XT800 XT asus thats like *drool*
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PostPosted: Mon, 31st Jan 2005 21:48    Post subject:
My 9700 pro has given me all kinds of problems random reboots,constant lockups,and fucking garbled graphics in games followed by ati vpu recovery errors. But that is because of supposed conflicts with some mobo chipsets. Thankfully ive just bought a new mobo hopefully that will fix my problem. Other than that i would say I would still stick with ati.


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