Battle of the Video Cards
 

What current top of the line video card do you want? Dont post about how you cant get it, just what you want. Plain and simple:p

Nvidia's GeForce 6800 Ultra


vs

Ati's Radeon x800XT


(please ignore toms hardware watermark in images...google images didnt help me on this)

But my choice is the x800XT:D

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I choose NVidia because I have an NVidia in this old iMac and it has served me well.

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Why did you choose ATI jonbo?


It's a hard choice for me right now. I really don't care that much seeing as how I won't be buying either cards.

I'll just throw my vote for ATI because their cards since after the 8500 have had the best architecture and been the most consistant.

I think nVidia has fixed the problems that the 5900 series cards had though.

Usually one card pulls ahead of the other but right now both cards are pretty much the same.

I have a feeling that the 6800 will be able to push higher numbers later one. I heard that the x800XT is a lot more overclocked already and it doesn't really beat the geforce.

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This months PCgamer includes tests from both the the Nvidia's GeForce 6800 Ultra and Ati's Radeon x800XT.

benchmarks Nvidia's GeForce VS Ati's Radeon

3dmark 03
6800 Ultra 11,394
x800XT 11,361

Aquamark3
6800 Ultra score: 57,765 GFX: 8,724
x800XT score:55,320 GFX: 7,854

Quake III
6800 Ultra 368, 330 (fps)
x800XT 351, 291(fps)

UT 2k3
6800 Ultra 222 FPS
x800XT 222 FPS

Splinter Cell
6800 Ultra 65 FPS
x800XT 63 FPS

Halo
6800 Ultra 69 FPS
x800XT 63 FPS

Far Cry
6800 Ultra 54, 37(fps)
x800XT 55, 52(fps)

Overall ratings 6800 Ultra 90% x800XT 93%

The reson why they liked the x800XT more....becuse it only needs one 12 volt hookup. the downside of the x800XT being the support of DX 9.0c.

Id say overall the GeForce 6800 Ultra looks better and I dont have a problem with the requirments(2, 12 volt connectors and a 480 power supply).

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doesnt really matter either way with the new ones.

However linux gets buggy with ATI cards so i usually go for nvidia, which has great linux support.. But right now im using a 9600XT, but im also not using a linux at the moment.

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I don't know. For me, the initial performance issues are always going to be pretty moot. ATI cards in general have always performed better with AA than the GeForce cards, but not as well with it off. Not to mention that ATI cards generally just render a slightly prettier picture while the GeForce cards provide better framerates. As you can probably tell, I lean towards the ATI cards slightly.

Maybe it won't be the same this coming generation, but it has been for some time. And if it is, you're just going to have to decide what matters more to you.

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Past video card was a 9600xt and current is a 9800Pro and I love them. I never really warmed up to Nvidia. Plus, the x800XT can easily be put in a mini-pc whereas the Nvidia one is gonna have a good amount of trouble doing it. So...yeah....Ati only for me:D

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ATI, because you get more bang for your Buck, but more importantly, because of Half Life 2 and how it will run better on ATI's because its been designed for them from the ground up.

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Which I find dispiccable.

Also, ATI's canadian so that always gets the blood flowing in my noodle.

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my radeon 9600xt runs like a dream.........

so ati

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I love my Radeon 9800. Warcraft III runs like nobody's business.

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highly doubtful. HL2 will run same on either ATI or Nvidia.
Expecially now that we're quite a bit after the cards HL2 was designed for. HL2 was designed around the 9600XT.

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when i first got my nvidia GF2...it was buggy as hell....so i stuck to ATI ever since...now im using a 9500pro...and i couldn't be happier.....well...with this card anyway...i would be happier with a 9800pro :p

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9800 @,@

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I have a Ati 9800pro myself right now and loving it, but I woud not mind having a x800XT ... >_>


A little off topic...
Hmm I have been wanting to use linux on my computer, not sure which to try first though. I do know that "Fedora Core 2" may not be worth trying because two bugs Fedora Core 2 can make your Windows XP unbootable as I have XP Pro, and Fedora Core 2 will not install on machines with some ASUS motherboards as I have a Asus P4P800 Deluxe and don't feel like doing the work around much.

I am thinking a "SuSe" maybe...though I have not looked into it much yet.

*sighs* .. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/ is so much nicer than http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/