Here is a VGA card chart



The LE isn't on it but I would say its a 'Light' edition which wont be anywhere near as good as a standard 5700.  Personally outta last years cards I would go the ATI route as they generally outperformed the equivilent Nvidia card and had better image quality.

I dunno but it doesn't matter.  The same rig woulda been used with different cards so the results are comparible to each other.   The charts aim is to show the difference a g/card has only.

If I remeber right what ever it was run on the settings were not all maxxed though.

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Quite incorrect, it matters greatly!

For example, GeForce 6800's are CPU limited, i.e. they won't perform to their optimum with say a 2.0ghz p4 compared with a 3.2ghz p4, equally RAM types and settings can make a PC fly or equally, if the wrong type, crawl.!

To obtain the resulys posted in Gixers favorite piccy, Toms Hardware used this spec PC...
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The page is here....  http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20041004/vga_charts-09.html
Hardly an average PC by anybodys standards! Try to get the same results with an XP 1800 or p4 2.4 

The cpu limitations of the high end cards will mean they actually could under perform when matched to older slower kit, the same sort of kit that for example would return excellent fps with a ti 4600 or 9700pro.

I've tried a 6800GT in my #2 machine, a 1.8p4, it was certainly better than the FX5200 thats in it now, but, it scored roughly12000 marks in 3D Mark 2001 SE! a near identical score to my current PC and my FX5600 - a crap card by anybodys standards  - I tried the same 6800 GT in my #1 machine and it scored 20,000+ out of the box!  8) my point being, my other pc couldnt drive the 6800GT properly but my considerably quicker #1 machine (which I run @ 3.0ghz....) obviously could.

The 6800 GT ran approx 20% slower when I undid my overclock, returning my cpu to 2.6ghz.
To my mind,evidence of the dreaded "cpu limiting"

Hmm, I see your point congo!

I suppose something else must have been the culprit with my #2 machine..... 12,000 was a bit naff! 

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You get that score with the Ti4600 in 3Dmark01, the 6800GT gets it in 3Dmark03.

Just remember. We humans can still only percieve 24fps. Its an anatomical fact. (Cats can percieve up to 40 fps).  Anyway, I'm getting a 5800 nvidia.  That will keep me over 20 FPS and not break my budget.  See, I personally would love to be able to buy an nvidia 6800 series or a higher end 9800.  But, is it worth it??? 70fps???? Refer back to my statement on the human visual limitations.  Why blow an $200 for capability that we can't percieve unless we fly along with shift_z pressed all the time???  Is there any of the impractical very human bigger, badder, faster emotions coming into play here?  Its like the guy who wants to trade his 170 mph Mustang Cobra SVT on a Dodge Viper GTS simply to get another 20 mph worth of top speed.  Never mind that the Cobra he already has is capable of more performance than he can safely or legally use.  You'all following me???