Simviation Forum - Graphics Card

Mar 13^th, 2005 at 6:32pm

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Ok so as you might have guessed I got a new comp for my birthday (look at my sig for details) anyway I have a ATI Radeon X800XT PCI-E. My friend wants to trade me for his nVidia e-Force FX6800 GTO PCI-E. Which card is better? Thanks guys (could resurch this on my own, but why do that when Ive got you guys?)

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Reply #1 - Mar 13^th, 2005 at 11:00pm

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I'd stick with the x800. It rains supreme on most benchmarks over the 6800 ULtra (gto us not an ultra, which makes it slightly worse) with exception of doom3 and far cry.

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Reply #2 - Mar 14^th, 2005 at 1:57am

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Yeah, stay with the X800. The GeForce 6800 GTo is a Dell OEM version; they've probably done some downgrading to it.... DON'T SWAP! Cheesy

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Reply #3 - Mar 14^th, 2005 at 2:17am

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I'd stick with the x800. It rains supreme on most benchmarks over the 6800 ULtra (gto us not an ultra, which makes it slightly worse) with exception of doom3 and far cry.

And exception of FS9 if I wasn't mistaken Grin

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Reply #4 - Mar 14^th, 2005 at 3:44am

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ATi's rule Wink

If everything is running well & the system seems well balanced then don't mess with anything.

It’s hardly like-for-like. If he wants to swap with your X800 its hardly the greatest recommendation for the 6800!

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Reply #5 - Mar 14^th, 2005 at 11:56am

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ctjoyce,

I've got a 5900XT to swap, and I'll throw in a lighted case fan! Grin

Nice new PC! Enjoy it 8)

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Reply #6 - Mar 14^th, 2005 at 11:59am

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staying with my X800 and ive got six lighted fans (RaidMax case SUCKA Grin

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Reply #7 - Mar 16^th, 2005 at 1:01am

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And exception of FS9 if I wasn't mistaken Grin

the x800 xt PE can beat a dual 6800 ultra in SLI mode even at the highest resolutions and max quality settings.

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Reply #8 - Mar 16^th, 2005 at 6:02pm

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SLI doesn’t work with FS9 so it only holds the performance of the cards

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Reply #9 - Mar 16^th, 2005 at 10:03pm

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Yeah, SLI isn't supported in many gams yet. About 50, of which it only offers a signifcant performence gain in only about 5 of them with doom 3 and farcry being the biggest benefitors.

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