9800pro or 6800?

[Napster]

Im getting 200 dollars this summer for watching these peoples house for 2 weeks + on top of that i have money already saved for a new graphics card. But i need some advice on which to get. Currently i have an Nvidia ti4200 and i have been thinking about switching to ATI just because ive heard good things. SO should I buy an HIS IceQ Radeon 9800 pro w/ advanced cooling stuff, great for overclocking. its 128mb w/ 380/680 core/effective speed. Price: $239


Or the EVGA Geforce 6800. Plain... no Ultra or GT just the 6800. I also hear it is good for overclocking and can get over 10,000 on 3dmark03. it has a 325/700 core effective speed ratio. But this is alot newer than the 9800 pro and come w/ farcry! but the price is $300. I havent had any bad experiences w/ nvidia in the past... So what should i do?

[StinkyMojo]

Thats a tough question. I'd go for the 6800 non ultra by a small margin. Thats my opinion.. what do you guys think?

[Jason425]

save up for the x800xt.. :)

[vee_ess]

Or if you are going to save up, get the 6800 UE...

But the 6800 will be better than the 9800 as good of a card as that is.

[Jason425]

yea better than the 9800, but not the x800...

[gnogtr]

Right, if you're not going for the X800, then go with the 6800 and make me cry. The 9800 Pro is quite outdated with the new lines of cards that are coming out now. The 6800 is just slightly better than the 9800 Pro but doesn't come close to the X800 Pro or X800 XT.

[Jason425]

the 6800 ultra however, barely dedges the x800 pro but not xt

[Napster]

yea but those cards are borderline 400-500 dollars, i could buy a new case, RAM, and a new CPU with that, and a new PCI-X mobo. Ive even seen the X800XT's up to $800 on Pricewatch. ITs ridiculous.

[Napster]

I could OC it to Ultra or GT settings anyways :nod:

[Napster]

Jason425
Posted: Tue Jul 20th, 2004 10:57 pm Post subject:
the 6800 ultra however, barely dedges the x800 pro but not xt

LoL what does dedges mean? :lol: [/quote]

[StinkyMojo]

nice, i havent seen anyone reply 3 times in a row in a thread. good game. :biggrin:

[Jason425]

I put an extra d in on accident.. shove it...

300 or $500.. oh wah.. if I were getting a new mobo RIGHT NOW, it'd have pci-express... but i'm not, because until BTX comes out, it's not a good time to be building a comp...

[Napster]

BTX? ¿Que es BTX?? :confused:

[StinkyMojo]

http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1593#

[vee_ess]

Jason425: *cough* Ultra Extreme *cough*

[Jason425]

http://www.brawl-hall.com/gallery/data/media/5/stop_whining.jpg


as extreme as an extreme edition! 8)

[pj'l_master]

as long as you are saving get the nvidia quadro cards...i cant find a link but the concept is that you can have 2 video cards working together...assuming that in understand this fully

[Jason425]

I didn't know the quadros did that.. that's what nvidia is planning for the 6800 ultras in the future..

i bet you got mixed up.. it's the 6800 when they come out with some adapter thing

[eviltechie]

SLI technology
seems pretty promising...
costly too...

[Jason425]

yea.. if we're having a hard time running one (psu) how are we gonna run 2?!

[eviltechie]

heh good point

PCI-E gives more power than AGP slots though
so i think it wont be that bad
still...
500w would be needed i think
and if you run SETI@Home, the electric bill will come down to $100 something...

[vee_ess]

as long as you are saving get the nvidia quadro cards...i cant find a link but the concept is that you can have 2 video cards working together...assuming that in understand this fully

With Quadros, it's simliar to dual channel, the bus really prevents you from noticing any improvement in gaming where pure speed is demanded not bandwidth. That's why you don't see dual PE's or XE's at all, only dual Quadros, which are meant for CAD and other 3D modeling/design.

[xckid082488]

wow, u guys are way off topic and u didnt help the non-english speaking dude at all :nod:

[eviltechie]

my conclusion is 6800 wins
but i woulnt buy now

xckid082488, you are off topic as well and not helping either

[Jason425]

yes 6800 does win.. and boy do you two get along!