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...

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 The 9800 Pro is quite outdated with the new lines of cards that are coming out now.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

[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? [/quote]