Ati vs NvIDIA

[G~MAN]

soooo who has the best cards?!?

i want to buy a:

Connect3D ATI Radeon X800 XL 256MB

but not sure wheather to or get a nvidia...

i will play first person shooters like DOOM3, FRA CRY,CS SOURCE ect ect...

what ya think or can recomend? people have said the 6600 but this cards out performs it!

*(PCI not AGP)*

Also how can you get other peoples 3dmark scores for GFX cards :S i ahve searched google but just a load of forums come up with the GFX card i dont want!!!

G~MAN

 

[Me__2001]

dont just go on 3d mark scores, they vary depending on the whole system.

this may be useful

http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20041004/index.html

 

[G~MAN]

thanks ME but what do people think of the Connect3D ATI Radeon X800 XL 256MB???

it looks a good card and on the link ME gave me scores pretty well i think.... doom 3 sumin like 93fps (low settings) but still! ! the cards that beat it are the 6800ultra and gt and they cost a fair bit more aswell.... and by about 10fps...

i think that is the card to get but tell me otherwise!

reading belloni's thread...are api cards hard to overclock!?

 

[Me__2001]

all cards are easy to overclock, it just depends on if you get a card that is already at its limit

 

[G~MAN]

alright... like his lol

Connect3D ATI Radeon X800 XL 256MB???

YAY / NAY ???

 

[Me__2001]

based on th review below then i'd go for it

http://www.cluboverclocker.com/reviews/video/connect3d/x800xl/

 

[bernat]

nvdia geforce 6800 gt

Don't think of it any longer, if you can afford it go for the geforce 6800 gt. I'm playing Doom 3 with ultra quality and it just rocks!. Anyway Ati graphic cards don't work properly on games like doom or far cry, there's gotta do some twitchin' with the latest catalyst drivers.

With my new nvdia 6800gt everything works just fine. Go for it you won't regret it

 

[Me__2001]

the 6800 series is better for some games but do you want to spend the extra cash ? either way a 6800 or X800 series card will be amazing

 

[G~MAN]

The thing is with the x800 XL and the 6800gt is the price differcence!

''there's gotta do some twitchin' with the latest catalyst drivers''

what do you mean by that :S

 

[bernat]

geforce 6800

I mean with the original ati drivers a friend of mine could not run doom 3 properly. He had to d/l catalysts drivers ad enable/disable some options to make it work. I found it too complicated. That's what I meant.
And even with the latest drivers for the x800 it cannot be compared to the geforce 6800 (which is the one I ened up buying after owning an ATI X600)

 

[Alf]

. I'm playing Doom 3 with ultra quality and it just rocks!. Anyway Ati graphic cards don't work properly on games like doom or far cry, there's gotta do some twitchin' with the latest catalyst drivers.

Ultra quality is made for 512mb video cards, normally you cant run true Ultra mode as all the textures are uncompressed and require more memory than thats on a 256mb card. but i have been able to run it from time to time (i just play on with every thing on high)
the X800XL is a increadable card for the price, as it is comparable to the 6800GT and $100 less! this is a real buy right now, of course the GT is SLI compatable.

 

[G~MAN]

cheers for your posts guys... i think il go for the X800XL seeeing as it is ALOT cheaper and is not far off the GT's scores...

also after seeing the link given 2 me ( thanks ME ) and seeing it got a 9.5 out of 10!!

and alot of people at school recomended getting an ati card over nvidia...

so the X800XL it is

 

[Me__2001]

the X800 is a great card, post some scores when you get it

 

[Belloni]

Yes ... e.g me eh G-MAN !!! Don't listen to the dude about nVidia ... he doesn't know anything anywayz as we know lol

I'll come round and put it in for you if you want m8 hehe And obviously i'll check it out

 

[G~MAN]

well yer lol! should get it soon

and will do ME

 

[Belloni]

lol nice one m8

Good luck ... and maybe u'll shut up about this at school Jokes lol

 

[G~MAN]

just want get my moneys worth! lol hopefully last me a few years

 

[Alf]

just want get my moneys worth! lol hopefully last me a few years

you know technology, it'll last you about 2 days before a upgrade is needed
most cards will be good for about 2 years, before a new generation card will appear.

 

[G~MAN]

well pci is more futureproof than the agp generation

and aslong as it plays current games well il b happy... and future games...

 

[Alf]

AGP is 8x and even the top agp card doesnt use all 8 uhh..things (make sense?)
so im stayin with AGP till i can build a new system.
and on a side note- i heard talk that newer 1024 pin CPUs are going to be coming out in the near future!