6800 Ultra or X800 XT?

[dartgande]

Lmao, yeah, as long as it looks sexy in my machine, and has blonde hair, it'll suffice.

 

[SanToast]

lol that must be what jessicas simpsons husband thinks 'Sure she's dumb as a rock, but with that body I suppose I can overlook it'

L O F L

 

[rememberme]

Will the PCI-E version be faster or anything than an AGP model?

 

[hygor]

personally i would go with the nVidia... the new nVidia cards are futureproofed while the ATIs arent... this is just because ATI are starting to stretch their current technology while Nvidia are using new tech.

Plus the current geforce cards pee all over the ATI ones!

 

[beedubaya]

its best to buy both and do your own bench testing

Not everybody is filthy rich and can afford to do this. I really want to upgrade to the 6800GT, but I just can't justify spending $400 on that right now.

 

[rememberme]

http://www.driverheaven.net/reviews/6800x800pro/theor performance.htm

On that site review, the 6800 Ultra gave them quite a few problems and error messages which I would find disheartening if I spent that much on a card. Maybe these problems have been ironed out a little now, but I am not sure.

Shadermark seemed to have a few bugs with the games. One game refused to run on the card, another would not run at full specs and prince of persia said the card was not supported *although it did run despite the message, so I guess that last one doesnt matter.

Anyway, have a look at the review if you get a spare minute!

 

[Esse]

Wow! This topic has been posted so many times just in slighty different ways. Both cards are good, both will run Doom3 on highest, HL2 on highest and whatever else on highest. rhar

 

[The Merlin]

Neither card "whomps" each other And both companies fooked up the release of their high end cards this year

 

[rememberme]

I agree, ATI and nVidia seem to have cards on par this time!

So I say we concentrate on more important issues...

Shall I go AMD or Intel??

 

[rememberme]

That was a joke btw