X850 XT Vs. 6800 GS?
Hi,
I have just built a new machine of the following spec:
AMD Athlon 64 3500+;
2 x 512MB Corsair PC3200 CAS2.5 Memory;
ASUS A8N SLi Deluxe Motherboard;
and the usual hard drive, dvd rw stuff!
I havent yet purchased a graphics card, because of a) funds! (payday in a week!) and b) am unsure of what to get.
My budget of about £150-160 will let me look at a Powercolor X850XT 256MB PCI-E Card, and I was going to get that, but after looking around the forums here, I have noticed a lot of peoplea rating the GEforce 6800, and has now left me unsure! - Especially as my Mobo has SLI Capabilities!
After looking through these forums, I'm considering an X850 until the 7800 prices drop and then getting myself one (or two?!) of these.
I currently use a Radeon 9800 pro in my older machine, and have always found it excellent for games(well, back in the day!)
Does anyone use the powercolor x850 card? any pros/cons? How does it compare with the NVidia line-up?
If anyone could make any recommendations, that would be great!
I have posted a poll; although i may have made the choices a bit vague: the choices are:
Which is better/ what one would you purchase:
ATI = X850 XT
NVidia = 6800 GS
Thanks, Lance.
Hi,
I have just built a new machine of the following spec:
AMD Athlon 64 3500+;
2 x 512MB Corsair PC3200 CAS2.5 Memory;
ASUS A8N SLi Deluxe Motherboard;
and the usual hard drive, dvd rw stuff!
I havent yet purchased a graphics card, because of a) funds! (payday in a week!) and b) am unsure of what to get.
My budget of about £150-160 will let me look at a Powercolor X850XT 256MB PCI-E Card, and I was going to get that, but after looking around the forums here, I have noticed a lot of peoplea rating the GEforce 6800, and has now left me unsure! - Especially as my Mobo has SLI Capabilities!
After looking through these forums, I'm considering an X850 until the 7800 prices drop and then getting myself one (or two?!) of these.
I currently use a Radeon 9800 pro in my older machine, and have always found it excellent for games(well, back in the day!)
Does anyone use the powercolor x850 card? any pros/cons? How does it compare with the NVidia line-up?
If anyone could make any recommendations, that would be great!
I have posted a poll; although i may have made the choices a bit vague: the choices are:
Which is better/ what one would you purchase:
ATI = X850 XT
NVidia = 6800 GS
Thanks, Lance.