umm they are commin out in the next month or even weeks, i take it you never heard of the crossfire? well thx the advice. Now lets say i got: The X800XL is it a good overclocker would i be able to overclock it to the 6800GT? If i get the 6800GT Will i be able to overclock it to the 6800 ULTRA?and what type of power supply would i need to do this? (i will prob be getting XFX or eVGA) One more thing, All i really want to do is play BF2, So would i be able to play BF2 (everything on High) and not even that high resolution! am i going over the top here? And for the guy that sent the cnet review, we are talkin about the X800XL not the ATI Radeon X850 XT Platinum Edition
overall, ati is quality but the nVidia have made the supposable 'bestest and fastest' graphics card so far... at least that is what it said in a PC Mag... it is up to personal choice...
Nvidia all the way. Always had compatability probs with the Catalyst drivers. ATI do make good cards but they are not as good as Nvidia in my opinion. And the 7800 is better than the X850 Platinum anyway. Even the new ATI '7800' beater has less pixel pipelines (16 to the 7800's 24) a bit of a strange decision in a market based on numbers. Sure it runs faster at 500mhz standard clockspeed but any overclocker can easily match that (or nearly) on a 7800. I think ATI has been so tied up with the XB360 that they've had to move their focus away from PC GPU's. Also Nvidia are way more prepared for the 64bit generation and already have the latest graphics and chipset drivers to support Win XP64. That said ATI could still be the card to have next year, it's such a fickle business! But for now I'd go with Nvidia.
The X800XL is it a good overclocker would i be able to overclock it to the 6800GT? If i get the 6800GT Will i be able to overclock it to the 6800 ULTRA?and what type of power supply would i need to do this? (i will prob be getting XFX or eVGA)
It all depends on th video cards standard clock speed. Some cards within the same group have different clock speeds. For example a Gigabyt 7800 has a standard clok speed of 430mhz while a BFG (amongst others) has a standard of 450mhz. I'm sure there are probably other variables that come into play as well.
I found out long before i was a noob to this site that it seems some mobos (drivers, programs, games ) work better with one than the other so its is a personal preference. I had an ATI All in Wonder that just would not sync up with my DVR no matter what limited support I got. Sold it, got a cheap Nvidia graphics plus Aver media TV card for the same price and all is well. Maybe cause back then I used Roxio products (reading the Nero love around here reinforced my views), I don't know, just know what works for me.
these alot of sli ready power suppies that have independent power to the motherboard,the video cards,etc.there is also ps that can tune the volts to your memory and video card.id go with a sli ready ps with 2 pci express cables a independent motherboard wire thats 20 or 24 pin and 2\12 volt rails so the power is more evenly distributed to each component.they will cost from 125 usd to 439 usd.its according to your preference.i go with a 550 or higher power supply so if you upgrade your system, you dont have to upgrade your ps again.i have been researching this myself for 2 days now and it gets very confussing,but put ps 550 watt sli in your search engine on the internet and check them out.then look at all the reviews and forums about the ps.you will be able to figure out the best for want you want it to do,there are so many but alot of them have drops in power,not pfc which saves you money on the electric bill[i think]and you want clean power 2.2 so your computer dosent stare for volts.i hope this helped,im in the same boat trying to build a computer for the 1st time.
