There are two if you've got $500 to blow, nVidia FX6800 Ultra ATI X800 XT Platinum Both of these double the performance of the last generation cards. Best of the last generation, nVidia FX5950 Ultra ATI Radeon 9800XT
Actually, I only have 350 to blow but i know a place called newegg and they are really cheap so i guessed i could get cards from there pretty cheap .
Gotcha! In that case I'd recommend the nVidia 6800 (non GT, non Ultra) which starts out at just under $300 and is a great performer. Here's a link ( I love newegg too!): *link doesn't work* Just go to neweeg and look for the "6800" chipset under graphics cards. I noticed the XFX and Gainward cards both have higher core clocks than the other two _X_X_X_X_X_[small] JMLS-166S/Plextor PX-708A/Plextor Premium My Movies! http://www.intervocative.com/dvdcollection.aspx/Rephaim Got Indie? http://cdbaby.com/[/small]
praetor when u say 98/59 do you mean core 98 mhz and memory 59 mhz? cause that would suck i oced my vid card to : 290 core and 580 memory and there are no graphical tearings or anything so i would stick with that also what did u use to oc your processor and ram and last but not least here are my system specs any ideas what i would spend the other money on ? 3.06 ghz HT P4 1024 DDR RAM 32x CD Burner/ DVD Reader Combo Floppy Drive 200 gigs of memory - i have barely used 40... 17" viewable flat panel nvidia gf4 ti 4200 128 DDR RAM oced to specs of 10 mhz lower then core of ti4600 *I think* bla bla bla thanks
He's referring to the Radeon 9800 series or the nVidia 59xx series. You system specs are very similar to mine and if I had the cash right now I believe I'd be ordering a 6800GT
Radeon 9800 PRO SE with all eight pipelines unlocked using rivaturner. http://www.digital-daily.com/video/ati-radeon9800se/index02.htm $168
Hmm i do not know how that would work. Pipes are physical things. You are basically making it think, you have 8 pipes but it does not. Am i wrong?
Because: 1. The Ultrais above your price spec 2. The GT is just a downclocked ultra rather than the baseline 6800 which is not just downclocked but missing 4 pipes too.
Got something substantial to back that up? It's quite the blanket statement to say that all ATI cards are incredible ... have a look at the X300 and X600.... _X_X_X_X_X_[small]ASUS A7N8X-X, XP2500+ OC'd to XP3200+ Samsung 1024MB, PC2700 OC'd to PC3200 480GB [3x160GB, 7200, 8MB] EVGA, GeForce4 Ti4600 128MB Rules and Policies: http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/2487[/small]
I lean towards whatever make will give me the most bang for my buck. I've traditionally run ATI cards but for me nVidia has definitely hit the sweet spot with the 6800GT.
Ive run the 9800 pro and its a wonderful card.. they may be pricey but from some of the benchmarks ive seen... it takes the cake. So i expect the same from the X800... ill link you to some benchmarks.
The thing about benchmarks is that they go both ways and unless one card is seriously hammering the other by non-insignificant margins benchmarks dont mean shit. Case in point: http://www.3dcenter.org/artikel/2004/07-30_english.php
depenidng on ur money i would say... Raedon X800 XT PE ~500 Geforce 6800 GT ~400 Geforce 6800 ~300 Raedon 9800 Pro 128MB ~200
from the benchmarks... the 6800 GT is a better card for less money.. benchmarks are perfomance tests and are really reliable unless for some reason the test conditions arent stable.
