Tom's New Interactive VGA chart up

Wow, looking at that amkes me still LOVE my modded 7800GTX (650/1580)...well, I did anyway, but that makes me feel a little more secure that I am not missing out on anything, and dont need to upgrade untill DX10. :D
 
Almost 2 years later and those x850's are still holding up pretty darn well all things considered
 
No doubt...I noticed that, too. I was so stoked when I got my XT/PE...was like the 2nd person here to get one :D . It was and still is a great card.

Strange to see the 7950 GX2 do so shitty....hmm
 
GonzoP said:
Almost 2 years later and those x850's are still holding up pretty darn well all things considered
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You got that right... :eek:

With 16 pipes high clocks and 256bit memory bandwidth it does really well.. even hurting the 7600GT... in most situations..
 
well my 7800 GTX 512 seems to be holding up nicely...

(except in Oblivion outdoors :( pure rape!)
 
look at TItan Quest... It loves 512 megs of video ram buffer...

I was going to upgrade to 1800xt 256 but looking at this now... Makes me want to wait for those 512meg cards to drop...
 
Marvelous said:
look at TItan Quest... It loves 512 megs of video ram buffer...

I was going to upgrade to 1800xt 256 but looking at this now... Makes me want to wait for those 512meg cards to drop...
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Yeah almost gotta go with 512 to attempt to futureproof; either that or a pair of 256's.
 
GonzoP said:
Yeah almost gotta go with 512 to attempt to futureproof; either that or a pair of 256's.
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NO shit! Look at the Titan Quest results... All cards with 512mb get almost double the performance.
 
Marvelous said:
look at TItan Quest... It loves 512 megs of video ram buffer...

I was going to upgrade to 1800xt 256 but looking at this now... Makes me want to wait for those 512meg cards to drop...
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Yeah it puts the card in perspective for me - makes me wish I would've saved up for the 1900xt!!
 
I think i can attest for most people and say Tom is an idiot

terrible tests

Their results are almost as un-reproduceable as Driverheaven's
 
chinesepirate please don't thread crap everytime someone mentions Tom's site... :rolleyes:

Personally I think he's site is one of the most informative site out there if you just ignore their commentaries...
 
It doesn't look like 512MB is getting double performance from what I see. Which cards are you guys referring to?
 
Hmm... according to the HL2 tests, the X1900 AIW is faster than a 7950GX2... and in Titan Quest, the X800XL is faster than the 7900GT... wow...

Tom's Hardware is back in the innacurate benchmark business again, fellas. :(
 
PWMK2 said:
Hmm... according to the HL2 tests, the X1900 AIW is faster than a 7950GX2... and in Titan Quest, the X800XL is faster than the 7900GT... wow...

Tom's Hardware is back in the innacurate benchmark business again, fellas. :(
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Notice 512meg ram on the 800xl... Titan quest love 512 meg vid ram...

7950 second GPU wasn't being utilized as stated earlier...
 
Great to see an update on this. Would have been nice if it included vanilla x800 cards as the DDR1 (~$50) cards can be a good deal for people looking for cheapy cards.

This is the quickest reference for your average carbon blob computer user to compare a bunch of different cards. Yay!
 
GonzoP said:
Almost 2 years later and those x850's are still holding up pretty darn well all things considered
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That's why I chose the x850xt for my budget card last month. $120 bargain IMO. Plays what I need it to (Guild Wars, Q4, now FEAR: Combat) well. Best $120 bang/buck card along with the 7600gt @ $150 or so. Another great card in the spirit of the 9500/9700/9800 pro. Hope it lasts me a year or two.
 
GonzoP said:
Yeah almost gotta go with 512 to attempt to futureproof; either that or a pair of 256's.
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Pair of 256 cards behave like a 256 card? It doesn't make the card into a 512 meg card?
 
Given my two biggest games of the last 6 months have been Oblivion and TQ, I guess you could say I am happy with my vid card choice :) :) :)
 
Gotta be careful looking at those charts.....pick out the tests at the resolutions you normally use and notice the level of AA/AF before drawing conclusions.
 
Marvelous said:
chinesepirate please don't thread crap everytime someone mentions Tom's site... :rolleyes:

Personally I think he's site is one of the most informative site out there if you just ignore their commentaries...
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I used to agree with you, but since the redesign of the site, I don't bother anymore. All the adds that make an article that would fit on 3 pages take 20 pages annoys me. And since it got reorganized, I can't find shit anymore.
 
Met-AL said:
I used to agree with you, but since the redesign of the site, I don't bother anymore. All the adds that make an article that would fit on 3 pages take 20 pages annoys me. And since it got reorganized, I can't find shit anymore.
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I know it got separated into sections... Just like Hardocp.. All the bigger sites are doing it.. More money... ;)

He still has some great articles up about Linux, Networking, CPU's...
 
Wow... This makes the 7600 GT look like cow dung in a shit storm.

Heh. I knew I wouldn't be able to play everything the best, but other reviews I read had much better results then that.


x850 XT PE is mad. All the reading I've done with that card reminds me of the 9XXX seires of radeon cards.
 
DaCoOlNeSs said:
how does the 6800Ultra 256 get beat out by a 6600GT with 128?
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i know that one!, i know the answer!!

Patrick (author of that article/chart) is a FUCKING MORON!
 
Marvelous said:
chinesepirate please don't thread crap everytime someone mentions Tom's site... :rolleyes:

Personally I think he's site is one of the most informative site out there if you just ignore their commentaries...
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Nekro i know Tom doesn't write most of the articles, i have visted that site since 2000(yes i bash it a lot)

What i do know is their results always raise eyebrows. That isn't saying they put false #'s, simply that their testers seem to be a lil...out of it
 
chinesepiratefood said:
Nekro i know Tom doesn't write most of the articles, i have visted that site since 2000(yes i bash it a lot)

What i do know is their results always raise eyebrows. That isn't saying they put false #'s, simply that their testers seem to be a lil...out of it
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WTF is NEKRO? Did you just call me Negro?

Anyways I've been reading his site and Hardocp since 1998... He was the first one to give us detail information about CPU unlocking... He has very good articles up cracking WEP, Linux, etc... I don't believe everything what Tom's site says... I go from site to site and compare results and I average them out...

This is good basic chart to see what kind of performance you get from different architecture... As for all articles... I take it with a grain of salt...

It gets pretty annoying you bash everytime when someone says anything about Tom's site... Seriously you have no credibility here... And it's getting old... :rolleyes:
 
Marvelous said:
chinesepirate please don't thread crap everytime someone mentions Tom's site... :rolleyes:

Personally I think he's site is one of the most informative site out there if you just ignore their commentaries...
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Hrm...I'd take XBitLabs or Tech Report any day.
 
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