Upgrade advice

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sev

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Hello all.

Im torn.

Im upgrading from an AGP 5900U (flashed to a 5950U) and I have the choice of:

Inno 3D 6800GT 256MB (AGP
or
Asus X850XT 256MB (AGP)
Price diff, about 2 pounds.

Games I tend to play are HL2, CSS, Q4, SS2 stuff like that.

Advice, not flames!

Cheers!
 
elaborate if ya can. Im a techie myself, but I am an nV fan, but if the X850XT is better value, then I would prefer to go with that.
Will i miss SM3.0 if I go ATI?
 
6800gt is a great card, but I am sure you will be happy with either choice. I was a huge fan of (and owned) the 9800xt 256mb card, the thing I really do not like about ati now is the drivers the past 6 or so months, so I lean more towards nvidia this round (and last).
 
/bump

sorry for the impatience, ive placed the order for 6800GT and its not too late to change before tomorrow morning!
 
dont be stupid man! what were u thinking? the x850xt is clearly a faster card...me and my friend (he has a 6800ultra) have similar comps apart from the video cards and my x850xt pe is easily faster than his ultra...change it quickly! type into google x850xt pe vs 6800ultra and youll see the difference
 
The games you play don't make use of sm 3.0. The HDR used in HL2 (at least in DOD:S) is a kind that can be used just as effectively by sm 2.0. I would definately go with the 850xt.
 
i did a search for X850XT vs 6800GT but the results were inconclusive.
 
you will be missing out on games that use sm3 with the 850, I have never used an 850 before, but had a x800xt before I bought a 6800 ultra and to me those two cards were similiar is speeds, some games were fasteron one card over another etc, overal were similiar in speed. Either way I am sure you will be happy with either card, but sm3 is something to keep in mind, not to mention I feel ati's drivers are not up to par lately as i mentioned previously.
 
If the difference is that small, get the ATI card. It's more powerful, and it's dubious that you'll miss the SM3.0; the 6800GT just isn't powerful enough to really take advantage of it like the 7800GT can.

 
DamienThorn said:
If the difference is that small, get the ATI card. It's more powerful, and it's dubious that you'll miss the SM3.0; the 6800GT just isn't powerful enough to really take advantage of it like the 7800GT can.

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So you're saying the 6800 GT can't really make use of S.M 3 ? Care to back up that statement with some [H]ard facts ?
 
go with the x850xt...i mean of course some 6800gt's can overclock to ultra speeds...but the x850xt can overclock alot further too ;) . if 6800ultra (6800gt overclocked) = x800xt (which the x850xt beats at stock and still has room to overclock)...wouldn't it make more sense to get the x850xt?
 
beserker16 said:
go with the x850xt...i mean of course some 6800gt's can overclock to ultra speeds...but the x850xt can overclock alot further too ;) . if 6800ultra (6800gt overclocked) = x800xt (which the x850xt beats at stock and still has room to overclock)...wouldn't it make more sense to get the x850xt?
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yeh it would make sense...basically just take most peoples advice and take the x850xt pe :p i was in this situation and im glad i went the route i did (x850xt pe)
 
dagon11985 said:
So you're saying the 6800 GT can't really make use of S.M 3 ? Care to back up that statement with some [H]ard facts ?
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About 3 months ago, when I was getting ready to go PCIe, I was looking at what was being said about SM3.0. Admittedly I don't recall which sites I went to, but the consensus seemed to be that the features on the 6800GT, while would be used in the future, by the time they were properly implemented the 6800GT would be way to slow to play games at high settings. SM3.0 has been heralded as able to allow developers to increase FPS, and by the time that they really know how to implement SM3.0 the 6800GT will be slow enough that you'd have been better going with a high end ATI card that was faster. That's how I recall things, at least.

 
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