Which would be the best?

[FaaL]

Ok, I looked around alot, on this is site and others. I decided to upgrade my current system a little, adding a videocard and power supply. Im going to do a complete system this summer, so this upgrade on my current machine is just to get me bye, also the fact that im going to make this my video/graphics editing system (stand alone).

Heres the deal:

I can get a BFG 7800 GS OC 256MB (AGP) for about $260-$280 (whether or not I actually send in for a rebate) through work.

Or my other option is an eVGA Geforce 6800GS 256MB (AGP) which I can get for about $225.

Now I know I can get a really good deal on the 7800, but im not sure what would be the best option. I mean are they diffrent, but simular enough that I wouldn't see a big diffrence? Also I have heard that the 6800 in question is a really good card (the one I would get is there "super clocked" or something one, Core clock 400MHz instead of 350MHz, and Memory Clock 1100MHz instead of 1000MHz, between the two 6800GS' eVGA carries.

So what should I go with?

I got my alienware about 3-4 years ago, 2.53 P4, 1.25 GB RAM (soon to be 2GB).

Thanks guys.


edit: I saw on a post in the Video card fourm that my processor might end up being a bottle neck and I might not see a huge diffrence between cards. I thought this my self and was set ont eh 6800GS, but do you think it might still be worth going to the 7800 just for the fact I can get the cards so close in price, or am I just throwing money away.

 

[supergeek]

Yeha, my vote is go for the 7800 GS as it has newer hardware features, i suggest u read this quickly http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/bfg_geforce_7800_gs_agp/page22.asp

 

[pj-schmidt]

The often misunderstood part of a CPU bottleneck is that a video card upgrade will almost always give a performance increase when running the video card at reasonable resolution and IQ settings. The bottleneck just means that the performance gain will not be as high as if a faster processor was installed inthe system.

The features in the 7800GS and the price you can get it for make it an excellent deal.
You could always upgrade to a new motherbord and Athlon64 processor in the future and get even more performance out of your video card.