x1600 PRO or 6800NU ?

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dagon11985

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Here's the situation.. I have an old Socket A comp thats just sitting around, collecting dust.. I've been thinking about throwing in a new agp videp card..

I've narrowed my choices down to a 6800 NU, and a x1600 Pro.. which is better ? Which one offers better linux support ?
 
If you want linux support, I don't think it's much of a contest between the two cards: Nvidia drivers hands down.

I have a 6800NU in this computer and it does quite well, actually. Didn't unlock, but I have it at 12x6 @ 400/800 currently.
 
ep1taph said:
If you want linux support, I don't think it's much of a contest between the two cards: Nvidia drivers hands down.

I have a 6800NU in this computer and it does quite well, actually. Didn't unlock, but I have it at 12x6 @ 400/800 currently.
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Can you play newer games with it and still run some eye candy ?
 
i belive the 6800nu would be the fastest of the two plus the better linux support i would have to say the 6800nu wins hands down unless there is a large price difference
 
I got 2 6800 agp vanilla's and they unlocked (both gigabyte) fully. It ran 430/900 and it could play any game on about 90% high. Locked up i could play them with most eye candy. but that 256 bit memory bus takes it.
 
dagon11985 said:
Can you play newer games with it and still run some eye candy ?
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It's the second PC in my sig for other stats for reference. I can run *some* eye-candy, but I try to limit myself to 2xAA and 1024 in most things, or else the FPS in some parts drops too low. I play some CoD2 and Quake4, and I can enjoy both Single-Players with moderate detail levels and 2xAA which looks pretty good to me. I still have an olf Viewsonic A70F screen here, so I'm not forced into wanting a native resolution.

I had a 5200 in the PC before, and the 6800 was a great last-upgrade for the secondary system (I keep one at school and one at home) that will keep it going quite a good deal longer.

I'm pretty sure it will perform better than the X1600Pro, also. X1600XT might be closer, but there aren't any AGP variants of it available.

Looks like the 6800NU is a much better buy for you -- Linux support and most likely better performance than the X1600Pro.
 
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