I found this benchmark for the review of the cards and it appears that the 6800 won. Though not trying to fight but it was the first one i found and i normally like pcgamers style. Did you find one that suggests ati's card did better?
I'm the same way with video cards i buy them every 2 revisions. I had a geforce 4 ti4800. I always buy the highest end card just to have it and i have always liked nvidia. The thing that pisses me off with ati is the tools they give you are not as nice in my opnion as nview tools. I like keeping my windows seperate and hate when it spans two monitors. I don't want a window in limbo between 2 monitors so i like it to autosnap to the window that it is mostly on. Which i have not been able to find that in ATI. I have to say though i did not notice any lag with far cry but then i have an athlon fx so i would hope i didn't have any lag issues. I suppose I am not totally aganist ATI but with my nforce3 board and all i figured staying nvidia would be a better choice. I'm sure an ati card on a nvidia board doesn't matter but who knows. I also read a thread where it says ATI cheats on its benchmarks is there any truth to that? i could believe it just for the fact that these companies are in a throat to throat struggle. With ATi getting a big coup by winning the xbox2 rights. Hello. PC Gamer recently did a review of all three cards - the X800 Pro, X800XT, and the GeForce 6800. The 6800 costs as much ast hte X800XT, and it outperforms it on all benchmarks except for Far Cry, when it lagged by a few frames while using filtering and by one when not. I apologize for not being able to provide benchmarks for the games you play, Benchmarks for the following and in that order: 1. 3DMark 2003 at 1024x760, trilinear filtering, no AA 2. Aquamark3 at 1024x768 and default settings 3. Quake 3's first fps test result is all settings maxed, no AA, and the second fps test result is 4x AA and 8x anisotropic filtering 4. UT 2003 with all settings maxed 5. Splinter Cell with all settings maxed 6. Halo with all settings maxed 7. Far Cry with very high settings, water set to ultra high, no AA and no AF, and the second test result is 4x AA and 8x AF. X800 Pro: 1. 7,568 2. Score: 50,294; GFX:7,104 3. 341, 227 4. 219 5. 58 6. 55 7. 55, 43 X800XT: 1. 11,361 2. Score: 55,320; GFX: 7,854 3. 351, 291 4. 222 5. 63 6. 63 7. 55, 52 GeForce 6800 Ultra: 1. 11,394 2. Score: 57,765; GFX: 8,724 3. 368, 330 4. 222 5. 65 6. 69 7. 54, 37 On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 10:23:58 -0400, Angel Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The ATI Radeon X800XT is faster than the Ultra, takes up only one slot, runs > a lot cooler, is quieter and you probably would not > have needed to spend the extra money on a new powersupply. > > This round belongs to ATI at the ultra high end. But I think most people > won't care that the X800XT is 5% faster than the 6800 Ultra > if they like Nvidia. > > However for me the space and power considerations in the case PLUS the XT > being faster would lead me to purchase an XT. > > It is debateable which is much better between the 6800GT and X800 Pro. > I may go with the GT, but HalfLife 2 results will tell. > > I need something futureproof, because I don't intend to buy another card for > a year or two (hopefully ;-) ). > > I had trouble with Best Buy.com. And over the period when they were going > through some major site transition, their site was down > several times over the course of a month. I thought that was notable for such > a large company, and wondered whether it was 'normal' > or abnormal. I thought that systems were run in parallel at the Enterprise > level so that when rolled out it works first time. That > was my trouble with BestBuy.com really, otherwise no problems with delivery. > > -Gel > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bill Wheatley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Gel didn't you have a problem with it before? or was it best buys site? > > And my Geforce 6800 Ultra came in tuesday too my god it is beautiful. > Of course i have to upgrade to a 500+ watt power suppy now. I have a 450 > which it recommends but i run 4 HDs, 2 dvd players, and > then plenty of extras. > The next round goes to you nvidia. Ati will take the round after that and > then so on and so forth. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:135437 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
