The ones to pay attention to are the scores at high resolution, high detail with AA and AF turned on.
http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/ati_radeon_x800/page25.asp As resolution and complexity increases, the X800 XT outstrips the 6800 Ultra in true Direct X9 titles. And these are the titles that are going to be the future of gaming. Not even Doom 3s OpenGL engine will be as relevant as DirectX9 in the coming years. Far Cry is perhaps the best representation of this currently, Lock On is also a good indicator because of the high use it makes of DX9 shaders. The cards are close, but at high res and AA/AF the X800 XT usually has the edge. This combined with: 1) Smaller form factor 2) Only requires one slot 3) Lower power consumption 4) Less heat generated 5) Quieter Would mean that if I had the money, I'd go for the XT Platinum. With driver revisions and the inevitable optimisation by Nvidia on a per-game basis in their drivers, perhaps the 6800 Ultras will close the narrow gap, but for something future proof that doesn't need the driver shenanigans to excel, I would go with the XT. But they are both great cards, and should run games now and in the future very very well when paired with a powerful CPU. ATI does not by any means cheat on their benchmarks. The king to this throne is NVIDIA with their FX series. That was huge news in the industry and a large blow to Nvidia's credibility. -Gel -----Original Message----- From: Bill Wheatley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 11:36 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Halflife2 and EBgames.com and my new Video Card so sexy! 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. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:135508 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
