ATI Radeon X800 Pro vs. nVidia GeForce 6800 Ultra @ TweakTown
Posted by: Newsfactory on: 06/14/2004 11:15 AM [ Print | 13 comment(s) ] · 2635 views
In Shane's latest article, he compares the performance of a GeCube based ATI Radeon X800 Pro against the reference nVidia GeForce 6800 Ultra. While taking a quick look at both cards, we benchmark with our usual array of benchmarks as well as with AA and AF enabled and with the addition of Far Cry.
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JemyM Senior Member Posts: 130 Joined: 2003-02-13 |
#54433 Posted on: 06/14/2004 02:19 PM
The review states that "Ultra" is Nvidia's fastest card... but its not is it? Is it not right, that it should be: "6800" vs "X800" "PRO" vs "ULTRA" "Extreme Edition" vs "Platinum Edition" ??? |
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Hyde Unregistered |
#54435 Posted on: 06/14/2004 03:20 PM
nope 6800 vs x800 6800GT vs x800pro 6800Ultra vs x800XT 6800Ultra-ED vs x800XT-PE |
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Axx Unregistered |
#54436 Posted on: 06/14/2004 04:56 PM
im running a 3200+ with a ATi X800pro with cat.4.6 drivers and my benchmarks are showing quite a bit higher and I cranked up my desplay settings all the way, so take it with a grain of salt and just use it as a base line to go by and not what you will get. I should have been slower just by the fact the test system was using a 3400+ cpu and im using a 3200+ cpu,I agree the test should have been a X800XT card ver. the 6800 ultra |
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JemyM Senior Member Posts: 130 Joined: 2003-02-13 |
#54437 Posted on: 06/14/2004 05:00 PM
The product simply marketed as "6800" is a cropped version of the real card, that doesnt match the specifications of the 6800 product line. There is also no pure "x800" card, as "x800pro" is the lowest product from ATI, at least according to the testssites ive read, and ati's website. |
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JemyM Senior Member Posts: 130 Joined: 2003-02-13 |
#54438 Posted on: 06/14/2004 05:10 PM
Pricewise, it should (unfortunate to nvidia) be Platinum Edition vs Ultra... As XT is cheaper! |
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taanari Unregistered |
#54439 Posted on: 06/14/2004 05:20 PM
come on guys, i wanna see also how x800 pro performs against 6800 ultra. so...its a cool info source. do you only want to confirm yourself that 6800 ultra is not worth it? dont get brainwashed 
btw...i have a radeon 9800 pro myself, but it does not mean i have something against nvidia |
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FailedCRC Unregistered |
#54441 Posted on: 06/14/2004 07:08 PM
opengl performance sucks too much on the x800's, the 6800gt looks like it's going to be the best card for the price. |
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apathy Junior Member Posts: 1 Joined: 2003-09-26 |
#54443 Posted on: 06/14/2004 09:26 PM
I concur, although I love my 9800xt I think my next card will be whatever the fastest nvidia has to offer 2 months from now, I find myself playing open_gl games more and more and the ati just doesn't compare in either performance or quality under gl. |
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thomas997 Junior Member Posts: 12 Joined: 2003-04-21 |
#54444 Posted on: 06/14/2004 10:18 PM
Who plays opengl games anyway.. Id say 90% of what I play is DX Plus the scores look fairly close to me. Other than quake 3 but again, who the hell plays that? |
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JemyM Senior Member Posts: 130 Joined: 2003-02-13 |
#54447 Posted on: 06/15/2004 12:32 AM
Many people prefer Open GL prior to Direct X. |
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TSThomas Junior Member Posts: 2 Joined: 2003-05-10 |
#54449 Posted on: 06/15/2004 12:52 AM
Being that the vast majority of games are Direct3D what does it matter what people "prefer", you're usually not given a choice in the matter anymore even. It makes more sense to use the graphics card that works better in 80% of games than the one that might in the other 20%. |
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apathy Junior Member Posts: 1 Joined: 2003-09-26 |
#54451 Posted on: 06/15/2004 01:04 AM
This is true but gl is still better IMO and most of the games I have purchased lately use it and although the 9800xt doesn't run them as good as my brothers 5950 does the ati smokes in D3D games. Call of duty, KOTOR, jedi academy, elite force2, MOH, wolfenstein (both ET and GOTY) are all gl games and all the quake and HL series have gl available and doom3 will be gl. |
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Jaybo Unregistered |
#54456 Posted on: 06/15/2004 04:44 AM
Has anyone noticed that this is a Pro against an Ultra? It should be the XT against the Ultra. |
