ATI 850XT or 6800GT

[Ronin]

Sweeny didn't say that at the 7800 GTX launch. Things change.

The argument should have been over a long time ago.

Get the X850 and move on.

 

[Wreckage]

Originally posted by: munky
Edit: and even in AOE3 it falls behind a x800xl as soon as you turn on AA.

Yes, however the x800xl is running in SM2.0 mode which means it's not displaying any of the added SM3.0 effects.

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: Wentelteefje

Originally posted by: apoppin
nonsense . . . ALL of ATI's new cards support it.

AND if you want to play [and see] 'King Kong' [or AoE3] in all it's "glory" you're gonna need a 6800/7800 or an x1X00 [period] . . . and it's only gonna get "worse" for the old SM2.0 cards . . . as Unreal3 games are released this Spring.

Do you really think I didn't know that? We do are talking about a X850XT and a 6800GT here...

BTW the "Unreal3 games" argument isn't one... Tim Sweeney said a long time ago that UE3 will be very scalable... What's not to believe? The previous engines were very adaptive too...

I'd rather have a little less eye-candy and a good playability, than a game that's chopping just because you activated SM3.0...

the "argument" about UE3 is not it's 'scalability' - a 6600 will be the minimum card - it's use of intensive shaders will be SM3.0 and the x800 series will simply not display all the eyecandy.

As to "less stutter" - there really isn't much difference between the 6800GT and the x850xt in terms of "playability" . . . i'd rather have ALL the eye candy and simply drop the resolution a bit.

. . . and SM3.0 is more efficient at rendering the same scene than SM2.0+.

I agreed with you 18 months ago when the 6800 series was new and SM3.0 a 'novelty' . . . next year your excuse for old architecture gets even more stale.
:roll:

 

[Unkno]

X850XT or X800GTO2

 

[Powermoloch]

Originally posted by: Wentelteefje
BFG is stock overclocked, and are mostly very good overclockers... A X850XT is somewhat "limited" on the memory side of things (max is about the speeds of a PE), but the core is usually pretty strong on overclocking...

A lot of reviews around the web tell that the stock X850XT is a loud thing unfortunately...

When overclocking them both, the X850XT will come out on top...

lol it's pretty quiet actually, it gets really loud at startup.

 

[garkon8]

Speaking as previous owner of 6800GT OC'ed: My X850XT PE whoops it! Think of it as the last rung on the ladder of AGP-land before you're forced to upgrade.