Half-Life 2 benchmark result, ATI X800 PRO vs 6800gt geforce

[CHfan4ever]

I was lucky enough to have the chance to try a x800 pro for 1 week.Its one of my buddy who lend it to me while i lend him my 6800gt.So i bench HL2 with the video stress test.Before getting back my 6800gt and today with my 6800gt.Here are the result

X800 PRO
1024 default option NOAA, NOAF :101.27fps
1024 default option 4xAA 8xAF :97.91fps
1280 default option 4xAA 8xAF :77.90fps

Now with my card

6800GT XFX(my brand)

1024 default option NOAA, NOAF :115.71fps
1024 default option 4xAA 8xAF :108.33fps
1280 default option 4xAA 8xAF :78.53fps

With the ati using 4.11 drivers and with Nvidia using the 66.93.NO i wont try with other driver .

Why am i impress? Its because i was told that HL2 will run way better with a ATI card, and this is not.Well it doesnt run bad at all with the x800 pro, anything over 60fps is just perfect.Having a x800 pro i would be happy.But i was scare like poo that with my nvidia card, i will have way lower performance.I have heard and read tho that at higher resolution( cannot test it, limitation of my monitor ) like in 1600x1200, HL2 run better on ATI, like by a 15-20 % difference...is this true?

Its simple i play all my games in 1280 or wide 1280.So i kinda dont care about that 1600 resolution.So which card to get for HL2? Fly a coin.If your a fan of Nvidia, then get Nvidia,If ATI are your god then get ati.Its not a difference of 1fps in 1280 that will make me choose one card or another.but i was scare that my nvidia would run not very good and now i am extremely happy about my purchase.

 

[Gamingphreek]

Im not impressed or suprised. I expect a 16 pipe card such as that to win over a 12 pipe card.

The better word is happy that Nvidia finally got a technology right.

-Kevin

 

[Todd33]

Try running the water levels and/or with AA/AF, the X800 pro will pull ahead. The stress tests is not as useful, there are in game benchmarks now.

 

[Rage187]

also try using the 4.12 cats.

 

[chilled]

Originally posted by: Gamingphreek
Im not impressed or suprised. I expect a 16 pipe card such as that to win over a 12 pipe card.

The better word is happy that Nvidia finally got a technology right.

-Kevin

Your opening a whole can of worms there and I can't say I agree with you completely on that.

 

[ronnn]

This is silly, a guy spends $400.00 on a video card and he is impressed that it works well? Like what are the usual results when you buy a mid upper range card?

 

[imported_Salvatore]

Originally posted by: Todd33
Try running the water levels and/or with AA/AF, the X800 pro will pull ahead. The stress tests is not as useful, there are in game benchmarks now.

By roughly how much?

 

[CHfan4ever]

Iv run the game with the water levels( sorry dont knwo the bench with the hl2 levels ) but using fraps, i see it constantly 30-75fps.This 30fps is with lotta action on screen etc.Same as with my buddy x800 pro.

Yop i see no difference.

 

[HelliKoid]

Well ive seen some benchmarks of retail hl 2 ,and x800 pro outperforms 6800 gt,(logical,as it was expected)
http://www.driverheaven.net/articles/Half%20life%202/


then i went to anadtech becnches and with AA and AF on max,X800 Pro Wins

http://www.anandtech.com/video...c.aspx?i=2278&p=11

Then what s the point of doubting????
Klear ATI Victory -(of course i want all settings to max, and AA AF to max,hehe)

am i wrong ?

 

[Childs]

Originally posted by: Gamingphreek
Im not impressed or suprised. I expect a 16 pipe card such as that to win over a 12 pipe card.

The better word is happy that Nvidia finally got a technology right.

-Kevin

Finally? They had one bad run. People act like they are S3.

 

[CHfan4ever]

How can we enalbe those test of half life 2 with those canal stages etc?

Thanks

 

[Pete]

Anand offered a zip file with all the demos he used, IIRC. Check his review again.

 

[Insomniak]

Originally posted by: Childs

Originally posted by: Gamingphreek
Im not impressed or suprised. I expect a 16 pipe card such as that to win over a 12 pipe card.

The better word is happy that Nvidia finally got a technology right.

-Kevin

Finally? They had one bad run. People act like they are S3.

No kidding...and it's not like ATi has ever screwed the pooch...


*cough* Rage Fury MAXX *cough* Quack *cough* Pretty much anything before the 8500 *cough*


I mean, c'mon...both companies have their ups and downs, but right now both are producing awesome cards that can play anything you want to play. We should be happy there is competition and *hope* they get into a price war at some point.

 

[megatron511]

before when i had my GT@ultra speeds
i took the VST @ 1280x960 4xaa 8xaf.

the GT@ultra = 103fps.


then i traded my GT for a XT straight up, one card
for the other.

XT@stock speeds, 1280x960 4xAA 8xAF = 132fps.
xt@p.e speeds = 158fps.

3dmark05
gt@ultra = 4999
xt stock = 5686.

both cards are fast, but i noticed that hl2 doesnt stutter anymore like it did with the GT. also CS:S runs alot smoother now.


i didnt run any @ 1024, because i dont game @ 1024. i wouldnt of purchased a highend card if i wanted to run @ 1024x768.

also, once u game with AA & AF, u cant go back. so ever since i got my 9700pro i found out what a game can look like with AA & AF. now i always gotta have AA AF, unless im gaming @ 1600x1200.

 

[otispunkmeyer]

Originally posted by: HelliKoid

Well ive seen some benchmarks of retail hl 2 ,and x800 pro outperforms 6800 gt,(logical,as it was expected)
http://www.driverheaven.net/articles/Half%20life%202/


then i went to anadtech becnches and with AA and AF on max,X800 Pro Wins

http://www.anandtech.com/video...c.aspx?i=2278&p=11

Then what s the point of doubting????
Klear ATI Victory -(of course i want all settings to max, and AA AF to max,hehe)

am i wrong ?

no not driver heaven again...didnt driver heaven even have the x800's beating nvidia in doom 3? they are an ad for ati don ttrust driver heaven.

gamingphreek is right a 16pipe card should beat a 12, but it does seem that even tho nvidia have come leaps and bounds in shader performance.....ATI is still that much more efficient...not that it matters when ur pushing 70+ fps with either card

 

[CaiNaM]

:roll:

# of pipes mean nothing unless the rest of the architecture is the same in the cards you're comparing. there are plenty of cases where cards with fewer pipes have been faster than cards with more pipes.

 

[nRollo]

Originally posted by: Gamingphreek
Im not impressed or suprised. I expect a 16 pipe card such as that to win over a 12 pipe card.

The better word is happy that Nvidia finally got a technology right.

-Kevin

This is incorrect.

nVidia owned the top end of gaming for a lot more years than the 18-19 months ATI arguably did. They were a distant second to TNT1,TNT2, GF1,GF2,GF3,GF4 until they bought ArtX and their tech to produce the R300. Note ATI bought the tech, nVidia generated theirs. Now nVidia is arguably back on top with a much more solid lineup of cards you can actually buy that also happen to be more technically advanced.

Beyond all that, it could be said the R300 had no real advantage over the nV35. The 9800Pro/5900U traded benchmark wins and the one clear area of 9800 superiority (PS2 shaders) was largely a moot point due to the lack of games that use them, which continues to this day for the most part.

So you can't really imply that ATI is some tech dynasty and nVidia is some lowly underdog, when if you examine the last ten years the reverse is much closer to the truth.

 

[Arkali]

Exactly as stated above. ATi cards can generally be considered to be inferior in every aspect. By this I mean more than benchmarks: drivers, image quality, documentation, and choices for the consumer. Nvidia manufacturers offering differing designs, instead of the generic ATi garbage clones. ATi's success with the 9700 and 9800 was very surprising.

BTW ATi is a Canadian company.

 

[nRollo]

Originally posted by: Arkali
Exactly as stated above. ATi cards can generally be considered to be inferior in every aspect. By this I mean more than benchmarks: drivers, image quality, documentation, and choices for the consumer. Nvidia manufacturers offering differing designs, instead of the generic ATi garbage clones. ATi's success with the 9700 and 9800 was very surprising.

BTW ATi is a Canadian company.

This isn't what I was trying to say. I bought all the ATI and nVidia cards for the generations I've posted here and found each had their strengths and weaknesses.

What I was trying to say is the gaming community at large gave nVidia the edge for most of that time, and that nVidia is far from being a come from behind underdog.