Originally posted by: firewolfsm
As someone else said, most 7900GT are shipping at 550/1600 which is basically a 7800GTX 512 which will pwn any X1800XT (that much OCing can be done on stock cooler if you want)
not according to this
recent test of a 550mhz GT:
Half life 2
X1800xt and 7900gt scores about equal
Splinter Cell Chaos Theory
7900gt wins in every case except at 4xAA / 8xAF it scores 0 fps.
Quake 4
X1800xt and 7900gt scores about equal
X3
X1800xt and 7900gt scores about equal
Riddick
7900gt wins.
Fear
7900gt wins with no AA / AF
X1800xt and 7900gt scores about equal using 4xAA / 8xAF
NFS most wanted
x1800xt and 7900gt scores are mostly same.
B&W 2
7900gt wins
if you play oblivion, the XT wins those benches (tho they weren't included in this review). to be fair tho, while oblivion is a clear win for XT, if you play flight sims, the GT has a similar advantage...