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February 1st, 2005, 05:00 PM
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Check out the VGA Charts: http://graphics.tomshardware.com/gra...004/index.html
I'm an Nvidia guy, and would personally go with the 6800GT. It beats the x800 pro most of the time, but I'm sure you'd be satisfied with either one. The 6800GT has Shader 3.0, the x800 doesn't. | |
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February 1st, 2005, 05:00 PM
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the GT. it'll pull down more frames and has shaders 3.0. X800 is still running 2.0 shaders.
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February 1st, 2005, 05:01 PM
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The Geforce 6800 GT is much better price for the performance. I think all around the Geforce is better than the ATI in most cases, but not by huge margins. | |
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February 1st, 2005, 05:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Ryanoffski Check out the VGA Charts: http://graphics.tomshardware.com/gra...004/index.html
I'm an Nvidia guy, and would personally go with the 6800GT. It beats the x800 pro most of the time, but I'm sure you'd be satisfied with either one. The 6800GT has Shader 3.0, the x800 doesn't. | Does it matter which version of shader you have? Does it make a big difference? | |
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February 1st, 2005, 05:04 PM
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It will make a difference in new games coming out that utilize shader 3.0. You'll see a rise in video quality. | |
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February 1st, 2005, 05:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Ryanoffski It will make a difference in new games coming out that utilize shader 3.0. You'll see a rise in video quality. | You will see a difference in Doom 3 I am pretty sure and along with HL2 as well if I am not mistaken. | |
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February 1st, 2005, 08:40 PM
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There both excellent cards and the 3.0 shader will not be really utilized till a couple of years or so, but if i were u id get the 6800GT just cause it plans for the future, but either way u go ur still going to be happy.
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February 1st, 2005, 08:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Shabow You will see a difference in Doom 3 I am pretty sure and along with HL2 as well if I am not mistaken. | I believe your mistaken  HL2 only supports 2.0 since it was optimized for the ATI line up. Far Cry would be the other major title supporting 3.0 support. | |
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February 1st, 2005, 09:11 PM
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ya, HL2 was based and optimized on the ATI lineup, so hl2 works best with ATI cards. such as Doom 3 is a different story since it was optimized on the Nvidia lineup, either way there both great cards, my brother owns an X800pro and ive used it many times, that shit is a beast
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