6800 GT PCIe version slower than AGP version due to HSI?

[UzairH]

I am set on buying the 6800 GT PCIe instead of the X800 X,L even though the 6800 GT costs more. But I have just read in a couple of older AT reviews on NV45:

http://www.anandtech.com/printarticle.aspx?i=2096
http://www.anandtech.com/printarticle.html?i=2091

... which show that a 6800U with the HSI bridge is up to 30% slower versus the normal 6800U AGP. At the time it was speculated that this could be a driver issue. My question is whether anyone knows if this problem is still there today or it has been resolved by nVidia? If it is indeed still slower than AGP version than it makes buying a bridged 6800 GT or Ultra a very bad case.

Oh, and I am thinking of an eVGA 6800 GT PCIe. Which company has better X800 XL? Should I go for the OEM ATI X800 XL, or the retail Rosewill X800XL?

 

[imported_llama]

i dont think 30% is accurate, more like 1 or 2% i would say. The XL is a great buy, the HIS one is the best imo

 

[darkswordsman17]

Its not correct anymore. In fact, I believe the PCI-e cards are a little bit faster in benchmarks now.

 

[hans030390]

yeah they are...that is odd though....

 

[Barnacle Bill]

Originally posted by: llama
i dont think 30% is accurate, more like 1 or 2% i would say. The XL is a great buy, the HIS one is the best imo

Instead of paying $400 plus for an HiS X800 XL buy the OEM XL for $249.00 and slap a Arctic Cooling Nvidia VGA Silencer 4 on it (which is essentially what the HiS has on it) and which you can purchase for $20 and for $269.00 you've got a $400.00 HiS X800 XL. The PCI-E hype is looking more and more like another ploy by the powers that be to get us to fork our our hard earned dollars and to make them richer and richer; too bad there is no shortage of suckers to enable them to do so!!!