6800 Ultra Extreme info including 3dmark 03, power supply use, ut2004, farcry.

[nippyjun]

My 3dmark score


GF 6800 U E 450/1.10 , Athlon xp 3000 (2.1 gig), 1gig ram.


My athlon xp is holding back anything higher for now.

With my 5900 U that i had, i got 6028 as a score in the same system. Almost double!

 

[Apologiliac]

My 718 > your 11887 cpu anyday!

 

[Corporate Thug]

nice?

 

[Rent]

Where'd you get it from? I want my 6800u

 

[nippyjun]

Originally posted by: Rent
Where'd you get it from? I want my 6800u

From the for sale/ trade forum....

 

[nippyjun]

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[Marsumane]

Any idea how the person that u got the card from got the card?

 

[nippyjun]

I'm not sure if he wants me to say, but it wasn't through normal channels....

 

[howdyduty]

6800 vs. 5900 in 3DMark. Nice to double the score.

 

[nippyjun]

As great as this card has been unfortunately I may be putting it up for sale soon as something has come up unexpectedly and I may need the funds...

In the meantime I'm enjoying painkiller and UT2004 at 1600x1200 with all features highest with 4xAA and 8x AF.

 

[nippyjun]

In the meantime here is some more info:

Power supply info: I'm using an antec true 330 power supply. I've plugged in both molex connectors. I haven't tried it with only connector (i'm afraid to). It's been fine with this power supply.

I'm using the 61.12 drivers.

For UT2004 i don't know how to benchmark it but I've been watching the framerate as I'm playing and at 1600x1200 with all eye candy max and 4x AA and 8x AF the frame rates stay between 50-80 fps depending on the map, location, amount of players, etc.

 

[PrayForDeath]

Nice frames

 

[BFG10K]

Power supply info: I'm using an antec true 330 power supply.

Interesting. I guess my 400W shouldn't have any trouble should I decide to purchase this card.

How's the fan noise? Is it noticeable?

 

[Bar81]

Of course

 

[nippyjun]

Originally posted by: BFG10K

Power supply info: I'm using an antec true 330 power supply.

Interesting. I guess my 400W shouldn't have any trouble should I decide to purchase this card.

How's the fan noise? Is it noticeable?

I can't really tell if the fan is loud as i have 3 80mm case fans that make a good amount of noise already. My system may be a little louder overall, but not by much.

 

[jfall]

This thread contains info about how to bench ut2004 if you are interested http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=33&threadid=1316234&enterthread=y

 

[nRollo]

Originally posted by: BFG10K

Power supply info: I'm using an antec true 330 power supply.

Interesting. I guess my 400W shouldn't have any trouble should I decide to purchase this card.

How's the fan noise? Is it noticeable?

BFG, your pals at ATI HQ will be very angry if you buy a 6800U. Besides that, I may well buy a 6800U, and you wouldn't want to use the same card as an "idiot" like me, would you?

What about the adaptive fury?!?!!??!?

Actually I'd be amazed if you bought anything but a 6800U. You've had the R300 core for 3 years, the X800 series adds only pipes and brilinear.

 

[BFG10K]

Besides that, I may well buy a 6800U, and you wouldn't want to use the same card as an "idiot" like me, would you?

I'm not especially concerned what card you buy.

What about the adaptive fury?!?!!??!?

Huh?

You've had the R300 core for 3 years,

More like 1.5.

the X800 series adds only pipes and brilinear.

It takes what I have now and makes it much faster. How is that a bad thing?

 

[BudAshes]

Originally posted by: Rollo

Originally posted by: BFG10K

Power supply info: I'm using an antec true 330 power supply.

Interesting. I guess my 400W shouldn't have any trouble should I decide to purchase this card.

How's the fan noise? Is it noticeable?

BFG, your pals at ATI HQ will be very angry if you buy a 6800U. Besides that, I may well buy a 6800U, and you wouldn't want to use the same card as an "idiot" like me, would you?

What about the adaptive fury?!?!!??!?

Actually I'd be amazed if you bought anything but a 6800U. You've had the R300 core for 3 years, the X800 series adds only pipes and brilinear.

^^^Troll ^^^

Damn that is sweet that you got one already. How much did you have to dish out for it if you dont mind me asking?

 

[nippyjun]

Damn that is sweet that you got one already. How much did you have to dish out for it if you dont mind me asking?

All that i can say (or that i want to say) is that i paid a lot, but it's definitely worth it. Never before has an upgrade made such a difference in gaming.

 

[nippyjun]

I installed FRAPS and used it for UT2004 so far:

UT2004 1600x1200 All setting maximum, 4xAA, 8xAF. Athlon XP 2100 MHZ, 1 gig ram. GF6800 UE

ONS Torlan:
Frames Time (ms) Min-- Max-- Avg
21320 431288---- 26-- 84-- 49.433

CTF Citadel:

Frames Time (ms) Min-- Max-- Avg
12136 165722---- 42-- 114-- 73.231

DM Asbestos:

Frames Time (ms) Min-- Max-- Avg--
11055 89368---- 79-- 166-- 123.702

 

[nippyjun]

Farcry benchmark using benchemall:

Far Cry

Using Max settings.
Map: Fort Demo: BenchemallDefaultDemo

640x480 not selected
800x600 not selected
1024x768 not selected
1280x1024 not selected
1600x1200
run# 0: Average FPS: 48.33


TimeDemo Play Started , (Total Frames: 2737, Recorded Time: 51.59s)
!TimeDemo Run 0 Finished.
Play Time: 56.64s, Average FPS: 48.33
Min FPS: 38.33 at frame 1845, Max FPS: 60.71 at frame 1640
Average Tri/Sec: 6739721, Tri/Frame: 139461
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: 0.46
TimeDemo Play Ended, (1 Runs Performed)

 

[CaiNaM]

Originally posted by: nippyjun
Farcry benchmark using benchemall:

Far Cry

Using Max settings.
Map: Fort Demo: BenchemallDefaultDemo

640x480 not selected
800x600 not selected
1024x768 not selected
1280x1024 not selected
1600x1200
run# 0: Average FPS: 48.33


TimeDemo Play Started , (Total Frames: 2737, Recorded Time: 51.59s)
!TimeDemo Run 0 Finished.
Play Time: 56.64s, Average FPS: 48.33
Min FPS: 38.33 at frame 1845, Max FPS: 60.71 at frame 1640
Average Tri/Sec: 6739721, Tri/Frame: 139461
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: 0.46
TimeDemo Play Ended, (1 Runs Performed)

yea, must be the cpu holding you back (or the messed up drivers).. when is nvidia's new wonderdrivers supposed to turn out? inq had em being released wed-thur of last week

Benchmark session result
Detailed info located here:
C:\Program Files\BenchemAll\result\2004.05.18.11.40.54.\

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Far Cry

Using Max settings.
Map: Fort Demo: BenchemallDefaultDemo

640x480 not selected
800x600 not selected
1024x768
run# 0: Average FPS: 56.28

1280x1024
run# 0: Average FPS: 57.45

1600x1200
run# 0: Average FPS: 54.02

==============================================================
TimeDemo Play Started , (Total Frames: 2737, Recorded Time: 51.59s)
!TimeDemo Run 0 Finished.
Play Time: 50.67s, Average FPS: 54.02
Min FPS: 40.17 at frame 574, Max FPS: 65.23 at frame 913
Average Tri/Sec: 7772298, Tri/Frame: 143883
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: 0.45
TimeDemo Play Ended, (1 Runs Performed)
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edit

altho maybe the blame is solely on the drivers since your 3dm cpu score is better than mine?

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=2578353

let us know some updated results when the new driver is released as it's suppposed to improve far cry performance.

 

[nippyjun]

I'll have to try benching farcry at the lower resolutions and see what the results are. For your system there isn't much difference across the resolutions, does that mean that the cpu or the gpu is maxed out?

Also, for your X800 Pro your speeds are 521/548, what are the defaults? i can't remember off hand.

Thanks.

 

[nRollo]

Originally posted by: BFG10K

Besides that, I may well buy a 6800U, and you wouldn't want to use the same card as an "idiot" like me, would you?

I'm not especially concerned what card you buy.

What about the adaptive fury?!?!!??!?

Huh?

You've had the R300 core for 3 years,

More like 1.5.

the X800 series adds only pipes and brilinear.

It takes what I have now and makes it much faster. How is that a bad thing?

By "adaptive fury" I meant the addition of non standard trilinear. Taking what you have now and making it faster can only be a bad thing if what you have now becomes antiquated (faster or not) in the lifespan of the card for you.
You held on to the 9700Pro for a year and half, if you buy an ATI card now and hold on to it for a year and a half you're gambling that the features in DX9c SM3 will be unavailable or unimportant for that year and a half.

Frankly, that doesn't sound like the BFG I know. You always want to have what is best and most advanced, and I can't see you gladly saying,"DX9c SM3 is a fad. Good old DX9b is good enough for me!" in exchange for a few frames in some games.

Especially when you consider those few frames are coming at the cost of reduced IQ from cheater drivers that you can't disable.

Anyway, the Xafgoat guy was right, my first post was troll-esque, I apologize for it.

I wouldn't think anyone considering keeping this generation card very long could risk buying a X800 anything. It might turn out to be another DX9 PS2 type situation where it didn't matter for well over a year and then only on a couple games, but when you consider nVidia's TWIMTBP program, the list of upcoming games and patches, and the iminent Doom3, I think I know why we're seeing these preorder deals of $440 on X800XTs.