6800 Ultra upgrade

[imported_OrSin]

I have a 6800 ??, it has ultra Bios on it and runs at ultra speed, so I have been told.
I have not really look ran any beachmarks, but lets assume this to be true.

I can get a 7600GT, but I wanted to know if its even faster.
Also i got about 200-250 I can sped on video card. Is thier any vidoe card out thier that would be good speed jump over my current card for that price. I mean %50 or better frame rate.

I have read from 4 different people saying the 7600 is much fast to slightly slower in another thread. Someone that know a little let me know.

 

[schneiderguy]

the 7600gt is only a little bit faster than the 6800ultra

a x1800xt would be good for your budget, they're about $220-230 @ newegg

 

[christopherzombie]

I've seen a few MSI & eVGA 7900GTs on newegg for $260 w/ a $30 mail in (~$230).

 

[SpeedZealot369]

Originally posted by: christopherzombie
I've seen a few MSI & eVGA 7900GTs on newegg for $260 w/ a $30 mail in.

I've seen some selling on the forums for under $250, and also seen them at newegg for ~$240 (with rebated though)

Definitly the best buy right now imo.

 

[Fraggable]

If it's a PCI-E 6800 ultra, I say get a cheap 2nd 6800 ultra and a SLI mobo and run them in SLI. they will smoke anything except the fastest current cards in most cases.

However, if it's a AGP card or you don't want to do the SLI thing, a 1800XT 256mb card would be a good upgrade.

 

[SpeedZealot369]

Originally posted by: Fraggable
If it's a PCI-E 6800 ultra, I say get a cheap 2nd 6800 ultra and a SLI mobo and run them in SLI. they will smoke anything except the fastest current cards in most cases.

Uhm.. no they wouldn't.

 

[BassBomb]

HAHAH CHEAP 6800 ULTRA? good luck

get a 7900GT or X1800XT

 

[Big Lar]

I used to run a 6800GT at Ultra speeds when I was on agp. I bought the X1800XT 512 when I switched over to pci-e a while ago. The X1800XT whoops, did I mention WHOOPS? the pants off my old 6800, I actually got in on the Newegg thing at that point for the deal on the ATI. Paid $271.00 for it, and must say that it is the Best $$ I have spent on a computer item in years.

 

[Corporate Thug]

i've seen 7900 gts go for $200 on FS/FT

 

[Fraggable]

Originally posted by: SpeedZealot369

Originally posted by: Fraggable
If it's a PCI-E 6800 ultra, I say get a cheap 2nd 6800 ultra and a SLI mobo and run them in SLI. they will smoke anything except the fastest current cards in most cases.

Uhm.. no they wouldn't.

According to Tomshardware VGA charts a 6800 Ultra SLI setup gets 2585 in 3D06 (1024X768, noAA/AF), where the 1800XT OC gets 2122. A 7800GT SLI will beat it by ~300. In all 3D06 scores at different resolutions it stays ahead by about 15-20%.

In FEAR at 16X12 however, the 1800XT will get 40FPS where the 6800 ultra SLI will get 28FPS. So I dunno, I guess it depends on what you're doing.

I guess the 1800XT would be the best bet overall.

 

[CelSnip]

Originally posted by: Fraggable

Originally posted by: SpeedZealot369

Originally posted by: Fraggable
If it's a PCI-E 6800 ultra, I say get a cheap 2nd 6800 ultra and a SLI mobo and run them in SLI. they will smoke anything except the fastest current cards in most cases.

Uhm.. no they wouldn't.

According to Tomshardware VGA charts a 6800 Ultra SLI setup gets 2585 in 3D06 (1024X768, noAA/AF), where the 1800XT OC gets 2122. A 7800GT SLI will beat it by ~300. In all 3D06 scores at different resolutions it stays ahead by about 15-20%.

In FEAR at 16X12 however, the 1800XT will get 40FPS where the 6800 ultra SLI will get 28FPS. So I dunno, I guess it depends on what you're doing.

I guess the 1800XT would be the best bet overall.

Not to mention that they cost over $500

 

[Cookie Monster]

7900GT. Or X1800XT

If you cant afford those, your best bet is X1800GTO/7600GT

 

[postmortemIA]

he asked 7600gt vs 6800u, that is interesting question. I would think that 256-bit bus makes the difference.

 

[imported_OrSin]

Thanks.
One question. Whats the differnce between GT and GTS.

Any one else sick of how companies are marketing products.
A 6800 wether it's a ultra or not should not really beat anything in the 7xxx class.
80% of the class upgrade don't add any real features. All they do is add power to higher end cards.

Its crazy that a 9800 can still out preform some xxx and some 1xxx ATI cards.
It take me 2 months of research to get a card, and by then its already 2 months old.