7800 GT vs. 7800 GTX

[imported_yeahyeah]

Is the GTX worth the extra cash? I'm looking at the eVGA video card/mobo deal - the 7800GT with mobo is $359 after rebate

http://www.newegg.com/product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130238

whereas the 7800GTX is
http://www.newegg.com/product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130234

for $549. Is the 'X' really worth nearly 200 dollars?

 

[Pabster]

That is up to you.

The GTs are great overclockers (by and large) which can shrink the performance gap between the GT and GTX to just a couple percent. But it really depends on what resolution(s) you will be gaming at. Above 1600x1200 the GT starts to weaken whilst the GTX really starts to shine...

 

[Hacp]

Nope, doesn't look like it.

 

[compgeek89]

$200 extra? Screw that.

 

[imported_yeahyeah]

Originally posted by: Pabster
That is up to you.

The GTs are great overclockers (by and large) which can shrink the performance gap between the GT and GTX to just a couple percent. But it really depends on what resolution(s) you will be gaming at. Above 1600x1200 the GT starts to weaken whilst the GTX really starts to shine...

Above 1600x1200? I don't see myself above those resolutions any time soon. And a couple percentage points is hardly noticable when we're talking about gaming framerates. Thanks for the info!

 

[hans030390]

you can get cheaper 7800gtx's

 

[compgeek89]

not with a free mobo

 

[mOeeOm]

1280x1024 = 7800GT

1600x1200+ = 7800GTX

What resolution do you play at? 🙂

 

[Hacp]

Originally posted by: mOeeOm
1280x1024 = 7800GT

1600x1200+ = 7800GTX

What resolution do you play at? 🙂

WTF????? Are you serious??? The 7800GT is awesome at 16/12 resolutions. 55 frames average in Bf2 4xAA, which is just playable. Many people can get that with an overclocked AMD 64.
http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2496&p=3

 

[mOeeOm]

Originally posted by: Hacp

Originally posted by: mOeeOm
1280x1024 = 7800GT

1600x1200+ = 7800GTX

What resolution do you play at? 🙂

WTF????? Are you serious??? The 7800GT is awesome at 16/12 resolutions. 55 frames average in Bf2 4xAA, which is just playable. Many people can get that with an overclocked AMD 64.
http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2496&p=3

Originally posted by: Pabster
That is up to you.

The GTs are great overclockers (by and large) which can shrink the performance gap between the GT and GTX to just a couple percent. But it really depends on what resolution(s) you will be gaming at. Above 1600x1200 the GT starts to weaken whilst the GTX really starts to shine...

 

[Insomniak]

Originally posted by: compgeek89
not with a free mobo

It's not free dingus. The reason the video card is "more expensive" than other 7800GTX's is because you're paying for the mobo too. It's a bundle package BS'd together to say "free!"

 

[johnnqq]

it's not worth it. only +5-10 frames usually.

and thanks for the link. i think that just completed my system 🙂

 

[Hacp]

oops

 

[Hacp]

Originally posted by: mOeeOm

Originally posted by: Hacp

Originally posted by: mOeeOm
1280x1024 = 7800GT

1600x1200+ = 7800GTX

What resolution do you play at? 🙂

WTF????? Are you serious??? The 7800GT is awesome at 16/12 resolutions. 55 frames average in Bf2 4xAA, which is just playable. Many people can get that with an overclocked AMD 64.
http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2496&p=3

Originally posted by: Pabster
That is up to you.

The GTs are great overclockers (by and large) which can shrink the performance gap between the GT and GTX to just a couple percent. But it really depends on what resolution(s) you will be gaming at. Above 1600x1200 the GT starts to weaken whilst the GTX really starts to shine...

And your post made it seem like the GT sucks at running 16x12??? Do you trust what a person says or the benchmarks??

 

[imported_Kensai]

Originally posted by: Hacp

Originally posted by: mOeeOm
1280x1024 = 7800GT

1600x1200+ = 7800GTX

What resolution do you play at? 🙂

WTF????? Are you serious??? The 7800GT is awesome at 16/12 resolutions. 55 frames average in Bf2 4xAA, which is just playable. Many people can get that with an overclocked AMD 64.
http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2496&p=3

That means it drops below 55 FPS. I would never run at a setting which wouldn't get me >60FPS.

 

[Hacp]

Originally posted by: Kensai

Originally posted by: Hacp

Originally posted by: mOeeOm
1280x1024 = 7800GT

1600x1200+ = 7800GTX

What resolution do you play at? 🙂

WTF????? Are you serious??? The 7800GT is awesome at 16/12 resolutions. 55 frames average in Bf2 4xAA, which is just playable. Many people can get that with an overclocked AMD 64.
http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2496&p=3

That means it drops below 55 FPS. I would never run at a setting which wouldn't get me >60FPS.

Thats just you though. Many people are fine with drops as low as 30. 55 average frames IS playable, and from my experience with other games is smooth.

 

[mOeeOm]

Originally posted by: Hacp

Originally posted by: Kensai

Originally posted by: Hacp

Originally posted by: mOeeOm
1280x1024 = 7800GT

1600x1200+ = 7800GTX

What resolution do you play at? 🙂

WTF????? Are you serious??? The 7800GT is awesome at 16/12 resolutions. 55 frames average in Bf2 4xAA, which is just playable. Many people can get that with an overclocked AMD 64.
http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2496&p=3

That means it drops below 55 FPS. I would never run at a setting which wouldn't get me >60FPS.

Thats just you though. Many people are fine with drops as low as 30. 55 average frames IS playable, and from my experience with other games is smooth.

Oh well ofcourse, 30+ is perfectly smooth, I play BF2 at 40fp with 1280x960 everything high and 6xAA...I consider 40fps playable, but most ppl want 60+ fps, he'll get that at bigger resolutions more likely with a GTX than a GT.

 

[compgeek89]

At 16x12, 4xAA 16xAF (All Maxed) I have a hard time making BF2 go below 60fps. (Athlon 64 @ 2.5ghz, 2GB RAM, 7800 GTX)

 

[SpeedTester]

30fps is not perfectly smooth, I dont know how you play but if I drop down around 30fps it is alot harder to fly and shoot moving targets. I personally like to play bf2 @ 50fps or higher.

Originally posted by: mOeeOm

Originally posted by: Hacp

Originally posted by: Kensai

Originally posted by: Hacp

Originally posted by: mOeeOm
1280x1024 = 7800GT

1600x1200+ = 7800GTX

What resolution do you play at? 🙂

WTF????? Are you serious??? The 7800GT is awesome at 16/12 resolutions. 55 frames average in Bf2 4xAA, which is just playable. Many people can get that with an overclocked AMD 64.
http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2496&p=3

That means it drops below 55 FPS. I would never run at a setting which wouldn't get me >60FPS.

Thats just you though. Many people are fine with drops as low as 30. 55 average frames IS playable, and from my experience with other games is smooth.

Oh well ofcourse, 30+ is perfectly smooth, I play BF2 at 40fp with 1280x960 everything high and 6xAA...I consider 40fps playable, but most ppl want 60+ fps, he'll get that at bigger resolutions more likely with a GTX than a GT.

 

[Pabster]

Originally posted by: compgeek89
At 16x12, 4xAA 16xAF (All Maxed) I have a hard time making BF2 go below 60fps. (Athlon 64 @ 2.5ghz, 2GB RAM, 7800 GTX)

I believe that, seeing as how I run the same settings on my o/ced GT (480/1200) and can stay above 60fps. Drop the AF and I can do a lot better...

 

[Sonikku]

Originally posted by: Pabster
That is up to you.

The GTs are great overclockers (by and large) which can shrink the performance gap between the GT and GTX to just a couple percent. But it really depends on what resolution(s) you will be gaming at. Above 1600x1200 the GT starts to weaken whilst the GTX really starts to shine...

That probably has more to do with higher resolutions getting the bottleneck out of the cpu. Even Athlon 64's seem to be a generation behind the latest video cards.

 

[Soccerman06]

You guys really dont know how the eye interprets everything. The eye can only see 30fps, you cant tell the difference from 35fps and 60fps, its humanly impossible. The eye can barely tell the difference between 25fps and 30fps also, it will look a little slow but its hardly noticable. If you have ever takin general human biology or psychology (thats where I learned the eye, and from tv) you would know that simple fact. There are points where slowdown occurs, thats why you should look at something with 45fps to minimize the amount of slowdowns you can actually detect.