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help... 6800 gt...x800pro....x800 xl

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tvdang7

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i cant choose between them....i know the pro has 12 piplines...but high clocks.....the gt is a good card....and so is the xl.......i need to know if i got the x800 pro...i hear u can unlock to 16 pipelines....but is it the same performance as the higher end cards?....or is it not "real" 16 pipelines?....and can i jsut open them temperarily...i hear ppl can mess up their cards that way...and im not a rich guy....please any feeback will be good....im looking to spend... around 250...buying off forums of course...i cant afford retail......thanks guys
 
...x800xl... agp... or... pci-e motherboard?..... the pci-e one is a lot cheaper than the agp.... so if you have pci-e...... go with the x800xl... otherwise... 6800gt....
 
im talking AGP..........and whats so great about smart shader?..........is it that much futuristic?..or is it like amd 64 bit....useless at the moment
 
SM 3 is overrated. By the time SM 3 is widely used, you would need a higher performing card anyways.

Then again, you are talking about AGP so go for 6800GT. If PCI-E, I would say 800XL
 
AGP? If you have a fast CPU, I'd suggest a ~$300 6800GT.

But nVidia is announcing its newest video cards on June 21st. If you can wait two weeks, do so. The new cards might be worth the wait, tho no guarantees that you'll be able to buy something for $300 that'll outperform the 6800GT.
 
thanks for all the input guys.....does agp and pci-e make any differnce in the cards any way?..........cuz the cards all have the same specs as their counterparts....doesnt that mean they should perform the same for now?..
 
Yeah, current 8x AGP only transfers at like 4.2x or something, PCI-E is 16x AGP speed, and still doesn't move faster than prior said AGP speed.
 
IIRC it goes something like this:

X800XT > 6800GT = X800XL > X800Pro.

The XT is better than the GT or XL, which are about the same (although the GT costs more than the XL), which are all better than the Pro, since it only has 12 pipelines. Unlocking them is easy, however there's a chance you can't unlock them.
 
i want to play battlefield 2....pretty soon Cs:s...as for right now...i play cs normally (computers good for that currently)...and americas army..............
it it tru u can mess up ur card by unlocking or bios modding or what ever ppl say....i hear its not bad if u just do it temporarily...or am i wrong?..i believe ima go with the GT....i hear prices are dropping soon too this month cuz a new card is coming out...
 
i want that card ...but every one telling me that its only pixel shader 2.0 and 6800 has 3 so ima gow itht eh higher one
 
Originally posted by: Dacalo
SM 3 is overrated. By the time SM 3 is widely used, you would need a higher performing card anyways.

Then again, you are talking about AGP so go for 6800GT. If PCI-E, I would say 800XL
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Agreed. IMO, ATI's colors seem more vibrant.
 
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