How much better is the X800/6800 versus the 9800 pro

[computergeek]

I?ve not been happy with my gaming performance since I built my rig about six months ago (see specs below). I?ve been beating my head against the wall trying different ways to improve performance but I?m still not getting good results. Several computer savvy people have told me that I?m not getting the best performance because there?s a bottleneck at my video card.

My question is, how much of a boost would I get by upgrading to a X800 or 6800 series card? I don?t want to shell out a bunch of money just to get a little jump in performance. I want to see noticeable results. Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Computer Specs
Processor ? Intel Pentium 4, 3.0 GIG, 800MHZ FSB, HT Technology
Motherboard ? Intel, 865 Chipset (Latest Chipset Drivers Installed)
RAM ? 1 GIG PC3200 DDR400 Ultra
Hard Drive ? 120 GIG, Maxtor SATA, 7200rpm, 8mb cache
Video Card ? ATI 9800 Pro, 128MB RAM (Was Running 4.11 Cat Drivers, Now running 4.12 Cat Beta Drivers)
Power Supply ? Ultra 400Watt
Drives- 52x CD-ROM, 16x DVD, 3.5 Floppy
OS - Windows XP Professional, SP2 (Firewall disabled)
Other Software - Norton 2002 (Disabled during game play)

 

[Drayvn]

The high end stuff, the XT-PE and Ultra, double EVERYTHING and that should be it.

For the lesser models, the Pro is about 1.5 times as much

And for the GT, its practically near enuf the Ultra

And the 6800 (non ultra) is about 1.3 times as much.

 

[Todd33]

The X800 Pro and 6800GT can double the 9800 pro with AA/AF on.

http://graphics.tomshardware.c...004/vga_charts-12.html

 

[computergeek]

Thanks for the info, that helps a lot : )

 

[Appledrop]

if you get an x800 pro with VIVO, that would own (mod it to XT Platinum edition).
mine is great - i run Hl2 and CS: Source at 1280x960 16AA 6AF and still appear to be somewhat CPU limited 😕, getting 80-250fps in Hl2 and average about 100 in Cs S

 

[Todd33]

16AA huh? 😉