Is it worth it to get a 7900GTX?

[donjonson]

or should I just get either the 7900GT or the 7800GT or the 7800GTX.
or some radion card.

I want to get the top of the line but if the difference in performance is minimal I wonder if it is worth it to pay the extra hundreds of dollars.


My question boils down to these two.

Price asside, what is the absolute best video card out ritgh now. And price concidered what is prettymuch the best card right now. LIke i said if there is a minimal difference in performance for a $200 jump in price, i would just go for the cheaper one.

what do you suggest?

 

[kingdomwinds]

7900 GT should be good. 7900 GTX is only useful for higher res. I had a 7900 GTX and 1900xtx and did not really benefit from them because im limited to 1280x1024.

 

[yacoub]

This basic question is answered by all the reviews done on the 7900GT and GTX. Read some reviews and determine for yourself. No one else can really tell you if it will be worth it for you when we all have access to the data and it comes down to personal preference.

 

[darXoul]

Depends on your needs. If you, like me, want to play in 1600*1200 with AA and AF enabled, then the GTX is surely worth the extra money.

 

[Continuity28]

Originally posted by: darXoul
Depends on your needs. If you, like me, want to play in 1600*1200 with AA and AF enabled, then the GTX is surely worth the extra money.

Although really, at 1600x1200 surely you wouldn't NEED the 4x AA as much as you would on ..say... 1024x768 or 1280x960/1024. At what point does increasing resolution in comparison to raising antialiasing stop becoming viable?

Would say 2048x1536 0xAA be better quality than 1600x1200 4x AA?

 

[kingdomwinds]

don't go with ATI though at the moment. The drivers are a hassle to install because you need net 1.1 Also, the drivers are buggy. I did not get any shadows in CS:S even when i enabled them and AA sometimes does not work unless you set it to application pref.

Also the 16pipelines suck. Not all games care about the 48 pixel shaders the 1900 has. Bf2 for example did not like the 16 pipes. I noticed that bf2 was a lot choppier when i changed directions. Never had a prob like that with the 7800 series or 7900.

 

[darXoul]

Originally posted by: Continuity28
Although really, at 1600x1200 surely you wouldn't NEED the 4x AA as much as you would on ..say... 1024x768 or 1280x960/1024.

This is of course a valid point. Still, once you get used to AA, even 16*12 without it doesn't look as smooth as you'd like to. I guess the perception of jaggies is like ghosting on LCDs - highly subjective Depends on screen size, pixel pitch, game...

 

[tuteja1986]

x1800xt $300 or x1900xt $430 for IQ , AVIVO , performance , HDR with AA