Quantitative and qualitative comparison of overclocked ATi X1900XT and nVidia 7900GT

[Bobthelost]

Originally posted by: CaiNaM

Originally posted by: Bobthelost

Originally posted by: CaiNaM

Originally posted by: Bobthelost
The 7900GT wins in terms of fps, but then it is lambasted for image quality that should be seperated into another section according to the author.

Too much subjective commentry to be a good review imo. The summaries attempt to be definitive but makes an utter hash of it. I think that the summary has been rewritten somewhat since i first read it.

lol.. let me guess.. you own an nvidia product?

Yep, the high end ATI cards suck in too much power to be cooled silently. Thus my descision was made for me. However if you're going to go to all the trouble of doing benchmarks and then decide to ignore them completely when it comes to writing the summary it's a bit stupid don't you think?

what benchmarks were ignored?

your comment about 7900GT winning is wrong on so many levels i really didn't feel the necessity to get into it with you.

ignoring the whole iq/features issues, while i could agree with your comments about passive cooling, that kind of throws your whole overclocking/performance thing right out the window, doesn't it? kinda makes your entire point.... entirely irrelevant. :shocked:

So it's my imagination that my 7800GT is overclocked and drawing roughly the same amount of power with an aftermarket AC NV 5 and yet is nearly inaudible So that makes you... wrong?

 

[CaiNaM]

Originally posted by: Bobthelost
So it's my imagination that my 7800GT is overclocked and drawing roughly the same amount of power with an aftermarket AC NV 5 and yet is nearly inaudible So that makes you... wrong?

wrong? how is that? it would certainly be helpful if you told us wth you're talking about.

is your card volt modded and overclocked 235mhz? if so, i'd be pretty amazed (i'd never heard of 7800's overclocking like the 7900s), but i'd listen.. if not, then how is anything you say relevant?

 

[imported_ST]

i took a little time to write up the final analysis part on heat, power, noise, etc. (update on first page), so i can live and play with both cards a little further. honestly, i don't think either are real keepers, and if the x1900gt's can unlock its pipes and OC accordingly, i'd jump on that immediately...