Sapphire X1800XT for $217, worth $80 more than the X850XT?

[Smartazz]

Originally posted by: Dman877
The 7600GT and X850XT are close with wins for both cards. The X1800XT is substantially faster (30%+) than both of these. The X1900XT is anywhere from 15 - 25% faster than an X1800XT iirc.

If you like nvidia, why aren't you considering a 7900GT? They oc like crazy and roughly match the X1800XT with a moderate oc. With an extreme (but doable) oc, they match 7900GTX/X1900XTperformance levels.

The 7900GT's cost substantially more for similar performance and they have problems that are common.

 

[chimpy]

Indeed. Why people are willing to pay more for worse performance (slightly) just because it's nVidia is beyond me. X1800XT>7900GT for less :S

 

[Smartazz]

Originally posted by: dguy6789
If you are just getting something to hold you over until the Geforce 8, then I would recommend saving the $80 and getting an X850. I am quite happy with mine. I can run pretty much every single game at maximum settings, high res, and with anti aliasing/anisotropic filtering. There are some games that cannot have all of that, but those are few and far between.

If I got a high end card now, then I'd probobly get like the 8800GT, sub ultimate, when the 7800GTX came out I almost got it, but couldn't justify spending so much on it when the 7800GT was near top performance for around $400(Relatively cheap at the time).

 

[Smartazz]

Originally posted by: chimpy
Indeed. Why people are willing to pay more for worse performance (slightly) just because it's nVidia is beyond me. X1800XT>7900GT for less :S

It's not the performance hit so much is the fact that I don't want to risk getting a bad card from nvidia.

 

[Smartazz]

I'm an Nvidia fan at heart and I've seemed to have problems with every ati driver I've ever used, the hack for the 7900GT is a possibility too.

 

[bob4432]

when was the last time you used an ati driver? my current card - no probs, before that i had a 9800pro - no problems, before that a ti4200 - no problems

 

[JBT]

I'd go for a X1800XT easily, I would even vs the x1900xt for that price. Though with a res of 1920x1200 I have to get high end...

 

[Smartazz]

Originally posted by: bob4432
when was the last time you used an ati driver? my current card - no probs, before that i had a 9800pro - no problems, before that a ti4200 - no problems

It was a 9550 about a year ago the driver installation failed the first time, after it did work horrible behavior went on with the card, this was the same case with a couple of 9200s I used. Nvidia's drivers have always installed perfectly first time and worked perfectly all the time.

 

[bob4432]

Originally posted by: Smartazz

Originally posted by: bob4432
when was the last time you used an ati driver? my current card - no probs, before that i had a 9800pro - no problems, before that a ti4200 - no problems

It was a 9550 about a year ago the driver installation failed the first time, after it did work horrible behavior went on with the card, this was the same case with a couple of 9200s I used. Nvidia's drivers have always installed perfectly first time and worked perfectly all the time.

i have bee into computers for over a decade now and i didn't use any item that in the past has given me trouble, well i wouldn't use any hdd as i have had failures with all of them, ram, again most of the major brands have given me issues at one time or another, etc. i think you know where i am going with this. i would do a x1800xt in a heartbeat due to the current price/performance advantage it has over the 78-7900s.

 

[Smartazz]

Originally posted by: bob4432

Originally posted by: Smartazz

Originally posted by: bob4432
when was the last time you used an ati driver? my current card - no probs, before that i had a 9800pro - no problems, before that a ti4200 - no problems

It was a 9550 about a year ago the driver installation failed the first time, after it did work horrible behavior went on with the card, this was the same case with a couple of 9200s I used. Nvidia's drivers have always installed perfectly first time and worked perfectly all the time.

i have bee into computers for over a decade now and i didn't use any item that in the past has given me trouble, well i wouldn't use any hdd as i have had failures with all of them, ram, again most of the major brands have given me issues at one time or another, etc. i think you know where i am going with this. i would do a x1800xt in a heartbeat due to the current price/performance advantage it has over the 78-7900s.

As of now, I think I'm going to order the X1800XT tonight or tomorow night before the sale is off for that item, because it's more likely faster than a 7900GT and the IQ is definatly better with an ATI card, I used to like ati at a time, maybe I just got a few bad cards from them, those cards were all low end and this is a high end card so it might be diffrent.