Originally posted by: hans030390
Originally posted by: Blastman
That X850XT is a good deal for $218, a lot faster than a 6800GS in games like BF2 (xbit)?
10x7- 4AA/16AF ? 6800GS ? ? X850XT
BF2 ........................ 64.2 ............... 90.9
I have reason to believe that it really isn't a 26fps difference....does that seem odd to anyone else?
No, it's not hard to believe. The 6800gs is a 12 pipe card clocked at what - 425mhz? The x850xt pe is a 16 pipe card clocked at 540 mhz. I dont get it why everyone and their grandma is so crazy about the 6800gs, it's just a cheaper replacement for a 6800gt, which was almost never as fast as an x850xt, not even when OC'd to ultra speeds. And if you're gonna mention SM3 (I know you will...) and the OC potential, this card is still no match for a modded gto2, with or without SM3. You might be tempted to buy a slower SM3 card because it will let you play with HDR in some games, but if games like FEAR are any indication of future games then you will not be playing any future game at max settings with a 6800 series card, and besides watching a HDR slideshow, SM3 wont do you much good. But this issue has been debated a million times already, and the benefits of SM3 on the 6-series are pretty obvious by now (or the lack thereof), so I'm not gonna try to convince anyone otherwise. You want a 6800gs, then buy it; there'll be more gto2's left for those who do aren't afraid of modding it to x850xt pe.
But if the OP is not interested in modding a gto2, and cant go for the 7800gt then the 6800gs is the next best thing, so it depends on how adventurous you are... (I believe the $219 x850 is for agp only, but if it's for pci-e then it's the next fastest card after the 7800gt)
And about the whole double lifetime warranty BS, last I checked only BFG actually offered a true lifetime warranty. To all the other poser brands "lifetime" means only how long the card is in production, and you can bet it will not be in production much longer once the rest of the 7 series models are released. So what you really get is about a few months warranty.
(edited for spelling...)