The Best 6800

[Scorpiоn]

What do y'all good Sirs think is the best 6800 at this site?



Currently, I'm leaning toward the BFG, but I don't really have a reason for it.

[Gixer]

The Ultra is the best card on the page.  The GT probably best value/performance as you can overclock it to ultra speeds ok.

My XFX is still clocked higher than the BFG standard.  The BFG is 425/1100 the XFX is 425/1200.  I currently have my XFX running at 450/1200 with no problems.

Only thing I will say is an overclocked GT wont run as good as an Ultra.  Even when overclocked to Ultra speeds they never bench as well so maybe somthing is slightly different in their construction.

My latest 3dMark03 score with my card was 13457 or summin stupid like that  ;D

[Tanner8]

no man, ur triing to get a cheaper version of the card. There not going to be half as good. Also thats a 128mb ya want 256mb. Heres a better one for you

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDe ... 203&depa=0

Thats basically the best one. Thats what you want

[Gixer]

Yup, both the Ultra and GT are 256. Both the ones I said are 256.  Not sure that all of todays games need it yet though!  ;D

[SaVas]

Hmmm, I bought my eVGA 6800GT from newegg about 3 weeks ago for $389. Now it is $405? WEEEE I gots me a bargain!

As for the Ultra, for over $100 more they can keep it.  The 256mb

The present games, the Ultra is a bit of overkill and really not that much "better" than the GT. besides, the GT is MORE than enough, and considered one of the best cards out there now.

[Scorpiоn]

Rats.

• That's over the internet buying.  My dad pretty much doesn't do that.
• That's about $100 over-budget.  I'm trying to keep it under $300.

[Scorpiоn]

Hmm...

What about this site??

[Iroquois]

Get the best you can afford. I'd wait until the introduction of the 6600 AGPs which should be sometime next month.

[Scorpiоn]

That's usually what I figger.

I'm just always worried that, perhaps by saving $50, I'm setting myself back on a 25% performance difference.

So I guess I change my question: is the price-performance ratio pretty linear when it comes to the 6800 range?

[Iroquois]

I did have a list of the top graphics cards around here somewhere. The 6800 Ultra Extream Edition is the best one out there followed by the 6800 Ultra, 6800GT, and the Radeon X800XT.

The price/preformance ratio is pretty linear. The 6800 Ultra retails for about $600, the GT about 400$, the 6800 about $300, the 6600GT at $200, and the 6600 at $150.  US dollars of course to my best estimates.

As for brand. Each brand likes to add it's own special features. Faster memory, overclocked chips. The GPU at the heart of the thing is still the same wether it's an XFX, a PNY, or whatever.

Edit: There's also a Geforce 6200 comming out next month. It's expected to be pure PCI-Express. My FX5200 out clocks in in GPU speed but it does have fast memory. Will sell for $120

[congo]

GPU speed differences between different architectures should not be compared, as you will get a distorted picture that has little or no basis in reality.

[4_Series_Scania]

I'm awaiting the launch of the 6600GT (AGP) which I'm reliably informed by somebody who really knows his stuff, will be here before December.

It'll outperform the basic 6800 but at a considerable saving.

Ultimately 605, ANY of the 6800's even the base model 6800LE will trounce anything you've seen before, any of them will put a big smile on your face, the differance between the Geforce 5's & Geforce 6's is really that big.

[Scorpiоn]

Ah, thanks for the info.

Well, then it should really put a smile on my face, as I'm one notch below a GeForce 5! Do have any more info of the price neighbohood for the 6600 Scania?

[4_Series_Scania]

Ah, thanks for the info.

Well, then it should really put a smile on my face, as I'm one notch below a GeForce 5! Do have any more info of the price neighbohood for the 6600 Scania?

You can get the Geforce 6600 PCI-Express for about

[Scorpiоn]

Hmm.

Thanks for the info.