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Because the X800's are in a simpliar price range... and the X800 offers better competition against the 6800NU than the 9800Pro...
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stratcatprowlin said:I have to say though ,its nice to see people recommending Nvidia again.
I guess they really learned their lesson with the FX line.
L>MS said:x800 is in an entirely different ballpark from the 6800nu. Saying that the x800pro will run faster in some things than the 6800nu in some things with any air of bewilderment is comparable to wondering why an Nvidia 5200 is faster than Voodoo3.
Speaking of which. DO NOT if you like pretty graphics buy any ATI card if you can afford the 6800 family cards. ATI does not support full trilinear optimizations (or something like that... they did a really faulty shortcut to do so) or SM3.0. Both things that you want.
The new N40 line makes ATI look stupid. For a while, well for a pretty long while ATI did beat Nvidia in IQ, but now Nvidia has once again taken the lead with the N40 family. Faster cards, better IQ full Linux support (Ohh yeah, cheaper in most cases too seeing as all of the x800 pros out there right now cost 450 bucks, some even for preorder). What more could you ask for? I will take my eVGA (gotta love them, comes overclocked and with a better heatsink, ohh yeah free Far Cry too) 6800nu any day over the x800 pro.
jo3 said:it has 9.0c capability which the ati card doesnt offer.
and it more powerful.
the x800 cards are using a modded 9800 core meaning there isnt much headroom to go to as far as new technology
and the 6800 USES hdr unlike the x800 line that "emulates" it, and kills performance while using it.
nvidia has gotten their sh*t together and they are not on a level playing field.
yes, but are those Sapphire 9800PRO 256 DDR really XT's? And if yes, will 6800NU outpreform 9800PRO(XT) with 256 of DDRII?Dragonprince said:6800nu will outperform the 9800 Pro in most cases so it just makes sense...