JigPu said:
The majority of the reviews I've read rank the cards in the following way...
6800, X800Pro, 6800GT, 6800U, X800XT
The Pro is quite a bit faster than the vanilla 6800, but not much slower than the GT. The Ultra and XT are both somewhat away from the GT/Pro, with the XT usually besting the Ultra by a noticible amount.
Depending on when the cards come in, I'd get the GT over the Pro, but not if it means waiting a lot longer.
JigPu
the problem I'm seeing is two fold.....
one)
too many reviews are so limited or devoid of information, that you can't realy make a true opinion of what your seeing.
(are the 6800's benchmarks run with briliner turned on, or off?)
also, so many of the reviews are so borked, giving wrong or misleading information that you realy can't rely on them.
two)
the last certifide driver from nVidia was the 56.72
that's right, while the 6800 cards are being sold here in the states, and over seas....nVidia still can't put out a WHQL driver for them.
*rant on*
notice how the official drivers for the ATI cards are cat4.6 in 3dmark03?
hmmmm, non WHQL certifide 60.72's will have to do for the 6800 cards....
and the 52.16's will have to do for the rest.
why?
the x800's had cat4.5's when the card was out, why can't nVidia have a WHQL driver by now?
go to nVidia and get your latest d/l...oooops, they only show 56.72
what? you mean they can't even give you a driver for the 6800 cards?
what's up with that?
*rant off*
I guess what I'm saying is that I would stop reading the reviews and start reading from people who have any type of 6800 card.
just see what they are saying, as they are telling a far better story then what you'll see in a review.
I can't speak for any 6800gt's... but there are folks who have talked about the 6800u, and they seem to be great cards.
as for my x800pro, I'm running every day @ 500/500...
and the highest I safely feel like going without an aftermarket sink was 510/530. (stock is 475/450)
I know I can go higher too.
11,000 marks in 3dmark03 @ my slight OC, seems nice...yet I'm not a huge benchmarker.
and since no ligitamate review-sites used the cat4.6 drivers, I'll tell you I've got a nice boost in performance in almost every game I tested (as compared to the beta4.5's and the offical cat4.5's).
3dmark03, farcry, BF:V and now LOMAC too.
(just tested LOMAC: I get about 9% faster framerate at 1024x768 4xAA and 8xAF....max ingame settings @ stock clocks. yes, max ingame settings. with the new cat4.6 drivers)
so the results that you've seen for the x800pro, with beta drivers should not give you a true idea of what your getting....in benchmarks.
I feel that the 6800gt and the 6800u are great cards.
and everyone should be happy with them....
yet you'd think that we would see far more reviews from members here in this forum.
mica
