NVIDIA GeForce 6800GT Vs. ATI RADEON X800 Pro Comparison!

News Writer · 1st Nov 2004, 10:26 PM

The ATI RADEON X800 Pro or the NVIDIA GeForce 6800GT? Which is the better one? That is the question that is plaguing many gamers who are looking for the next graphics card to buy!

PsYkHoTiK explores the capabilities of these two fine pieces of hardware from the two titans that are ATI and NVIDIA in a quest to find out which is the better one for YOU in this classic Clash of the Titans comparison!

Link : NVIDIA GeForce 6800GT Vs. ATI RADEON X800 Pro Comparison!

Trinity · 2nd Nov 2004, 12:34 AM

Ahhh,,,

"The Empire Strikes Back"...

Viper007Bond · 2nd Nov 2004, 03:44 AM

Ooo, this should be good!

Viper007Bond · 2nd Nov 2004, 03:59 AM

Good read. I thought the X800 would win.

Wait though, isn't there the X800 XT? Would that fair better?

walmartshopper · 2nd Nov 2004, 09:54 AM

These are pretty much the same results we've been seeing for many weeks. I think you should have used newer drivers (4.10 cats and forceware 66.81). From what I've seen, the 6800gt increases its lead with the newer drivers. I think you should have pointed out that nvidia is working with a brand new architecture and there is still plenty of room for performance improvements at the driver level, as we're beginning to see with the latest drivers. On the other hand, the x800 is a refresh of an old architecture and has less room for improvement.

Most of you have probably heard people say "nvidia for doom3, ati for half-life2." While this may have true at one point, it looks like with the 65.76 drivers, the 6800 ultra and gt are beating the x800 XT in CS: Source. So now nvidia is dominating doom3 while also being slightly faster in source. In both games, the 6800 GT is beating the x800 XT. Just thought I would point that out for all the people that are still saying ATI is slightly in the lead. Here's the article...

http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/...ce/default.asp

x800h2o · 2nd Nov 2004, 10:36 AM

Everyone knows that nvidia did a really great job with the Geforce 6, but don't forget that there is also a defective Video Motion Decoder in it .

Super-b · 3rd Nov 2004, 04:04 AM

Does anyone know anything comparison-wise about the video-out (to a tv, hdtv) between the x800 and the 6800? I know when i've ran the video out with a gf3ti and a gf4ti4600 the video-out left me wanting more. And i know that the radeons do a better job with this, but how does the 6xxx series now compare with ati's new line of cards?

I've looked other places to find info about this but it was in vain. And an all-in-wonder or a fx cinema isn't what i'm looking for as i want a good game performance as well, but the tv-out is important as well and i'd rather lose a few fps in games to get a better picture on my tv.

JErickHO · 3rd Nov 2004, 11:20 AM

The review is good. The only thing is that the picture is quite misleading. If one does not look properly, he/she can't even differenciate which one is ATI and NVidia. Apart from that, no comment!!

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Originally Posted by News Writer

The ATI RADEON X800 Pro or the NVIDIA GeForce 6800GT? Which is the better one? That is the question that is plaguing many gamers who are looking for the next graphics card to buy!

PsYkHoTiK explores the capabilities of these two fine pieces of hardware from the two titans that are ATI and NVIDIA in a quest to find out which is the better one for YOU in this classic Clash of the Titans comparison!

Link : NVIDIA GeForce 6800GT Vs. ATI RADEON X800 Pro Comparison!

PsYkHoTiK · 3rd Nov 2004, 02:32 PM

Hi all, first if all, thank you for reading the article and welcome to ARP.

As for the question of drivers, I used the most up to date official drivers that were availible at the time of testing.

As for the 'Broken' Video Processing, I felt that it doesn't impair its performance in gaming.

Zen · 3rd Nov 2004, 10:21 PM

Hi there JErickHO

Thank you for your comment on the review and the icon. But is it possible if you explain to us more about the icon (which part is misleading and how is it misleading) in order for us to make the changes for the icon.

thanks for you time and your critic.

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walmartshopper Newbie Join Date: 2 Nov 2004 Posts: 1 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0	These are pretty much the same results we've been seeing for many weeks. I think you should have used newer drivers (4.10 cats and forceware 66.81). From what I've seen, the 6800gt increases its lead with the newer drivers. I think you should have pointed out that nvidia is working with a brand new architecture and there is still plenty of room for performance improvements at the driver level, as we're beginning to see with the latest drivers. On the other hand, the x800 is a refresh of an old architecture and has less room for improvement. Most of you have probably heard people say "nvidia for doom3, ati for half-life2." While this may have true at one point, it looks like with the 65.76 drivers, the 6800 ultra and gt are beating the x800 XT in CS: Source. So now nvidia is dominating doom3 while also being slightly faster in source. In both games, the 6800 GT is beating the x800 XT. Just thought I would point that out for all the people that are still saying ATI is slightly in the lead. Here's the article... http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/...ce/default.asp

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x800h2o Newbie Join Date: 2 Nov 2004 Posts: 1 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0	Everyone knows that nvidia did a really great job with the Geforce 6, but don't forget that there is also a defective Video Motion Decoder in it .

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Super-b Newbie Join Date: 3 Nov 2004 Posts: 5 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0	Does anyone know anything comparison-wise about the video-out (to a tv, hdtv) between the x800 and the 6800? I know when i've ran the video out with a gf3ti and a gf4ti4600 the video-out left me wanting more. And i know that the radeons do a better job with this, but how does the 6xxx series now compare with ati's new line of cards? I've looked other places to find info about this but it was in vain. And an all-in-wonder or a fx cinema isn't what i'm looking for as i want a good game performance as well, but the tv-out is important as well and i'd rather lose a few fps in games to get a better picture on my tv.

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