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Heya,

Apollo 6800 Vanilla = R1,080 (Great Heatsink - good oc'ing; possibility of unlocking the 4 extra pipes, and almost certainly 1 shader)

Asus x800pro vivo = R1,558 (Good chance of flashing to x800xt speeds and unlocking to 16 pipes, probably needs a better cooler for that tho..)

ATI(Brand) x800 xl = R1,597

XFX 6800gt = R1,788

I plan on ordering one of these to a relative's place in USA and they will send it to me.

Opinions, advice, cautions very readily accepted! :)
Thanks.
 
mmmm, I've got a 6800GT (not overclocked or anything) and its fawkin amazing, thinking of buying a second one if i get some cash next year, an running a nice SLI combo.... Go for it!
 
MrE said:
Heya,

Apollo 6800 Vanilla = R1,080 (Great Heatsink - good oc'ing; possibility of unlocking the 4 extra pipes, and almost certainly 1 shader)

Asus x800pro vivo = R1,558 (Good chance of flashing to x800xt speeds and unlocking to 16 pipes, probably needs a better cooler for that tho..)

ATI(Brand) x800 xl = R1,597

XFX 6800gt = R1,788

I plan on ordering one of these to a relative's place in USA and they will send it to me.

Opinions, advice, cautions very readily accepted! :)
Thanks.
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Hmmmm, OK I am bias for Nvidia so I would say take the 6800GT(I have one) but also have a look at some benchmarks for the X800XL. It is also a great card. In Half Life 2 the XL is a little faster and in Doom III and Rid**** the 6800GT is a little faster.

I just like Nvidia more. Their drivers are always good and nice to use.

What am I thinking!!!! GO FOR THE 6800GT :D

[EDIT] Here is a link to Tomshardware PCI-E VGA Charts. They have both cards so go check it out but still go fot the 6800GT :D

http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20050524/index.html
 
It's going to be AGP, as I am running a 64 3000+ 939 on a Chaintech S1689,
I agree the 6800gt is kick-ass although a little more expensive, ...what was on my mind was...
Surely the x800xt is better than the x800xl (?), ..and if I am almost guaranteed of flashing a x800pro Vivo to 16 pipes and xt pe speeds (520/560) or at least stock xt (500/500)
I looked at the Asus x800xt card and it looks like it uses the same cooling and the same 1.6 Samsung memory, ..basically identical card...

Considering I am on a tight budget..

p.s.
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/2005-17gpu_44.html <--(interesting reading)

Thanks guys. :)
 
What about the Asus with 7800 Gpu's They seem ideal for future upgrading and are well priced for the increase in performance and lower power usage.
 
rburley said:
x800xl
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Agreed. If you look at the reviews on Tom's Hardware aswell, you'll see the X800XL outperforms the 6800GT.
 
.geek said:
Agreed. If you look at the reviews on Tom's Hardware aswell, you'll see the X800XL outperforms the 6800GT.
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Well here are the results for Tomshardware.com VGA Charts

3D Mark 05 (Default)
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XL : 4933
GT : 4987

UT2004 (1600x1200 4AA 8AF)
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XL : 93.7
GT : 94.9

HL2 (1600x1200 4AA 8AF)
===

XL : 58.4
GT : 48.8

Doom III (1600x1200 4AA 8AF)
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XL : 31.0
GT : 39.5

Rid**** (1600x1200 4AA 8AF)
=======

XL : 18.2
GT : 24.3

Pacific Fighters (1600x1200 4AA 8AF)
================

XL : 50.2
GT : 54.2

Interesting the X800XL only wins in HL2.
 
pupa said:
What about the Asus with 7800 Gpu's They seem ideal for future upgrading and are well priced for the increase in performance and lower power usage.
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Unfortunatey I have a AGP system, and besides the 7800's are waay out of my price range!

To add, ..what about the x800xt versus the 6800gt?
 
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MrE said:
Unfortunatey I have a AGP system, and besides the 7800's are waay out of my price range!

To add, ..what about the x800xt versus the 6800gt?
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Well between those 2 I would even go for the ATI and that says a lot.
 
Angellus said:
Well here are the results for Tomshardware.com VGA Charts

3D Mark 05 (Default)
==========

XL : 4933
GT : 4987

UT2004 (1600x1200 4AA 8AF)
======

XL : 93.7
GT : 94.9

HL2 (1600x1200 4AA 8AF)
===

XL : 58.4
GT : 48.8

Doom III (1600x1200 4AA 8AF)
========

XL : 31.0
GT : 39.5

Rid**** (1600x1200 4AA 8AF)
=======

XL : 18.2
GT : 24.3

Pacific Fighters (1600x1200 4AA 8AF)
================

XL : 50.2
GT : 54.2

Interesting the X800XL only wins in HL2.
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I was looking at this: http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20041222/

It appears the Nvidia drivers have improved quite a lot.
 
?even though, as I said, I would plan on buying the Asus x800pro Vivo and then flashing to an x800xt..?

would your opinion change?
 
MrE said:
?even though, as I said, I would plan on buying the Asus x800pro Vivo and then flashing to an x800xt..?

would your opinion change?
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I would not try that, but that is just me. Also if at all posible I would not buy ATI. They make good cards but I dont like them. Plus the 6800GT can be overclocked to well beyond 6800Ultra levels. Mine can run 457/1300. Stock is 350/1100 and Ultra is stock at 400/1100.
 
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