Ati 9800 Or Nvidia Fx5900

[Grunty313]

[sr4470]

[Yawgm0th]

Re: Ati 9800 Or Nvidia Fx5900

Agreed, on both accounts. A regular 6800 is amazing if you can afford it, but a 9800 Pro is definitely your choice if you can't.

[Grunty313]

Re: Ati 9800 Or Nvidia Fx5900

What about the 6800LE is that a better card than the 9800 and the fx5900

[Yawgm0th]

Re: Ati 9800 Or Nvidia Fx5900

It should be, but it should also be a lot more expensive. If memory serves, the 6800LE is a regular 6800 with only 8 pixel pipelines. You can look up some test if you want, but I can tell you right now it's probably not worth the money it costs, or at least it wouldn't be in the U.S. It's somewhere around $250 while a 9800 Pro is $200 and a regular 6800 is around $270, and prices are likely similar for you.

[sr4470]

www.order247.co.uk).

Edit: It appears the 6800LE is clocked down to 300\700, ive seen 1 or 2 models with 320mhz core speed but those were in OEM PCs and not retail cards.

[wayout44]

Re: Ati 9800 Or Nvidia Fx5900

Don't get the LE version.

[sr4470]

[Grunty313]

Re: Ati 9800 Or Nvidia Fx5900

So to sum it all up what would you guys buy if u were me,the ati 9800,the nvidia fx5900 or the nvidia 6800 LE.

[sr4470]

Re: Ati 9800 Or Nvidia Fx5900

9800 Pro or 6800LE. Depends what games you play, and what settings you use, because the 9800 Pro is better in some games and 6800LE is better in others.
Look at this review: http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/gffx/nv43-p05.html (ignore the 6600 for now, because its not an AGP card yet) and you'll see what i mean. For me, the 6800's shadermodel 3.0 support decides it, but that may not be important to you.