6800NU or 6800PRO

Desert Rain · 17 Jun 2006 at 19:52

Which one of these is the higher spec card :confused:

Insanity · 17 Jun 2006 at 19:55

6800 Pro? Have i missed something here?

feriso · 17 Jun 2006 at 20:16

You mean a 9800 Pro ?

if so then its the 6800 is better

Desert Rain · 17 Jun 2006 at 20:22

feriso said:
You mean a 9800 Pro ?

if so then its the 6800 is better

oops

- yes i meant 9800pro

Thanks for the help

Peter

locutus12 · 17 Jun 2006 at 21:03

9800pro has a little less power than a 6600GT.

Curio · 17 Jun 2006 at 21:25

6800nu often fully unlock to 16/6 and overclock quite well too - making them good value. I've been over the moon with mine

And yes, totally destroys a 9800 Pro, of course.

fullfat · 18 Jun 2006 at 00:14

youve probably made up your mind but the 6800nu for sure

Vegeta · 18 Jun 2006 at 00:32

yes yes and yes 6800nu is a cracking card used to love mine.

Stellios · 18 Jun 2006 at 01:03

My 6800NU is still going fairly well, just dont expect max GFX out of it

Cyber-Mav · 18 Jun 2006 at 02:37

9800pro is useless compared to the 6800. its like comparing the 6800 to the x1900xt.

UKTopGun · 18 Jun 2006 at 08:55

If you get lucky you might be able to unlock your 6800 to roughly 6800GT - then it starts getting nice

Roll · 18 Jun 2006 at 09:33

locutus12 said:
9800pro has a little less power than a 6600GT.

They are quite close in performance. It's certainly not worth upgrading from a 9800pro to a 6600GT.

If you go for the 6800 I'm sure you won't be disappointed, they're very decent cards

Vegeta · 18 Jun 2006 at 11:28

Cyber-Mav said:
9800pro is useless compared to the 6800. its like comparing the 6800 to the x1900xt.

Lol the performance difference isnt the same as comparing the 6800 to a x1900xt, a 9800pro can rival a 6800 in some games but others it falls a bit behind, its definetly better but not the same as a 6800 to x1900xt which has well over twice the raw power and 4X the ram.

Vegeta · 18 Jun 2006 at 11:38

http://www.hardavenue.com/reviews/gf68001.shtml

Heres a nice little review between a 9800xt and a 6800nu, obvioulsy he was taking about the pro but theres botall difference really except for little higher clocks you can do for yourself, the review shows the 6800 to be better.
6800 can be modded etc also to run faster and give a 20-30% increase maybe dependant on how lucky you are, but I found the limiting factor with these cards are the 128mb ram - some games just wouldnt run at my native resolution or high texture details, it would go lower than 1fps as the card didnt have enough ram to process it, i got a 6800gt and this was fixed, on a x1800xt now though.

Cyber-Mav · 18 Jun 2006 at 11:44

9800pro vs 6800nu in doom3 the difference is around 5 fold.

Cyber-Mav · 18 Jun 2006 at 11:49

http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=Njg5LDMsLGhlbnRodXNpYXN0

read the above review where a 6600gt rips a 9800pro inside out. a 6800 would absolutly destroy a 9800pro. if you believe different then you know what you are.

Vegeta · 18 Jun 2006 at 11:53

My bad didnt realise the 6600gt was running higher details.

Weird review comparing cards running different details lol.

Cyber-Mav · 18 Jun 2006 at 12:09

yea i like the review methods of hardocp. it shows you what is playable on each card they review so you can see exactly the sort of real world benefit you get from either card over the other.

Vegeta · 18 Jun 2006 at 12:11

Cyber-Mav said:
yea i like the review methods of hardocp. it shows you what is playable on each card they review so you can see exactly the sort of real world benefit you get from either card over the other.

Aye never looked at it like that, heres one side by side same settings, big differences in some games minimal in others.

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2277&p=3

Cyber-Mav · 18 Jun 2006 at 14:21

doom3 games show the biggest difference. the 9800pro has 256bit mem interface and 6600gt has 128bit. 9800 has more mem bandwidth overall but the 6800nu also has the 256bit mem interface which gives it the edge.