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9800PRO > 6800 GT?
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Quite a sizable boost. The 6800gt is a fair margin ahead (scoring twice the marks in most benchs) of the 9800pro and does indeed support SM3.0.
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My 6800U was twice as quick at stock (at 1600x1200) so a 6800GT should be the same, esp when clocked. 
In my opinion the leap from the 9800 generation of cards to the 6800/x800 generation has been one of the biggest, if not THE biggest jump in performance from one generation gap. Go for it, it really is worth the pretty sweet price you can get them for nowadays.
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Please can someone confirm this.
Really dont know if I should upgrade to a PCI system now - which would be a conroe system (therefore new cpu, ram, board, vid card) or keep my sk939 system for awhile.
Im thinking the keep existing system' route - I could sell my 9800 Pro, whack in a 6800 GT. Overclock the card + my 3000+ Winnie.
What do you think guys. I play games at 1024x800. Could a 6800GT play oblivion at high details? AA?
edit: Also is there a 6800GT model that I should advoid or are they all the same (i.e Gainwood)
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all 6 series and later support SM3.0 definately, that was one of the things nvidia boasted about the most in there card specifications list PCI-express is the standard now, plus you could get 7600GT (faster than 6800GT) or something like X1800XT which is even faster again
PCI-express is the standard now, plus you could get 7600GT (faster than 6800GT) or something like X1800XT which is even faster again
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I'm as sure as I am about anything that all the 6 series has SM3.0 support (well at least all of them but the 6200s).
At 1024x768 I think you should just be able to pull off max settings in any game with a little bit of AA and AF, though if any game will be a step too far it'll be Oblivion, at least with HDR or more than x2 AA.
At 1024x768 I think you should just be able to pull off max settings in any game with a little bit of AA and AF, though if any game will be a step too far it'll be Oblivion, at least with HDR or more than x2 AA.
The jump will be a rather good one mate
The 6800 is a far more powerful card than the 9800. The LE I run was 1000 over in 3dm '03 stock and with unlocked pipelines was 4000 over, final overclocked scores were 5900 to the 9800 and 10570 to the 6800LE. (im only running 12 pipelines - GT has 16 stock and my OC's are only just at a standard GT spec, so GT will be a good deal quicker than my 6800)
I know that benchmarks can just seem a lil bit willy waving, so in game the difference is also very impressive, NFSU2 used to struggle on high settings at 1024x768 where the 6800 excels with all high settings and 1280x1024, the same with world of warcraft, unreal 2004, quake 4 and NFS most wanted
battlefield 2 also runs happily on my setup on mid settings +
SM 3.0 is also defo on the card
I would defo recommend an arctic cooling accelero X1 on the 6800's too, make a world of difference in temp and noise stakes.
The 6800 is a far more powerful card than the 9800. The LE I run was 1000 over in 3dm '03 stock and with unlocked pipelines was 4000 over, final overclocked scores were 5900 to the 9800 and 10570 to the 6800LE. (im only running 12 pipelines - GT has 16 stock and my OC's are only just at a standard GT spec, so GT will be a good deal quicker than my 6800)
I know that benchmarks can just seem a lil bit willy waving, so in game the difference is also very impressive, NFSU2 used to struggle on high settings at 1024x768 where the 6800 excels with all high settings and 1280x1024, the same with world of warcraft, unreal 2004, quake 4 and NFS most wanted
battlefield 2 also runs happily on my setup
on mid settings +SM 3.0 is also defo on the card
I would defo recommend an arctic cooling accelero X1 on the 6800's too, make a world of difference in temp and noise stakes.
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