Hi,
I have just built a new machine of the following spec:
AMD Athlon 64 3500+;
2 x 512MB Corsair PC3200 CAS2.5 Memory;
ASUS A8N SLi Deluxe Motherboard;
and the usual hard drive, dvd rw stuff!
I havent yet purchased a graphics card, because of a) funds! (payday in a week!) and b) am unsure of what to get.
My budget of about £150-160 will let me look at a Powercolor X850XT 256MB PCI-E Card, and I was going to get that, but after looking around the forums, I have noticed a lot of people rating the GEforce 6800, and has now left me unsure! - Especially as my Mobo has SLI Capabilities, and ive found an MSI Geforce 6800 GS at the same price as the x850 - £160 inc. delivery!
After looking through these forums, I'm considering an X850 until the 7800 prices drop and then getting myself one (or two?!) of these.
I currently use a Radeon 9800 pro in my older machine, and have always found it excellent for games(well, back in the day!)
Does anyone use the powercolor x850 card? any pros/cons? How does it compare with the NVidia line-up? Are the extra feature sets offered by the 6800 gs really worth getting, when the reviews i've read on the x850 say that it outperforms the 6800?
If anyone could make any recommendations, that would be great!
Thanks, Lance.
I have just built a new machine of the following spec:
AMD Athlon 64 3500+;
2 x 512MB Corsair PC3200 CAS2.5 Memory;
ASUS A8N SLi Deluxe Motherboard;
and the usual hard drive, dvd rw stuff!
I havent yet purchased a graphics card, because of a) funds! (payday in a week!) and b) am unsure of what to get.
My budget of about £150-160 will let me look at a Powercolor X850XT 256MB PCI-E Card, and I was going to get that, but after looking around the forums, I have noticed a lot of people rating the GEforce 6800, and has now left me unsure! - Especially as my Mobo has SLI Capabilities, and ive found an MSI Geforce 6800 GS at the same price as the x850 - £160 inc. delivery!
After looking through these forums, I'm considering an X850 until the 7800 prices drop and then getting myself one (or two?!) of these.
I currently use a Radeon 9800 pro in my older machine, and have always found it excellent for games(well, back in the day!)
Does anyone use the powercolor x850 card? any pros/cons? How does it compare with the NVidia line-up? Are the extra feature sets offered by the 6800 gs really worth getting, when the reviews i've read on the x850 say that it outperforms the 6800?
If anyone could make any recommendations, that would be great!
Thanks, Lance.