my old ati 9800 xt comparied to new cards

[vance1977]

hey guys im currently upgrading my old spec pc and i was just wondering how fast my current graphics card ati 9800 xt is compaired to new cards say the nvidia 8800 ultra oh and i thought you would like to know im getting a massive score on 3dmark 06 of 1048 with my current pc which is an overclocked p4 3000 to 3680 and 1 gig of ram how good is that lol.
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[SS-89]

Ever heard the story about the race between the tortoise and the bugatti veyron? No? Well thats because i just made it up but thats the difference between the 9800xt and 8800 ultra lol.

In terms of 3d marks I think a single 8800 ultra gets around 13-15k in 3d mark 06 on an oc'ed dual core intel or quad core.

 

[mrthingyx]

Well, punctuation aside (I'm assuming there was a question in there, somewhere...), it will be very difficult to effectively quantify the difference as the two cards will be driven by vastly different CPUs/etc.

 

[mysticsniper]

It would be like comparing a robin relient to a Lamborghini LP640

 

[SS-89]

It would be like comparing a robin relient to a Lamborghini LP640

Pfft! My Bugatti laughs in the face of the LP640

 

[vance1977]

yeah i thought it would be funny to ask lol ive just been using my comp for the internet really but i thought it was time to upgrade.
do you know if 8800 ultras can have there fans removed so i can fit my new water cooling kit i have seen that bfg are doing water cooled versions but only in america all i can find here is the watercooled gtx's any thought's
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[SS-89]

Are you upgrading your whole pc? if not then an 8800 series card may be bottlenecked by your cpu.

If you are the 8800 ultra is a complete waste of money, get an 8800gtx and clock it to ultra speeds.

 

[vance1977]

no im upgrading my old pc all im keeping is the case watercooling dvd drive and monitor. i will be getting a quad cpu 4 gig of ram and a new motherboard although i have not decided which make or model as of yet it wont be till early july by which time im sure something faster and better will be out.
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[Willis]

no im upgrading my old pc all im keeping is the case watercooling dvd drive and monitor. i will be getting a quad cpu 4 gig of ram and a new motherboard although i have not decided which make or model as of yet it wont be till early july by which time im sure something faster and better will be out.
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quad core cpu's might have dropped in price by then. I have QX6700 which I have clocked @ 3.2 along side a 8800GTX and it run's great, as for the diffrence between a 8800 ultra and a 9800XT it been said already that its a vast diffrence.

 

[marl]

I have a 9800pro and although not a direct comparison i was surprised how much better games played on my XBOX 360.

 

[vance1977]

well that was one of the main reasons i stopped playing pc games. my last game was black and white 2 and the slowdown was rubbish and i got fed up with some games slowing down or jerking around i thought i just want to play my game without it crashing or jerking around so just after that i bought a xbox 360 and didnt look back. but now there is a few games that have come out and ive been wondering what they would be like on a pc. i will be connecting my new pc to my samsung 40" hd lcd so the my new pc has to be the dogs nuts ive got about £1500+ to get the cpu/motherboard/ram and graphics cards. ive just bought fear for the pc for £6.99 on play.com ive got it running on medium settings so far but cant wait to max them out.
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