which would you prefer?

doran1801 · 9 Aug 2006 at 16:06

Connect3D ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-044-CO)

or
HIS Excalibur ATI Radeon X1800 GTO TURBO ICEQ3 SILENT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-054-HT)

i am moving from 2x 6800gt in sli to one of these i think
will i notice much difference from what i have?
i only play at 1280x1024 but like all candy turned to full

Pulse · 9 Aug 2006 at 16:10

Connect3D X1800XT 256MB, simply because the memory is 500MHz faster and it has 16 pipelines not 12 like on the HIS. plus is only £12 dearer

TaKeN · 9 Aug 2006 at 16:12

Definately the XT

Rob43 · 9 Aug 2006 at 16:13

TaKeN said:
Definately the XT

What he said

& its a much quicker card

doran1801 · 9 Aug 2006 at 16:16

that's that sorted then, now how much of a performance boost will i get from my sli'd 6800gt's

Jack Bauer · 9 Aug 2006 at 16:19

a little. Im pritty sure to 6800GT are about the same as a x1800xt.

tonyyeb · 9 Aug 2006 at 16:19

Go for the XT

doran1801 · 9 Aug 2006 at 16:20

so what do you think i should get to make much difference i can go up to 200 if i have to

Pulse · 9 Aug 2006 at 16:20

dno if i can post this but have a look at this Tom's Hardware

just flick through the games and you can see how much better the X1800XT performs

BillytheImpaler · 9 Aug 2006 at 16:22

Jack Bauer said:
a little. Im pritty sure to 6800GT are about the same as a x1800xt.

Quit being silly. It'll be like night and day.

doran1801 · 9 Aug 2006 at 16:28

i was nervous there for a minute!
so who is right then? is the 1800xt much better than 2 6800gt's?

Pulse · 9 Aug 2006 at 16:36

Well the X1800XT out performs them at low Res's but out performs them even better at higher res's (1280 * 1024, 1600 * 1200)

Jack Bauer · 9 Aug 2006 at 16:39

yer hes right, i was basing that on 3d mark scores.

Pulse · 9 Aug 2006 at 16:41

lol i was basing it upon, the link i gave earlier, but it some situations the 6800GT's would win, but not many.

doran1801 · 9 Aug 2006 at 16:48

so if any of you had these 2 6800's would you consider selling them and getting 1 1800xt?

sablabra · 9 Aug 2006 at 16:58

doran1801 said:
so if any of you had these 2 6800's would you consider selling them and getting 1 1800xt?

No.

Pulse · 9 Aug 2006 at 16:59

nope fraid not, im happy with a X800XT sorts me fine. Unless your a serious gamer and you play on a nice big monitor

doran1801 · 9 Aug 2006 at 17:39

i like to play the latest games at full on my 19" screen. Will i be worse off then?

LoadsaMoney · 9 Aug 2006 at 17:55

Yeah x1800 XT is way faster than the GTO.

Got an x1800 XT 512mb here, throws everything around maxed out at 1280x1024. :cool:

LoadsaMoney · 9 Aug 2006 at 17:57

sablabra said:
No.

Erm why, x1800 XT is miles faster. :confused:

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