Alright, I decided to go for PCIex,
if I'd buy a killer AGP card right now, and wanted to upgrade my whole system later, the AGP would've ended up in the dustbin.
So anyway, Now I have two choices:
XFX nVidia GF6800 Ultra (256mb)
or the XFX nVidia 7800GTX (256mb)
The price difference is just 20E, so nothing to worry about.

However, I hear some rumours about 7800 getting too hot, having driver issues, etc etc etc,

What would you do? 7800GTX or 6800Ultra ?
I'm completely lost here

7800GTX

Having driver issues doesn't sound like a problem... In my opinion, nVidia made it a haste to roll out 7800... driver updates will follow If you are to get a killer card, go get the best one.

It's my personal opinions.

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Originally posted by Mnjul
7800GTX

Having driver issues doesn't sound like a problem... In my opinion, nVidia made it a haste to roll out 7800... driver updates will follow If you are to get a killer card, go get the best one.

It's my personal opinions.

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get the 7800GTX for sure dude

it has cinefx 4.0

and it has more RAW POWER

when you turn aa on on this card it kicks the 6800ultras ass

plus it has extra pixel and vertex pipes,

and it has a new Antialiasing feature called Transparent antialiasing

have you ever seen the fences in half life 2 when you can see another fence behind it?

well this transparent antialiasing filters the fence behind the fence as standard AA couldn't do this

the 7800GTX also runs ALOT cooler due to its new microprocess (DIE SIZE), it also requires less power overall, and it kicks ass in games


would you like me to pull up Guru3d's review?

temps are between 40-75 (which is very safe on the vid cards of these days)

just make sure you have good airflow throughout your case

heres the review
http://www.guru3d.com/article/Videocards/229/

don't try acessing guru3d's home page, i believe they are having server difficulties right now, so just enjoy the review

Yeah, show me the review
I dont believe a smaller processor is going to make it cooler though :/
Smaller processor has smaller area for the warmth to leave

no it doesn't LOL, silly

the microprocess is just how big the transistors are

review is in my post above

smaller microprocess = less power needed

less power needed = less heat made

the DIE size is the same, but the transistors that make up the die have been shrunk down to 110nm, and there is over 303million transistors on the gpu alone

thats more then whats on the fastest cpu currently

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I assume there's a reason GPU makers haven't adopted the latest CPU 90nm process.
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Given the difference between the two cards is 20Euro, then go for the 7800. If, however, you wait a little, the 6800 should drop in price. Getting two of them and doing SLI may then work out cheaper.

depends if you want the better looking graphics

and really. the 7800GTX could beat two 6800u in sli. just gotta get a cpu fast enough to feed it data

6800s won't be much cheaper i think, it's still high end cards.

TB : i already gave you my advice

the 6800ultra is being ended

the 7800GTX is to replace the 6800ultra

being ended doesn't mean they will sold it at 6600's prices right? -_-

no

it means they will probably go UP

er... i don't think so either, it's not like they're rare or anything -_-

btw, why is he banned? xD

7800GTX will give you better performance today & tomorrow.  The 6800U in SLI is irrellevant too, as the 7800GTX can be put into SLI too.

If you got the money, get the 7800GTX as between the 6800U & the X850XT PE the ATI X850XT PE would get my nod.

The 6800U could go up, as they stop production they will get rarer and therefore more expensive by nature.  It could also go down as it is seen as an inferior product now.

I don't think they'll stop production just yet. They'll cut the price down to more budget levels to reflect their inferiousness to the 7xxx. When everyone's moved on to the 7xxx, the 6xxx will be stopped.

Edit: Based on http://shoutbox.menthix.net/showthread.php?tid=46...d=485026#pid485026, they are stopping the Ultra, but not the other 6800s yet.

yeah

the 6800ultra will be phased out over the next 6-12 months

but still the 7800GTX kills the 6800, so if its top performance for cost you want then get the 7800GTX as its a killer in the fields, and it also overclocks EXTREMELY well