Reviews 6800 u vs x800 xt pe with pci-e and agp

[entium]

Looks like that other guy was right nV is matching the 6800 ultra with the x800 pe and they are pretty much neck and neck.

<A HREF="http://www.anandtech.com/cpu/showdoc.html?i=2091&p=1" target="_new">http://www.anandtech.com/cpu/showdoc.html?i=2091&p=1</A>

 

[TheGreatGrapeApe]

The most interesting thing about those benchmarks is that the results are ALL over the F'in Place. One moment the GF6800U is the clear winner, then the X800XT; then the X800XTAGP is tops on the AMD64 while at the same time the GF6800U with the AMD64 is at the bottom; one moment the GF6800UAGP is ahead of the PCI-EX the next the PCI-EX is noticeably ahead of the AGP.

This falls in like with what I was saying about the GF6800 and X800 dominating different benchies, but all the other factors thrown in shows silly stuff like the GF6800UPCI-E being tops, followed by the X800XTAGP followed by the X800XT PCI-E followed by the GF6800AGP or vice versa. There's almost no rhyme or reason to it other than one combination playing best to one game and another playing better the the next. Weird that the same combination on the Pentium will be top, yet the AMD one is below the other even the AMD.

Weird!

I wonder what AMD chipset they used, it didn't say, it simply said "including a comparison to an Athlon 64 3400+", yet this still only describe the Intel boards, as if ADM3400+ was enough. Maybe I missed something, I looked over it again, but still don't see it mentioned.


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[entium]

I didn't see it either :/ maybe an over sight my the author. You're right but the HSI bridge seems to be hurting the nV card. Will have to see if its a driver issue 😛. There doesnt' seem to be any need to upgrade to pci express right now though.

 

[TheGreatGrapeApe]

Yeah, for the most part the nV HSI solution does trail it's partner, except strangely enough in HomeWorld, but it is interesting seeing that there are a few CPU limited games, as in the EVE benchie where the AMD solutions are far ahead of their Intel counterparts, and it also shows an appreciable difference between the GF6800U and X800XT, whereas with the Intel solution you would think that they are quite evenly matched.

Once again, very strange benchmark, hard to really draw solid conclusions. The HSI bridge I would conceed, but even the fact that there is one test showing opposing results is strange.


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[HardWareBoss]

nV using their magic drivers? Most likly.

 

[TheGreatGrapeApe]

Well did you notice, they are using the 61.45 drivers, latest of the beta theta gammas!



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[Obtuse]

As far as I'm concerned now, the cards are pretty much even. So, I guess I'd buy based on external factors. Unfortunately, that means that if equally priced, I'd dismiss NVidia for its power supply/lleaf blower combination.

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[Guest]

Agree with you on this one.
Only thing im not sure what the PS3/DX9.0c impact will be in the future. I dont think it will make a huge difference but still even game that doesnt support PS30 can benefit from dx9c...remains to be seen I guess

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[entium]

games with ps 2.0 will befinit them too, its easy to convert multi pass 2.0 shaders to single 3.0 ones, the card it self can do it.

Things like softstencil shadows, lighting algo's, glow effects, any of these and more will run faster on the gf 6 even if they were coded with 2.0 code paths when Dx9c is released of course or when Ogl adopts sm 3.0.

<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by entium on 06/22/04 02:54 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[HardWareBoss]

Wow that's what they call them. You have a link for those beta theta gammas? My TI4200 sure can use those drivers.