X1800XT 256MB VS 7900GT 256MB.. Which would you get

[ia-Ryu]

That is a pretty good deal... what's the warranty from Saph. on OEM cards? Same as usual?

-Ryu

 

[ia-Ryu]

Powercolor has one at the same price point retail with a lifetime warranty. Stupid Newegg charges me tax here in NJ

How hot does that guy get though?

-Ryu

 

[GTMan25]

Is there a difference in 2D display quality between NVidia and ATI?

 

[pauldh]

How about a Retail Box HIS X1900XT for $458 after $30 rebate.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814161168

 

[gotrice]

hehe if you really wanna get either of the cards i would say buy from Asus 😉, i knwo they aren't cheap there but the quality of the card also counts.

 

[pauldh]

I'm personally not a big fan of Asus vga, and would definately rather have a His, expecially IceQ.

But I had an Asus GF4ti4200 that was on a Ti4400 pcb. It was a monster of an OC'er and the best ti4200 I ever owned. I still have the yellow beast; what a beauty.

 

[Heyyou27]

And I've heard they DID fix the softshadows and AA deal.

Fixed what softshadows problem? If you're referring to F.E.A.R. that's a game problem, not a card problem.

 

[WOWchamp]

Ok, I felt it necessary to dig this up for a few reasons....


It seems newegg.com is out of the 7900GT's AGAIN (they had one but not the eVGA 500/1500 I wanted). It also seems they raised the price AGAIN to 319$. SO they 7900GT is becomming less and less of a deal as each day comes and goes.



Now people say the X1800XT is a better card, yet when I looked at the PCI Express winter 2005 benchmarks the X1800XT (512MB version mind you, people say that ones even better then the 256) is very VERY close to the 7800GT, almost always loses to the 7800GTX and was even beat once or twice by the plain ole 7800GT. What does this say about the 256MB verison????? Why would I want a card that costs more ( I can get an X1800XT 512MB for 349$) then a 7800GT ((and more then a 7900GT)) that performs about on par with the 7800GT ( and less then the 7800GTX//7900GT). Unless those benchmarks are wack, drivers released made a big difference or Im missing something here.

 

[Heyyou27]

I don't care about any of what you just said; I myself would chose an X1800 XT over a 7900GT, but Nvidia did not fix the "softshadows and AA deal" for it was never their fault.

 

[WOWchamp]

What kind of response is that.....

Its been shown in the benchmarks on THG that the X1800XT 512 is only slightly better then the 7800GT and in some cases slightly worse. On average the 7800GTX outperforms the 1800XT 512 and all of the time the 7900GT outperforms the 7800GTX.

If you prefer one card to another thats fine, and if its just personal preference thats also fine... but if the only reason you can give is

"I dont care about anything you just said" then please keep it to yourself..

The topic subject should read " X1800XT 256MB VS 7900GT 256MB.. Which would you get and please provide logical reasoning behind it.



It seems to me the 7900GT (in benchmarks.. I dont care about peoples "feelings" over a card) is better then the X1800XT 512 (and 256 for that matter then). Because this is what I've gathered

7800GT<X1800XT (any memory size)<7800GTX (any memory size??)<7900GT (256MB)

 

[WOWchamp]

Nobody...

Ok well I have another question now..


What are the default clocks for the 7900GT??? Becuase I dont want one of the 4XX/13XX clocked ones if they arnt the "normal" level. I think the eVGA one I wanted was OC'ed just not as far as the highest ones ship retail (its like 500/1500 wheras there are 520/1550 cards shipping).

If the case is that stock is under 500/1500 Ill just get whatevers cheaper and OC it. Still have no reason nor logic to go with the X1800XT 256 for 299$.

 

[pauldh]

It seems to me the 7900GT (in benchmarks.. I dont care about peoples "feelings" over a card) is better then the X1800XT 512 (and 256 for that matter then). Because this is what I've gathered

7800GT<X1800XT (any memory size)<7800GTX (any memory size??)<7900GT (256MB)

You need to read more than Tom's charts. The cards are close, each winning some games. So there is no clear winner. But more often than not the X1800XT seems to win IMO. In some games it whoops the 7900GT, while being almost as fast in NV favoring OGL games liek D3 and Q4. I have a 7800GT, but personally I'd buy a X1800XT 256MB over a 7900GT only because it is better in the shader intensive games I care about, while being easily available for less money than the vanishing 7900GT. I question COD2 though as in that game the 256MB version may not keep up with the 512MB reviews we have seen.


Here's one review: BF2, COD2, Fear, the 512MB X1800XT easily wins.
http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/nvidia_geforce_7900_gt_gtx_performance/page6.asp

 

[Thormiel]

Now people say the X1800XT is a better card, yet when I looked at the PCI Express winter 2005 benchmarks the X1800XT (512MB version mind you, people say that ones even better then the 256) is very VERY close to the 7800GT, almost always loses to the 7800GTX and was even beat once or twice by the plain ole 7800GT. What does this say about the 256MB verison????? Why would I want a card that costs more ( I can get an X1800XT 512MB for 349$) then a 7800GT ((and more then a 7900GT)) that performs about on par with the 7800GT ( and less then the 7800GTX//7900GT). Unless those benchmarks are wack, drivers released made a big difference or Im missing something here.

One reason might be because those benchmarks were made using old drivers? You might want to check some newer benchmarks that were made when the 7900 series came out,

 

[angry_ducky]

7900GT, all the way.

 

[WOWchamp]

Any reason why???

I want to see how well the 7900GT can handel Oblivion.... this game seems to be brining all the new cards to their knees.