The Holiday Stop Gap: GeForce 6800 GS
by Derek Wilson on November 7, 2005 9:00 AM EST- Posted in
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Half-Life 2 Performance
Typically, Half-Life 2 favors ATI hardware. The X800 XL handles this benchmark better than the rest of the cards in the group, but the 6800 cards still manage to hold their own against the X800 GTO and 6600 GT. While this game is a bit CPU limited at lower resolutions, Valve's Source engine is fairly popular and that makes HL2 a worth while test.
Typically, Half-Life 2 favors ATI hardware. The X800 XL handles this benchmark better than the rest of the cards in the group, but the 6800 cards still manage to hold their own against the X800 GTO and 6600 GT. While this game is a bit CPU limited at lower resolutions, Valve's Source engine is fairly popular and that makes HL2 a worth while test.
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flynnsk - Monday, November 7, 2005 - link
lol talk about fangurlshttp://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merchant2/merchant....">http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merchant...p;Store_...
imaheadcase - Monday, November 7, 2005 - link
You include shipping into "available today".Let me guess you got kicked out of Best Buy for yelling you can get hardrives for $1 less online..
bob661 - Monday, November 7, 2005 - link
I have NO idea what you guys are looking at.Quantity in Basket: none
Code: 190443
Price: $229.00
FedEx Ground: $5.90
In Stock - Usually ships in 1-2 days
bob661 - Monday, November 7, 2005 - link
Again, here's the http://tinyurl.com/clxpf">link.ViRGE - Monday, November 7, 2005 - link
It'll be up to ATI I suppose. As it is right now, Nvidia's products tend to fall in price quickly over the first month, so as Derek pointed out, the 6800GS is going to be a ~$220 card in a bit. I'm not sure ATI has enough latitude to get the X800XL's prices that low across the board.HighCalibreHooch - Monday, November 7, 2005 - link
Whatever happened to the 6800XT?It was announced some time ago, and oOne of my favourite vendors lists it as coming mid-November.
pxc - Monday, November 7, 2005 - link
It comes faster than stock: 470MHz core, 550MHz memory (1100MHz effective)https://pnyestore.pny.com/AWWebStore/Products.asp?...">https://pnyestore.pny.com/AWWebStore/Products.asp?...*PNYPRODUCTS
(or is it 425MHz? 5.1GT/s fillrate implies a 425MHz core even though 470MHz is listed: http://www.pny.com/products/verto/performance/6800...">http://www.pny.com/products/verto/performance/6800...
unfortunately the 6800GT PCI-E with 16 pipelines is only $250AR now ($30 cheaper):
http://www.buy.com/prod/PNY_FX_6800_GT_256MB_PCI_E...">http://www.buy.com/prod/PNY_FX_6800_GT_...Graphics...
yacoub - Monday, November 7, 2005 - link
I'll never understand why companies bother with this type of release. It has less pipelines and less engines, yet costs about the same as a 6800GT which has more of both. Why would anyone get this when they can grab a 6800GT?Same thing with those GTO cards when there's the X800XL or whatever.
yacoub - Monday, November 7, 2005 - link
oops, not GTO, I mean "X1600 series, when there's the GTO series and X800XL that are just as fast if not faster."Donegrim - Monday, November 7, 2005 - link
Same performance, much cheaper. It's obvious.