Battlefield 2 Performance

With the first of our performance tests, a trend emerges that we might as well get used to early on. The 6800 GS performs almost identically to the 6800 GT. The pipeline and clock speed differences seem to cancel each other out and give the 6800 GS quite a bit of punch for about $100 less than the 6800 GT. Not only this, but the 6800 GS handily beats out the X800 GTO and the X800 XL in this benchmark. With the GTO priced slightly lower and the X800 XL a little higher, the 6800 GS leads not only NVIDIA's own camp, but ATI's as well.

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  • bob661 - Monday, November 7, 2005 - link

    Also, like someone else mentioned, the lowest price I've seen for a 6800GT is $280.
  • bob661 - Monday, November 7, 2005 - link

    The 6800GT is linked.
  • gordon151 - Monday, November 7, 2005 - link

    Why would you buy an X1600XT over a X800GTO anyway? GTO is much faster.
  • DerekWilson - Monday, November 7, 2005 - link

    and cheaper
  • AndreasM - Monday, November 7, 2005 - link

    SM 3.0

    Especially if you're one of the PPU dislikers.
  • Leper Messiah - Monday, November 7, 2005 - link

    But, IMHO the X800GTO^2 are the better deal for the modder, as they have x850 cores in them.
  • gordon151 - Monday, November 7, 2005 - link

    connect3D x800GTO's are the same as the sapphire x800GTO2's, being that they're moddable to x850xt's as well. They retail for about $180 too.
  • puffpio - Monday, November 7, 2005 - link

    Are there any GTO/GTO2 softmoddable cards for PCI?

    What's the best PCI card out there right now?
  • coldpower27 - Monday, November 7, 2005 - link

    This bascially introduced 6800 GT performance at a lower price point, these cards perform very similarily and that isn't surprising. Long live competition.
  • swatX - Monday, November 7, 2005 - link

    according to Guru3d inno3d and XFX is releasing the 6800GS. so its not just eVGA

    http://guru3d.com/">http://guru3d.com/

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