7800gs vs 6800 ultra

[teachmech]

Tomshardware has a nice review with some benchmarks comparing these two and a x850xt pe
http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/02/...aint_dead_yet/
some nice reading for you.

[Sumanji]

From a quick browse it seems as if the 7800GS is marginally faster than the 6800U, and pulls away at higher res +/- IQ. X850XT still seems ahead of them both though...

Suman

[SourceQuench]

That's the thing that surprised me. I am looking for a new AGP card, so I have to decide if I want HDR/SM3 etc rather than just raw speed...

[kasavien]

I would go for image quality over raw speed, so long as you get 30-40 fps plus you'll be better off with the card that provides the best image quality

[Sumanji]

Depends how long you wanna keep it for dude... if less than 1 year, I'd get the X850. Anything less than 60fps will be horrible, especially if you have a TFT (I get a really annoying shimmer on HL2 with VSync off).

Suman