6800ultra or 6800GS

[Green Beret]

Hi im new to this website so go easy on me

right im looking to buy a new gfx card, i have a 9800pro 128mb atm but its giving **** fps on css.

i was looking at getting a 6800GS 256mb AGP but i got told they were **** up to the 6800ultra 256mb AGP, so this is where i need help which one do u think i should go for?

Also if you say the 6800ultra 256mb AGP could u give me the link to where i can buy it, i cant find it no where

"Would Buy PCI-e but cba to buy new mobo cpu ect"

[nvening]

cba or not got the funds?

Also you have to consider any bottlenecks in your system eg the CPU so tell us the rest of you system spec.

Basically the ultra is the batter card (speed wise) but i dont think it is in production anyomore but you could get the last bit of stock if you are lucky or mabe a second hand one?

The GS is just under the speed of a 6800gt for some comparison (its a very small ammount of difference)

[sawyen]

Tbh, a 9800Pro should alraedy give u decent fps in CSS... Even my wife's 9600XT plays CS:S on 1280x1024 quite well without AA.

but from an Ultra and a GS, the Ultra is definitely faster out of the box. But unless if you can find one second hand and ON BARGAIN price like £180ish, I wouldnt even go there.

There are however still a good amount of 6800GT AGP out there that are going for £180inc or less new. GT has been the choice of gamers as it clocks to 6800Ultra very easily.

GS on the other hand, are manuf using newer .11micon process. Hence, even with only 12pp it clocks very high. It can in most cases overtake a stock ULTRA in terms of performance when overclocked.

[Green Beret]

Intel Pentium 4 3.2 ghz HT socket 478
ASUS P4P800 Deluxe motherboard
GeIL 1GB PC3200 Ultra Platinum
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 10 160GB

[d3fiant]

grab a 6800GT of ebay and clock it past ultra speeds with an artic cooler hsf, plenty of grunt for AGP. Or just hold on fow a few weeks, apparently some of the 7800 level cards are coming to AGP