DarioG Posted January 8, 2006 Posted January 8, 2006 Hey i'm in a bit of a dillema i want to play new PC games with good frame rates and good graphics and was wonderin what was the best graphics card i can get for £200 or less. a link would cool too. i was thinking of this one a G6800 GS http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=98817 or maybe a mid range X1600XT card from Ati, i'm not too sure on the specs but i've heard they have high core and memory speeds. i know theres a few of these threads but i've not seen any recent ones and i want to make the right choice, cheers
DCK Posted January 8, 2006 Posted January 8, 2006 The GeForce 6800 GS beats the X1600XT hands down -> see this review The only competition it has is the regular GeForce 6800 which you can maybe unlock/overclock to a 6800GT. They're pretty rare and won't always work good when unlocked so you may want to go for the GS because it's a safer guess. Also the GS has Shader Model 3.0 support, meaning AoE 3 and other new games using SM3 look much better.
CompSci Posted January 8, 2006 Posted January 8, 2006 The GeForce 6800 GS beats the X1600XT hands down -> see this review The only competition it has is the regular GeForce 6800 which you can maybe unlock/overclock to a 6800GT. They're pretty rare and won't always work good when unlocked so you may want to go for the GS because it's a safer guess. Also the GS has Shader Model 3.0 support, meaning AoE 3 and other new games using SM3 look much better. yeah but when SM 4.0 comes what then? SM over rated i got a x850xt pe and my mates got a 6800 U, any how we tested a acouple of SM3.0 gmaes like far cry, Matrix POA etc and there was no difference that i could see,
DarioG Posted January 11, 2006 Author Posted January 11, 2006 What about power supplys, i've got a 350W one. will that be suitable to run the 6800 GS or a X850.
dabookerman Posted January 11, 2006 Posted January 11, 2006 well, ill be purchasing the x1800 all in wonder once in a month or 2, read some reviews, and seems to do the job in the games and video depertment.
The-Ironflame Posted January 11, 2006 Posted January 11, 2006 SM 3.0 does make a difference. Some games however use it to for optimizing rather than improve it's looks like in Farcry but take a look at this: http://www.tomshardware.com/2005/12/02/vga_charts_viii/page2.html
Choze Posted January 16, 2006 Posted January 16, 2006 yeah but when SM 4.0 comes what then? SM over rated i got a x850xt pe and my mates got a 6800 U, any how we tested a acouple of SM3.0 gmaes like far cry, Matrix POA etc and there was no difference that i could see, Far Cry HDR requires SM3.0 :wink:
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