The Holiday Stop Gap: GeForce 6800 GS
by Derek Wilson on November 7, 2005 9:00 AM EST- Posted in
- GPUs
F.E.A.R. Performance
For this test, we ran F.E.A.R. with out soft shadows not only because of the severe performance penalty, but also because we feel the effect just looks bad. The ATI cards don't seem to scale as well with resolution as the NVIDIA cards do, but none of this bunch are really able to run the game smoothly at 1600x1200. The sweet spot for the 6800 GS and GT is 1280x960, but the other cards might be better off running at 1024x768.
Also, while the 6800 GS and GT perform very similarly again, the GT holds a slight edge in this test.
For this test, we ran F.E.A.R. with out soft shadows not only because of the severe performance penalty, but also because we feel the effect just looks bad. The ATI cards don't seem to scale as well with resolution as the NVIDIA cards do, but none of this bunch are really able to run the game smoothly at 1600x1200. The sweet spot for the 6800 GS and GT is 1280x960, but the other cards might be better off running at 1024x768.
Also, while the 6800 GS and GT perform very similarly again, the GT holds a slight edge in this test.
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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 cheaperAndreasM - Monday, November 7, 2005 - link
SM 3.0Especially 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 eVGAhttp://guru3d.com/">http://guru3d.com/