The Holiday Stop Gap: GeForce 6800 GS
by Derek Wilson on November 7, 2005 9:00 AM EST- Posted in
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Half-Life 2 Performance
Typically, Half-Life 2 favors ATI hardware. The X800 XL handles this benchmark better than the rest of the cards in the group, but the 6800 cards still manage to hold their own against the X800 GTO and 6600 GT. While this game is a bit CPU limited at lower resolutions, Valve's Source engine is fairly popular and that makes HL2 a worth while test.
Typically, Half-Life 2 favors ATI hardware. The X800 XL handles this benchmark better than the rest of the cards in the group, but the 6800 cards still manage to hold their own against the X800 GTO and 6600 GT. While this game is a bit CPU limited at lower resolutions, Valve's Source engine is fairly popular and that makes HL2 a worth while 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/