- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Heyyo,
Hmm, ati's pci-e vidcard's don't quite crank out the power for the price atm.. hopefully they get this sorted out. :(
I highly suggest 6600GT.
Here's a good benchmark of many vidcards:
http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20041222/vga_charts-0 7.ht ml
Now, I'll do a quick price-to-framerate ratio for ya:
ATI X700 PRO
Price: $287.28 CDN
Framerate: 45.1 F/S
PtF Ratio: 0.157
Nvidia 6600GT:
Price: $307.80 CDN
Framerate: 63.1 F/S
PtF Ratio: 0.205
Nvidia 6800GT:
Price: $567.60 CDN
Framerate: 88.8 F/S
PtF Ratio: 0.156
As you can see, Nvidia's 6600GT pwns in that Price-To-Framerate Ratio. So you get "More bang for your buck" with the 6600GT. As you can see, the PtF Ratio for the 6800GT is substantially lower than the 6600GT, and just a bit lower than ATI's Vidcard. So if I were you? 6600GT, best value card you'll see for a good year I bet. ;)
Ok, I know you were asking aboot the 6800 but tom's hardware diddn't have it, just the 6800 GT. :p
Now, I wanted to use Far Cry cause that game's an even playing field, it's not optimized for either Nvidia or ATI, so this one's all aboot the raw preformance of the card. Now I'll do another one up for Half Life 2.
ATI X700 PRO
Price: $287.28 CDN
Framerate: 111.9 F/S
PtF Ratio: 0.377
Nvidia 6600GT:
Price: $307.80 CDN
Framerate: 112.6 F/S
PtF Ratio: 0.365
Half-Life 2 is ATI Optimized, so the game really loves its ATI cards. As you can see, ATI came up top on this one.. but so far just this game. I still suggest that Nvidia 6600GT cause onna even playing field it wins each time.
Well, hope this little guide helped ya dude. Pwn on dude. :)
Oh silly me, forgot to show you how I calculated that! :p
you take Framerate, divide that by the price, and you get the ratio.
so for the nvidia 6600GT on HL2:
Price: $307.80 CDN
Framerate: 112.6 F/S
112.6 / 307.80 = 0.365
I like to just round up to 3 numbers after the decimal, it's up to you how many ya wanna do.
OH! let's go 1 step further: averages. ;)
ATI x700 Pro average PtF Ratio: 0.267
Nvidia 6600GT average PtF Ratio: 0.281
Uh huh, this further proves my point. Ok, for averages, you take the ratios, and add them all up, then divide them by how many there are. For example:
7
88
43
5
100
There is 5 different set of numbers.. so..
(7 + 88 + 43 + 5 + 100) / 5 = 48.6
And there ya go. Ain't math great!? w00t! =D
[Edited on 3/4/2005 9:36:24 AM]