x1800xt OEM vs 7900gt retail.

[m3ta1head]

Well?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130281

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102007

I've been leaning towards the x1800...but serveral people on HardOCP beleive the 7900 will be a better buy because of the lifetime warranty...the OEM x1800 has NO warranty....

the x1800xt has high qual AA and HDR+AA...
I can't decide:stick:

[nn_step]

Benchmarks or OpenGL games?

[m3ta1head]

Well, I play a lot of games...not much Q4 though (only OGL game I can think of besides D3)...

Hmm...I DO want to break 10k in 05 with whatever card I get...:stick:

[CompGeek]

7900 = Better warranty, beter and easier OCing, I think more performance as well. Thats what I would get.

[DilTech]

7900gt all the way, people are breaking 10k with it on stock cooling...

Don't forget about the upcoming QuakeWars(www.enemyterritory.com), that's looking to slap around Battlefield 2 and become the number 1 "war" game around.

As for high quality AA, umm... 7900's have supersampling AA, something ATi cards don't have.

[Shadowmage]

lol too bad 8xSS completely kills the FPS, and 6xAA from ATI looks just as good.

I think you mean the X1800XT has higher quality AF.

Unfortunately, I would also go with 7900GT... See? I'm not biased ;)

[Absolute_0]

I got a 7900GT, i think it's the one to get. Good clockin', good gamin', runs cool, full warrantee. One of my biggest quirks is i have a bias towards nVidia drivers though, can't stand ATi's drivers.

If 10K in 05 means a lot though, i think teh X1800XT has an edge for benching, mainly in 05. 06 is a different story IIRC...

[DilTech]

lol too bad 8xSS completely kills the FPS, and 6xAA from ATI looks just as good.

I think you mean the X1800XT has higher quality AF.

Unfortunately, I would also go with 7900GT... See? I'm not biased ;)

7 series allows for SS at 4x as well, not just 8x.

[m3ta1head]

I'm getting the x1800 as soon as it's back in stock:)