View Full Version : w/ a 6800nu
Cow2kie
08-13-2004, 07:33 PM
my friend brought his 6800nu over and i put in my pc and was playing around w/ it w/ games and 3dmark03. At stock clocks it scores 8,9xx and i was like hmm bummer thats only 2,300 more than my 9800. But I forgot that it wasnt oc'd. So I uped the clocks to 400/880 & did 10,500. I had lots of programs running in the background and in winxp. Is this an ok score w/ a nu?
LilGator
08-13-2004, 07:57 PM
For a sub $300 card, yeah :D Very nice ;)
Cow2kie
08-13-2004, 08:08 PM
i like how it runs doom3 but I think i wana get a x800vivo and try to flash it to a xt
r3b0rN
08-13-2004, 08:21 PM
lol we've all gotten so used to the godly oc's from these cards we arnt even impressed with 8.9k STOCK anymore... sheesh :p:
6800's seem better in doom 3 and far cry.. ATM. so if u like those games, go the 6800gt i reckon. if u like hl2 go the x800's :D or if u dont care - as long as u get monstrous fps, then, go either.
Cow2kie
08-13-2004, 08:23 PM
well im a CS fan so CS:s (hl2 engine) is what i want most in. Either card will do me fine. But im slightly a fan towards ATI. I was impressed w/ 2k extra just from a lil effort oc. I dont even know if it was the max.
Shade00
08-13-2004, 08:24 PM
Meh, I would probably go with the 6800... I honestly doubt there will be that much performance difference in HL2. Plus, I'm cheap, and it's cheaper. :)
Cow2kie
08-13-2004, 08:34 PM
x800 pro vivo isnt that much. You can get it for 400. :o
Çhrist0ph
08-13-2004, 08:48 PM
DO NOT buy a card based on HL2!
First of all, HL2 isn't even that graphically intensive, any next-gen card will do perfectly fine with it whether it be a 6800NU or an x800 pro. And the damn game isn't even out yet...for all we know it might suck. You should never buy a video card based on ONE game...there ARE other games out there you know.....
Cow2kie
08-13-2004, 09:07 PM
im not buying a card BASED on hl2.. im buying the card based on its a faster card and im loyal to ati so calm down.....
r3b0rN
08-14-2004, 12:13 AM
if u can go for the 6800 gt, get it. the next gen games (and d3, far cry) support sm3.0, which increases performance. the x800's do not support sm3.0 . (yes i know its not a BIG deal, but its just another thing to add to the list of pro's.)