I am torn. X2900XT because I'm an ATi fanboy, or 8800GTS640 for the price?

[ColonelCain]

I think as of now that I will wait for someone to release benchmarks of the card using CCC 7.6, and if performace hasn't shaped up, I'm probably going nVidia. But only the 640mb, cause I *might* be getting a newer monitor, and from what I've seen, High res+ AA = obliteration for the 320.

[ColonelCain]

Well, I just found this review in-which the X2900XT seems to dominate in its price area http://www.techspot.com/review/52-as...eon-hd-2900xt/

[adamsleath]

where are some reliable benchmark comparisons?

i've seen one comparison and the 2900xt seemed to beat the 8800gts 640...so wtf?

someone needs to sort out this shyte.

as far as i can tell, the gts is a little cheaper generally, but also a fraction less performance, but ive only seen one article.

[OpTioN]

Well, I just found this review in-which the X2900XT seems to dominate in its price area http://www.techspot.com/review/52-as...eon-hd-2900xt/

If you can buy now, just get the 2900XT. and if you don't like it sell it and get a GTS. Cause there is many people that would like to buy one.

[DilTech]

Well, I just found this review in-which the X2900XT seems to dominate in its price area http://www.techspot.com/review/52-as...eon-hd-2900xt/

http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/articl...50aHVzaWFzdA==

Techspot is using the 8.37.4.2 driver, which was known to be broken. Check out the guru3d driver forums and you'll see why they got such nice scores out of it.

[ColonelCain]

Why do the drivers show such good performance #'s?

[ColonelCain]

where are some reliable benchmark comparisons?

i've seen one comparison and the 2900xt seemed to beat the 8800gts 640...so wtf?

someone needs to sort out this shyte.

as far as i can tell, the gts is a little cheaper generally, but also a fraction less performance, but ive only seen one article.

Exactly my thoughts.

[DilTech]

Why do the drivers show such good performance #'s?

1.) AA doesn't work properly
2.) HDR doesn't work properly in some games(most notably serious sam 2 and oblivion)
3.) other various problems with games
4.) The AA that did work blurred the image, lowering image quality but without performance hit.

That's why 8.37.4.2 was replaced so quickly by 8.37.4.3. It's also why in general the sites with better results for the hd2900xt was using that driver.

http://forums.guru3d.com/showpost.ph...7&postcount=16
http://forums.guru3d.com/showpost.ph...1&postcount=19
http://forums.guru3d.com/showpost.ph...8&postcount=20

Be weary of sites using that driver for testing.

[ColonelCain]

Hmm.. well, I stand by what I said a little bit ago. I will wait for the 7.6 driver to come out, and, if performance doesn't look like it will get much better, I'll probably go with the GTS640.

[Okda]

wise decision --^

[BlaqMale]

go with ati, somebody has to buy their cards to keep them in business
j/k

go with the 2900xt just for half-life eps 2 etc

[DilTech]

go with ati, somebody has to buy their cards to keep them in business
j/k

go with the 2900xt just for half-life eps 2 etc

You can buy the 8800GTS and HL2:EP2(which comes with Team Fortress 2 and portal free anyway) for about the same price as the HD 2900xt.

Buying a video card for a game isn't a good move.

[Eastcoasthandle]

Hmm.. well, I stand by what I said a little bit ago. I will wait for the 7.6 driver to come out, and, if performance doesn't look like it will get much better, I'll probably go with the GTS640.

Good decision, no need to be pushed into buying something you may or may not want.

[NickS]

X2900XT because I'm an ATi fanboy too!

[ColonelCain]

X2900XT because I'm an ATi fanboy too!

Thats my whole dilema