Nvidia GeForce 6800
JemyM
This is the first time the statement "double performance" from Nvidia is true...
apathy
Yes! My bottom jaw hit the floor through the entire review that I read at hardware analysis, those benchmarks were absolutely insane! The ut2k3/4 benchmarks were not all that impressive but I have to wonder just how much of it is really a cpu bottleneck, all of them were with bots and they use the cpu more than anything but I understand why they did it that way since it reflects actual gameplay more. Here I am tweaking my 9800xt just to get it up to 7500 on 3dmark2k3 and I see those 12k+ benchmarks makes me want to just cry. Ati is supposed to be putting out their product soon, I will check that one out before I buy a new card but so far nvidia has my money coming to them when this card hits the shelves, even if it is $600
tsunami
The Aquamark3, Halo and far cry bench's are amazing
Yakumo
Need for speed is like, TOTALLY, CPU bound. and the other hardocp benches were not like for like rez/aa/af settings, the 6800 doing far more work with either aa, or af, or both, at higher res, still beat down the other cards.
tsunami
That's a good review at Tom's. Can't argue with the benchmarks. What still concerns me is the shader quality in Far Cry. The fact that it will also require a 480w psu, will put people off as well. Can't wait to see what ATI come back at them with. Should be fun :)
MB
OH GREAT. I just bought a 450W one a few months ago...
tsunami
I wondered how long it would take before a zealot posted and ruined the thread. Take a chill pill virus. I hope ATI do come out on top, it can only be good for the customer if both companies keep pushing eachother.
JemyM
Who cares?
JemyM
I had to rub my eyes several times to believe thoose benchmarks... I was expeting a 'sleeper fps increase', like another 5-10fps over 9800, with fixed Pixel Shaders so it could be just as fast as 9800 in Halo/Tomb Raider... I hadnt expected the double speed!!! I have stacked money for a new card, and I believe it will take awhile longer before next ATI card is out on the shelves, so it seems like NV40 for me this time. Worst thing is that 'older' cards will quickly fall of the hill now... With this increase even 5900/9800 wont even be interesting for comparision benchmarks in a few months...
tsunami
Good lord, we actually agree on something ;)
Tuckwit
Oddly I also agree 100% (?). Must be da latob... labolot.... labotme........ uh da hole dey put in my head. Don't worry about Melll, sounds like has mentality of Wrestling fan. Anyway, wheres your mate Digital 'I'm sure I read proof of only 8 pipelines somewhere' wonderer. Not like him to miss the party. I shall now return to biting my tongue.
JemyM
If that is true, it will come before my planned upgrade. Im currently waiting for Socket 939 before I upgrade again.
