The X800 is here

[Spyder Veteran]

merged again

[Hypoxiaicon]

So Ati then... But both cards are really good.

[Jason the Eighty Eighth]

so... did anyone here buy an X800 and can give us personal reviews?

[jerzdawg]

so... did anyone here buy an X800 and can give us personal reviews?

i was unaware that you were able to purchase them already...lol

[spacey]

too lazy to read these 14928523 articles.. so bottom line? they're pretty close in performance? what about pricing? cuz that would be my deciding vote, or dual dvi :)

[nekrosoft13]

too lazy to read these 14928523 articles.. so bottom line? they're pretty close in performance? what about pricing? cuz that would be my deciding vote, or dual dvi :)

performace is very close

sometimes ati wins, sometimes nvidia wins

[+Batfink Subscriber²]

Err... My Flat Pannel only supports 1024x768 so I will go with:

The ATi 9800Pro and full screen AA and AF the bad boy at great performance :D

[Markko]

Err... My Flat Pannel only supports 1024x768 so I will go with:

The ATi 9800Pro and full screen AA and AF the bad boy at great performance :D

Same here :(

My 9600XT is alrite for me :D

[OrangeSoul]

Is it true about its performance stated below?:

As well as the 12 Pixel pipelines, the X800 Pro also sports six vertex pipelines, 256MB of GDDR 3 memory running at 900MHz, a 256-bit memory interface and a core VPU speed of 475MHz.

The X800 XT Platinum Edition on the other hand backs up its 16 pixel pipelines with six vertex pipelines, 256MB of GDDR 3 memory running at 1.12GHz, a 256-bit memory interface and a 520MHz core VPU speed.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/05/04/at...on_x800_review/

[jerry]

too lazy to read these 14928523 articles.. so bottom line? they're pretty close in performance? what about pricing? cuz that would be my deciding vote, or dual dvi :)

Read my suggestion: (BASED ON PRICE/PERFORMANCE RATIO)

Get the X800 Pro as it matches/beats 6800 Ultra if you want to go ATi.

Get the 6800 GT if you want to go nVidia.

[OrangeSoul]

All in all if the performance of both cards are the same. what I want to know is, which card will be cheaper, ATI or Nvidia

[jerry]

ATi X800 XT $499

ATi X800 Pro $399

Nvidia 6800 Ultra Extreme $599 ???

Nvidia 6800 Ultra $499

Nvidia 6800 GT $399

Someone correct me if I got anything wrong, ATi is a clear winner when it comes to price.

[OrangeSoul]

Ruby the Double Cross:

EXE: http://www2.ati.com/misc/demos/ATI-X800-Do...s-Demo-v1.0.exe (130 MB)

MPG: http://www2.ati.com/misc/demos/ATI-X800-Do...s-Demo-v1.0.mpg (17 MB)

QT: http://www2.ati.com/misc/demos/ATI-X800-Do...s-Demo-v1.0.mov (45 MB)

Subsurface Scattering:

EXE: http://www2.ati.com/misc/demos/ATI-X800-Su...e-Demo-v1.0.exe (103 MB)

MPG: http://www2.ati.com/misc/demos/ATI-X800-Su...e-Demo-v1.0.mpg (13 MB)

QT: http://www2.ati.com/misc/demos/ATI-X800-Su...e-Demo-v1.0.mov (30 MB)

[jerzdawg]

...guess i will wait

Edited May 4, 2004 by jerzdawg

[BananaMan]

Click here for the realtime ATi Demos. Should run fine on current ATi hardware (Radeon 9500+), if not slowly.

EDIT: Or maybe not. My girlfriend just tried it with her softmodded Radeon 9500 card and it produced an error regarding pixel shader version (asking for PS 2.b). However, she's not running the latest catalysts so that may be why.

Edited May 4, 2004 by BananaMan

[OrangeSoul]

did you really have to start 3 threads reguarding the ATI card??

yes

[MetaLRasaM]

its a canadian thing! EH?

[jaffa]

ATI! Still the king :devil:

so i guess my next card is gonna be an Ati again :happy:

[xMorpheousx416]

ATI still the king?

Where's ATI's 3.0 support this round? Needed, I'd say.....unless you want to buy another 500.00 card next year.

Where's ATI's onboard video encoder/decoder?

Where's ATI's 16 pipe, 2 pixel shader per cycle GPU? Oh, next year......sorry.

ATI reigns with design though!! Kick's Nvid's butt all over with it's lower power consumption, and single slot designs.

ATI also reigns in price, even if both high end cards are priced at 500.00, you need to spend another 100 on Nvid if you have a cheap power supply.....and ATI's mem chips still aren't using heatsinks...so design reigns. Nvid remains on top for leading us into the next era of technology....the X800XT is a 9800XT on steriods; the NV40 is an entirely new GPU from the NV30 line.

The king? I wouldn't go that far.....I'd say it boils down to what you want to spend your cash on. Games, or games/video encoding.

In all the "benchies" I've seen, the two knock each other out in different scenarios....so, don't take this personally either way. I love seeing the technology both companies are presenting....as each has it's own ups and downs.

[DigitalFreedom]

So where are the reviews, the nda expired about 3 minutes ago, and on ati they have been cheering it on for who knows how long!, so now where are the reviews ;) btw join ati's contest and you might win an x800 pro 256mb :D http://buy.ati.com/myprofile/contest_na.asp

[Steven]

Me hopes back over to the nVidia camp. Ta Ta ATI.

looks like i'll be putting up my ATI 9800 PRO (XT BIOS) on ebay or neobay soon :D

nVidia:

1. Shader 3.0 support.

2. Higher Color Precision.

ATi

1. Lack of Shader 3.0 Support

2. Lower Color Precision.

[jerzdawg]

ill just stop typing in all threads until they are merged

Edited May 4, 2004 by jerzdawg

[Dazzla Veteran]

Merged

[Hypoxiaicon]

Me hopes back over to the nVidia camp. Ta Ta ATI.

looks like i'll be putting up my ATI 9800 PRO (XT BIOS) on ebay or neobay soon :D

nVidia:

1. Shader 3.0 support.

2. Higher Color Precision.

ATi

1. Lack of Shader 3.0 Support

2. Lower Color Precision.

So you think nVidia is the way to go now?

[Steven]

Not really in the mood to have to buy 2 ATI cards to eventually get Shader 3.0 Support. First these without it and then another later on with. Personally I don't see PCI-e in my near future so i don't expect to upgrade my Graphics card for at least 2+ years.

I'd rather buy 1 SUPER Fast nVidia card with the support. According the benchmarks its damn good too. :D

Some of you may say well there's nothing with Shader 3.0 support yet. Yeah but do you Still want to have to buy 2 ATi cards to get there? that is if you are going to buy an X800 card then its succesor.

Sounds kind wack to me IMO. :s