Which is better?

[Mekrel]

Il'd still go with ATi for 3 reasons:

1. ATi's aniostropic filtering is far superior.

2. ATi's new ring memory controller, you have not seen the last of this yet

3. ATi Tray tools, omg this app - I can't see how anyone could live without it.

[Jeremy]

7800gtx 512mb no quetions asked

Absolutely agree hands down. Article & Benchmarks

PSU - OCZ PowerStream 520W minimum.

[daz98]

ok the 512 gtx ill get...if i get one of the other two should i still get the same powersupply the ocz powerstream 520. But if i get the 512gtx wont i need a better powersupply then 520 because i have 550watts recieving???Also i need a new harddrive so im going to upgrade to sata or sata2...One question with using sata's can they connect to any motherboards???

thanxs

Edited November 23, 2005 by daz98

[ripken204]

well if you want to get the ocz powerstream 600...

[daz98]

would that be fine though...would the 50 more watts be fine for my computer??? and just one orther thing whats the difference between sata and sataII

Edited November 23, 2005 by daz98

[daz98]

dont worry about last post just found out...sata is 150mb\sec speed sata 2 is 300mb\sec

[Jeremy]

Daz, why don't you stop asking so many questions and go read some stuff on your own? A 600W PSU will do you fine. I'm getting the 512 and the 520W. www.anandtech.com <will tell you lots.

Edited November 26, 2005 by Jeremy

[cyberloner]

that 2... i will choose ATI...

ATI graphic show prettier scene in game....

[Jeremy]

@Cyberloner

Benchmarks #1

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There are more but I'm tired.

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[ripken204]

i just got the evga 7800gt and im loving it aoe3 on all high settings

and now i can play doom3 on all high settings with 16x AA

Edited November 26, 2005 by ripken204

[cyberloner]

Jeremy

i just say graphic is more better

i know nvidia benchmark is higher than ati...

i am using nvidia too last time... but when switch to ati and using it...

i feel ati is more better in graphic.... while gaming...

i am using nvidia nforce 4 mobo by the way...

maybe u have better suggestion ... please let me know...

i never touch 7800 =)

[Mekrel]

Jeremy, your point is what?

A more expensive card outperforms a cheaper one? Wow, who would have thought.

What cyberloner say is true, ATi's AF implimentation is of better quality - I will dig out of the screenshot that portraits this the most.

The thread is about a "better" card, and yep if were on about speed then the GTX 512MB is the best card but when I think of the best card, I take price/performance and image quality and application compatabilty into the equation.

The X1800XT is cheaper, you get 512mb of GDDR3 ram, aniostropic filter is much better, it has a programable memory controler which can be operated for different scenarios, and recently has been made to beat/catchup the 256mb GTX in OGL API games, something ATi lacked in before due to nVidia investing the makers of OGL.

Heck, I would argue that a better choice would be a either an XT or a 256MB GTX - the 512mb whilst a bloody good card is way to expensive to justify it. 500 pounds for a card which will be tops for 4-6 months? Its pointless.

Either wait for the price to go down or buy the alternatives I have mentioned.

[daz98]

alright thanks guys...i was at camp for the last 7 days so i couldn't reply. Sorry for all the questions before just really eager . I'm not actually going to get the gtx 512 sli...it is a lot of money so what im going to do is get a xfx 7800gtx it is about $400 - $500 cheaper then the 512 so that's is what ill do and i will get a psu of ocz powerstream 520. One other wuestion so if your 7800gt works fine everything full graphics this will work really good right..What were your system specs ripken204