nvidia 6800gt vs. 7800gt

[smokeoff 10+ year member]

now i know the 7800 is a better card but i was curious with todays games if you would be able to tell a big enough differnce to make it worth the extra $$$$$

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[Moe Lester 10+ year member]

when you crank up AA and AF on 1600x1200 is going to make a pretty nice difference although i would go straight to the 7800GTX instead of the 7800 GT

 

[Raven 10+ year member]

If you have the $500 to put out for a solid 7800GTX, I don't see where the $125 difference would even matter. I personally would get the 6800 and put the extra money towards a better monitor or sound card. Like Jmac said, give it some time and see if their price drops.

Oh, and in the same light I paid $125 for my AGP GF6200 that I softmodded into a vanilla 6600. It's an amazing card, I can't even imagine a PCI-E 7800GTX.

 

[vosschs 5,000+ posts]

yes wait untill after xmas for the 7 series, i heard it was supposed to drop like crazy, rumors though

 

[Lil Poot 5,000+ posts]

check out pricewatch, you can score a 7800gtx for under 400.

 

[vosschs 5,000+ posts]

what games do you play ? or what reasons for the expensive 7 series

 

[Moe Lester 10+ year member]

whenever ATI releases their new card(s) the prices will start going down a little. The 7800GTX has no real competition right now.

 

[vosschs 5,000+ posts]

as of now i see no reason to pay 200 more. get a 6800gt, even a 6600Gt for 140 or so, i run a 6600Gt runs battlefeild 2 AWSOME!

 

[Shugarra 10+ year member]

Video card companies come out with a new line almost every 6 months. It will always be cheaper if you wait a few months. Don't ever go with the newest card, there is such a huge depreciation on new cards that it just isn't ever worth it. The 6800 gt can be had for just over $200 while the 7800 GTX is around $400. I can guarantee the 7800 won't be twice as fast.

It also seems that game makers are making the move towards more video memory intensive programs, as well as windows vista. I would definitely look at getting with at least 256 megs of video memory. It's not the only thing that makes the card fast, but it will sure help.

Good luck.

Mike

 

[HeatSeeker 10+ year member]

I sat just get an SLI mobo and a 6800gt, then when the price goes down even more, grab another one.

 

[smokeoff 10+ year member]

^^^ kind what i was thinking, I play half life, battlefield 2, nascar sim, and the crhonicles(sp?) of riddick escape from buthcers bay.

 

[smokeoff 10+ year member]

and while we are on the tech bend here, anybody realy happy with their mp3 player, the little portable ones, looking to get one maybe like 512mb - 1gb, somewhere in the 100 ball park. And before anyone mentions it i don't want an ipod shuffle, i want to be able to make playlists and see my song title. thanx