ummm no... 7800gtx is the best nvidia card available, and they cost around 600 - 700 dollars, not 300... Nvidia is 10000x better than ATI, ATI is a piece of junk lol. You also need PCI express to use a 7800gtx. I would say go for a GeForce 6600GT or the 6800GS. [/b][/quote] Wow. I have never met a more ignorant person in my entire life. So, I'll correct you one mistake at a time. 7800GTX for $600? I think not. Here's one for under $500. nVidia is better than ATI? Not all the time, buddy. http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2556&p=2 http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2552&p=10 And uh...duh you need to use PCIe for the GTX. You also need to use it for the 6800GS, and the 6600GT comes in AGP and PCIe. And, one last thing. 6800GS's in SLI are better than a single 7800GTX. http://techreport.com/reviews/2005q4/gefor...gs/index.x?pg=4 http://techreport.com/reviews/2005q4/gefor...gs/index.x?pg=7 http://techreport.com/reviews/2005q4/gefor...gs/index.x?pg=8 http://techreport.com/reviews/2005q4/gefor...gs/index.x?pg=9 They're even better than the X1800XT in some tests, which is quite a feat.
yes maybe under 600 for a crappy brand, i.e the one you just mentioned.. and when i say ati is crap i didn't mean it in graphics wise, i meant it in reliability and quality, they make ----ty cards, always have problems and break. and i never said that running a 2 6600GT's in SLI is better than single 7800gt either... so stop your winging please
dude, show me 20 reports of ati's breaking and ill show u 20 of nvidias breaking. nvidia maybe better in base performance, but atis overclock way better than nvidia
... why bother overclocking when you can just buy a nvidia card that doesn't need overclocking and already beats the piece of crap ATI card...
the thing is, the generation of invidia cards that are in the x800's price range are peices of crap, even the generation after that, checkit: http://reviews.cnet.com/ATI_Radeon_X800_XL...650.html?tag=ut
Ive held true to ATI... but nVidia is playing like AMD: catching up and being better than its rival. High graphics: (SLI also...) go with nVidia. Basic stuff = ATI
well hmm I wonder why the latest x1800 series of cards from ati can handle hdr and aa at the same time, nvidia cannot.
oh and btw bona fide, that card in australian dollars is over 600 you idiot, we have to import our cards, the lowest price for that card in australia is 600 dollars... you are clueless
And... the Aussie- American dollar exhange rate is approximently 1 AD (Australian Dollar) to .75 USD. And 600 x .75 = 450 USD for a 7800GTX. Figuring in the import costs, that would probably put the cost at right about $425 a card. Don't call a mod an idiot when you're the one that's wrong.
no you are wrong. An MSI 7800GTX costs $660 here in Australia at the cheapest place every other shop its $690+. 7800GT's are $560.
Okay, so that would put it at about 495 USD, including the shipping. Still approximently the same price as over here. He said min. 600 aussie dollars, so I used 600 in my calculations.
thanks for backing me up de.fuzion, and umm Namrac, can you read? it says the cheapest you can get a 7800 GTX ( the card im talking about ) in australia is $660... and i was rounding it of, i do not put exact prices...
well hmm I wonder why the latest x1800 series of cards from ati can handle hdr and aa at the same time, nvidia cannot. [/b][/quote] urgh... i havent researched on the latest cards from ATI yet, been too busy looking at nVidia's new 7000 series