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2006-07-13 20:50:15

#1

Mr.Clifford: Member; +2|6801|In teh cupboard

Alright, my friend brought up the question that a 6800gt is better than a 7600gt (both pci-e). Before you get your panties in a wad, it can be. The 6800 is running higher memory bandwidth than the 7600, which is all due in part that the 6800 has a bigger bus width than the 7600. So, the 6800 has more muscle, but which has the btter graphics quality? Answer me that.

Ok to make it tough I will give you this question. I will post each card with a setup, tell me which is better. Better as in video quality, not pure power.

The 6800 setup-
6800gt @ 350/500 with 256mb of RAM. Pentium D 820 running @ 2.8ghz. 1GB of pc3200(DDR400). With a mobo that has an x16 pci-e bus. a WD Raptor. To finish it wanna see it with reference to bf2 with setting on high.

The 7600 setup-
7600gt @ 575/750 with 256mb of RAM. Amd Opteron 170 (skt 939 if ur wondering, not skt 940). 1GB of pc3200(DDR400). With an x16 mobo. WD Raptor. Also with bf2 all on high.

Tell me what you think will be better.

2006-07-13 20:55:19

#2

j5f5ff: Member; +11|7051

Pass.

2006-07-13 20:55:58

#3

Mr.Clifford: Member; +2|6801|In teh cupboard

Aww, at least give your opinion which you think is better, or the one you would rather have...

2006-07-13 20:57:43

#4

rustynutz: I am British!; +124|6984|England and damn proud

I would take the 7600GT for 1 simple reason, the number is higher

2006-07-13 20:59:25

#5

Mr.Clifford: Member; +2|6801|In teh cupboard

Yea...I would also. The 6800 is still pretty formidable. It all would come down to prices in the end.

2006-07-13 21:03:16

#6

Mr.Clifford: Member; +2|6801|In teh cupboard

Rawr, no1 has anything to say about this matter?

2006-07-13 21:08:20

#7

LT.Victim: Member; +1,175|6864|British Columbia, Canada

rustynutz wrote:
I would take the 7600GT for 1 simple reason, the number is higher

me too.. Althoug i have a Geforce 6800 256mb Myself..

2006-07-13 21:11:01

#8

TheCanadianTerrorist: Member; +111|6856

I bought a 7600GT with my decent rig and can play everything on highest, with full 4x anti-aliasing, and still maintain 40-70 FPS.

That's all I have to say.

2006-07-13 21:11:17

#9

Mr.Clifford: Member; +2|6801|In teh cupboard

You know, topic aside. If there was one card I say everyone should get, it is a 7900gt, it blows both cards out the water and then more. I upgraded to it from a 6200 and pissed my pants when I started up bf2. Next time you upgrade, consider one.

2006-07-13 21:14:23

#10

King_County_Downy: shitfaced; +2,791|6898|Seattle

LT.Victim wrote:
rustynutz wrote:
I would take the 7600GT for 1 simple reason, the number is higher
me too.. Althoug i have a Geforce 6800 256mb Myself..

No this is like golf. Trick question. Like compairing AMD's and Intels. More wires here, less there, faster chips but fewer bits per calculation, etc.

Answer: yes

Sober enough to know what I'm doing, drunk enough to really enjoy doing it

2006-07-13 21:16:50

#11

Mr.Clifford: Member; +2|6801|In teh cupboard

Really, it is all a metter of opinion. There can't be a true answer due to the variables. I just wanted to see what people could interpret from it and make a pick.

2006-07-13 21:20:38

#12

King_County_Downy: shitfaced; +2,791|6898|Seattle

I am teh winnAr?

Sober enough to know what I'm doing, drunk enough to really enjoy doing it

2006-07-13 21:24:01

#13

Mr.Clifford: Member; +2|6801|In teh cupboard

You can be if you like. But if you want a karma point,research and tell me which rig would get a better score with the scoring software such as Aquamark and such.

2006-07-13 21:24:10

#14

Trooper_Collider: Member; +25|7045

I'd go for the 6800 setup coz I don't like AMD processors, but the quoted Pentium processor's not very high, though. It should be at less 3.2 GHz clock speed. Other than that, both V-cards being PCI-e would be able to run very smooth. Best video card choice? for me would be the 7600 gt, no doubt. If you can go for the 7900 gt-gtx or 7950 gtx, much better coz it won't be outdated very soon.

Semper Fi!

2006-07-13 21:27:06

#15

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|7017

7600gt set up. opteron 170s are really fast

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2006-07-13 21:28:54

#16

Mr.Clifford: Member; +2|6801|In teh cupboard

7900gt all the way.

<>< (|||)(( Litle fish and bigfish ftw

2006-07-13 21:29:55

#17

Mr.Clifford: Member; +2|6801|In teh cupboard

My post above with no relevance to the topic. I am just proud to own one.

2006-07-13 21:53:32

#18

The Stillhouse Kid: Licensed Televulcanologist; +126|6943|Deep In The South Of Texas

Side-by-side comparison:

http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards.php … card2=385#

Even though the 6800 has higher bandwidth and pipelines, the 7600's higher core and memory clocks make up for it, judging from the benchmarks.

2006-07-14 04:34:33

#19

sixshot: Decepticon Geek; +50|6976|Planet Seibertron ;)

The hard number comparison between the two...

6800GT - 6 vertex pipes, 16 pixel pipes, 16 pixel shader engines, 350MHz, 256-bits, 500MHz GDDR3
7600GT - 5 vertex pipes, 12 pixel pipes, 24 pixel shader engines, 560MHz, 128-bits, 700MHz GDDR3

What can produce better visual quality? That depends on the resolution being used in the game. As the higher the resolution goes, the more memory and the bigger the memory bandwidth required. In low-resolution gaming, such as 640x480 or 800x600, either card will have similar or same visual quality, in theory and technically. Since you request that performance not be an issue, neither card will provide superior visual quality in the aforementioned resolution.

As you bump up the resolution, bandwidth becomes a key factor. Having 700MHz for a memory clock does not hide the fact that the memory interface is 128bits, half of that found in the GeForce 6800GT. And because of this, the information transferred between the GPU and the memory is much greater and thus can accomodate things needed to do intensive visual rendering such as anisotropic filtering and anti-aliasing. In the area of 1280x1024, 1600x1200, or 1680x1050 and up, the GeForce 6800GT should (keyword = should) be capable of handling these high resolution and, as a side bonus, be capable of providing some form of anti-aliasing.

There's no definite answer, since you never mentioned the resolution to be used. But what I have explained is enough to state how, in terms of visual quality, an older generation card can produce better visuals than the newer generations of cards. I will not state which setup will perform better. That question was never asked in the first place. That's my final answer. And I'll stick with that.

2006-07-14 04:38:15

#20

joker3327: =IBF2=; +305|6899|Cheshire. UK

^^^^^^^^

So put that in your pipe and smoke it!!

+1 uber geek!!

2006-07-14 04:41:43

#21

DonFck: Hibernator; +3,227|6932|Finland

7600.

Because Lee Fat Choi say: Big numba! Good!

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I need around tree fiddy.

2006-07-14 07:20:17

#22

BigglesPiP: Whirlybird Guy; +20|6849|Windermere, GB

The 6800GT is a 256bit core, the 7600 is only 128bit. Makes a slight difference.

But the 7600 Uses a newer version of Pixel Shader so you'll get better graphics than the 6800 in modern games.

Also the 6800GT can eisily OC to 6800Ultra Speeds

2006-07-14 07:57:11

#23

Snipedya14: Dont tread on me; +77|6996|Mountains of West Virginia

As stated, I think the 128 bit memory inteface will somewhat choke bandwith. SM3 is not worth (IMO) the power given up by the Memory interface, and lower amount of Pixel Pipelines.

If this a ATI, id say go for the one with the lower pixel pipelines. They have proven (with the 1xxx series) that its not all about them.

Its a tough call.

2006-07-14 08:07:56

#24

Agent_Dung_Bomb: Member; +302|7037|Salt Lake City

What sixshot said is essentially accurate, but I want to add one thing. The 7xxx have an improved memory controller, and I believe nVidia improved the Z culling as well, so this allows the 7xxx series cards to do more with the available bandwidth.

2006-07-14 20:46:23

#25

jaymz9350: Member; +54|6878

Snipedya14 wrote:
As stated, I think the 128 bit memory inteface will somewhat choke bandwith. SM3 is not worth (IMO) the power given up by the Memory interface, and lower amount of Pixel Pipelines.

Its a tough call.

the 6800 supports SM3 also

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