Cant decide on which 6800gt to get

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  • MadballMadball Fort Benton, MT
    edited June 2005
    $50 more for the same performance and twice the heat. Sounds good to me. :rolleyes:
  • TheSmJTheSmJ
    edited June 2005
    PS 3.0 support is worth it. I'd go with the 6800GT.
  • GrayFoxGrayFox /dev/urandom Member
    edited June 2005
    TheSmJ wrote:
    PS 3.0 support is worth it. I'd go with the 6800GT.
    Almost as big of a diffrence as direct X 8 over direct X 8.1 :o

    You will see no real diffrence between ps2 and ps3

    go for the ati.

    Less money less heat more value :thumbsup:
  • RiversCuomoRiversCuomo Missouri New
    edited June 2005
    alright, I just completed a good two hours of reading about the two. I'm going to go with the radeon x800xl.
  • TheSmJTheSmJ
    edited June 2005
    GrayFox wrote:
    Almost as big of a diffrence as direct X 8 over direct X 8.1 :o

    You will see no real diffrence between ps2 and ps3

    go for the ati.

    Less money less heat more value :thumbsup:


    Wrong.

    HDR lighting isn't available on PS2. PS3 is also faster.

    There's a reason all the games out now and upcoming require PS3. Do a little bit of reading.
  • RiversCuomoRiversCuomo Missouri New
    edited June 2005
    TheSmJ wrote:
    Wrong.

    HDR lighting isn't available on PS2. PS3 is also faster.

    There's a reason all the games out now and upcoming require PS3. Do a little bit of reading.
    :Pwned:

    Today i get paid, so im gonna have to say it really depends on what my paycheck is.
  • GrayFoxGrayFox /dev/urandom Member
    edited June 2005
    Valve said any card with direct X 9 support can use hdr :rolleyes: .

    You sure you didn't misread that one ?

    Edit: Also the benchmarks I saw for farcry ps3 were 2 lower for minimum fps and only 8 higher for max.
  • TheSmJTheSmJ
    edited June 2005
    Nope. You need PS3. If you read that Valve said that, you read it wrong.
  • GrayFoxGrayFox /dev/urandom Member
    edited June 2005
    Just did a google all I can find is (radeon x800pro or nvidia 6800 series will be needed)

    Goina try the search on the steam forums

    edit: btw I managed to find this
    http://www.daionet.gr.jp/~masa/rthdribl/index.html
    Its hdr runs fine on my x800pro :rolleyes:

    edit:
    Valve said that they are working on ATI MAPS which will have 3dc and most likely HDR so dont worry d00ds

    click the quote for link
    (its not really evidence but all I could find either way.
  • TheSmJTheSmJ
    edited June 2005
    It's not true HDR. To get the real effect, you NEED PS3. To use HDR in games, you NEED PS3. Show me a game that uses HDR and doesn't use PS3.

    :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
  • GrayFoxGrayFox /dev/urandom Member
    edited June 2005
    Heres a direct X 9 demo you can download that shows off hdr
    http://www.daionet.gr.jp/~masa/rthdribl/index.html
  • TheSmJTheSmJ
    edited June 2005
    Games require PS3 to use HDR. Period. If you want to see HDR in Half Life 2, Far Cry, Splinter Cell CT, etc.... you need PS3 support.
  • GrayFoxGrayFox /dev/urandom Member
    edited June 2005
    Link please
    I would really like to see some evidence that hl2 will not support ati cards with hdr.
    Ive been googling and have been unable to find any evidence supporting that hdr on hl2 will not support hdr all I can find is it will or a bunch of people on forums aruging.
  • TheSmJTheSmJ
    edited June 2005
    http://www.halflife2.net/forums/showthread.php?t=83971&highlight=pixel+shader

    Check there. I'm hungry and don't feel like arguing about this anyways.

    In order to get the real, full effect of HDR in any game (not a spinning ball over a photo in a tech demo) you need PS3. Neither 2 nor 2b can handle it.
  • GrayFoxGrayFox /dev/urandom Member
    edited June 2005
    As I said it will run :P
    http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=303484


    We just get a toned down version.
  • Mt_GoatMt_Goat Head Cheezy Knob Pflugerville (north of Austin) Icrontian
    edited June 2005
    GrayFox wrote:
    As I said it will run :P
    http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=303484


    We just get a toned down version.
    And HL2 and Far Cry play and look great on my rig no mater what! :cool:
  • TheSmJTheSmJ
    edited June 2005
    GrayFox wrote:
    As I said it will run :P
    http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=303484


    We just get a toned down version.


    Right. So if you want true HDR, you need SM3.
  • GrayFoxGrayFox /dev/urandom Member
    edited June 2005
    Its still hdr is just a older version of it.

    That demo uses ps2 and its hdr (the one linked to in a previous post.)


    Btw:
    version-2.0 of Pixel Shader represent real-time true HDR rendering
    http://www.daionet.gr.jp/~masa/rthdribl/index.html
  • RiversCuomoRiversCuomo Missouri New
    edited June 2005
    I went with the eVGA 6800gt due to it temporarily being reduced $14 in price on Newegg.
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