Which Vid Card

airbornflghtairbornflght Houston, TX Icrontian
edited August 2005 in Hardware
Which would be the better video card, a 9800 pro AIW with 256 bit memory access and 128 mb of DDR memory (680 mem/380 gpu) or a 6800 GT with 128 bit access and 128 mb of GDDR3 memory but faster speeds (900 mem,500 gpu) is there any noticeable difference in the memory types. im just wondering if the 9800 would have better performance because it is 256 bit.

i also really like the aiw about the card but seeing as it is a pretty old card, i wanted to get the x700 but its only available in pci-e and im needing an AGP 4x/8x card. yet me know if there is a better performing card for $200 or less. i'm looking for a card right around $200


Thx

Comments

  • TheBaronTheBaron Austin, TX
    edited August 2005
    the 6800GT in a landslide, the X800XT AIW card is comparable in speed to the 6800GT
  • airbornflghtairbornflght Houston, TX Icrontian
    edited August 2005
    really, i was concerned about the 128 bit versus 256 bit access to the memory, not much difference? and I never really got the whole DDR GDDR2 GDDR3 memory thing, what the difference in them, just so ya know, i've been out of the vid card market for about 10 years, my current video card is an 8 mb trident "video accelerator" (riiggghht) made in '95 ;D
  • TheBaronTheBaron Austin, TX
    edited August 2005
    I still say 6600GT over 9800 Pro
  • jradminjradmin North Kackalaki
    edited August 2005
    Definately go with the 6800GT.
  • rykoryko new york
    edited August 2005
    do you have a link for us? i was under the impression that all 6800gts are 256bit. also 6800gts are not under your $200 price limit. they are around $300.

    are you talking about a 6600gt? they are 128mb, 128bit and around or less than $200.

    if so, the 6600gt is still going to be faster than the 9800pro, but the 9800pro has the AIW goodness. so really you need to decide if you will be mostly playing games (6600gt) or watching/recording tv (9800pro AIW).
  • airbornflghtairbornflght Houston, TX Icrontian
    edited August 2005
    stupid me....meant 6600 GT....heh heh heh....TYPO
  • airbornflghtairbornflght Houston, TX Icrontian
    edited August 2005
    i can get a tv tuner card, most likely a hapauge wintv-250 since it has the hardware encoding on it. i want a video card for a video card if it had a tv tuner tat would just be a bonus. but i want the video card to be very good and last me another 10 years ;D;D
  • jradminjradmin North Kackalaki
    edited August 2005
    Heh, well with the current state of games...no Vid card is going to carry you more then 5 years max. 6600GT is still the way to go IMHO.
  • Omega65Omega65 Philadelphia, Pa
    edited August 2005
    TechReport: GeForce 6600 GT AGP graphics card

    review has both the Radeon 9800 Pro and 6600GT PCIe & AGP Benchmarks

    Also be aware that the ATI X800GT video card (8pipes 256bit memory) will be released soon (if not already) and it's 10-15% faster than the 6600 GT. Price Range is expected to be $140-$160 for 128MB & 256MB versions

    ATI's X800GT to arrive next week
    HIS releases 500/1000 MHz X800GT
    HKEPC reviews the X800GT
  • airbornflghtairbornflght Houston, TX Icrontian
    edited August 2005
    errr.... ya got a broken link due to a typo( ;D ) unless there is a webpage named Geforce 6600 GT AGP graphics card.com, lol
  • Omega65Omega65 Philadelphia, Pa
    edited August 2005
    It was Psychic Link - I guess you Failed the Test :D
  • airbornflghtairbornflght Houston, TX Icrontian
    edited August 2005
    ??? im not in a psycic mood. i just got done with a 12 hour shift of work and then working on my grandparents farm all day yesterday...all im interested in is sleep and new stuff. :o. Nice edit there omega.
  • Omega65Omega65 Philadelphia, Pa
    edited August 2005
    airbornflght wrote:
    ??? im not in a psycic mood. i just got done with a 12 hour shift of work and then working on my grandparents farm all day yesterday...all im interested in is sleep and new stuff. :o. Nice edit there omega.
    That's why the "edit" button is there, to correct your mistakes and then say you were right all along ;D

    I was up 22hrs myself, I should still be asleep now.......
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