Need info to choose, AGP 6800GS or 7800 GS ?

[ChewieFL2003]

Monitor will be Dell 2005FPW (in transit)
Rest of system is :

Thermaltake Xaser .... (errr a large heavy dark thing with many many fans)
Gigabyte 7NNXP/Mobile XP @ 210*11.5 = 2.415Ghz
2*512 Corsair XMS XL 2-2-2-11 (1:1)
Sounblaster Audigy 2ZS Platinum Pro/Logitech Z-680
2 x WD Raptor 74GB
Antec TruePower 550

never could get the system stable much past 210. Can only give the Ram 2.8v :O(
Now, if I could confirm the DDR Booster would work...but that would be another thread

I am looking only at the EVGA CO models of the two, as they have the highest oob clockspeeds, and no ones come with games.... yet.

The 6800 model is roughly 230, and the 7800 model is 319.
7800 clock speed 460/1350 16 pipes
6800 clock speed 400/1100 12 pipes

How much faster is that 7800 percentage-wise. I am a little concerned about horsepower, I have become addicted to 1680x1050 on the lappy. Lappy is great for its time and the Go6800 in laptop, scores identically in 3dmarks with my nephews box (just put a normal 6800GSagp card in for him). Ounce for ounce, FPS was about 5-7% better on his tower. AFAIK the only difference between our graphics hardware, is mine is PCI X interface in the lappy, and his is AGP Card.

Placed in the tower specs above, would the 7800 handle upcoming games better than the 6800, to a degree worth the price diff ?

Thinking about things like UT 2007, Neverwinter Nights 2, Oblivion, Quake IV yeah I know its been out, Diablo 3 (no seriously, they are making it right now, secret developer center in my closet) .......

I do not have the $$$ for upgrade to S939/Opty/PCI Platform.

Thoughts ?

TY as always, Chewie

[My PC is loud]

7800 GS since it has SM 3.0 support and MUCH better HDR power. In the long run the 7800 will play newer and future games far better than the 6800. Horsepower wise its not THAT much better...it beats out an Ultra by about 9-16% in many games (not much a HUGE improvement) but then again for future games its gonna rock where that Ultra cant.

[ChewieFL2003]

Sounds good. I am leaning towards XFX. Only slightly slower 20Mhz on the core and 50 Mhz on the mem than EVGA. I figure I can turn it up myself if its an issue. I have never really sold my old stuff, just given it to family,.... it will be at least 6-8 months before I look at upgrading to s939/pci-x... I am saying XFX because of their Double Lifetime (twice registerable) Warranty, which I think would make it easier to sell when the time comes.

New monitor will be here tomorrow supposedly, according to UPS tracking. I am impressed with Dell on this one. Great price on the screen, and I ordered it Saturday night. Free shipping good. Tax bad.

Thanks for your opinion Anyone else ? I'm listening (and hoping someone comes out with a card w/free games. Free good.)

Chewie

[nin96932]

I just got a 6800GS myself and its good so far. Oc'd it and unlocked the extra-pipelines with no problems so far(a lot people I know were complaining of artifacts when they unlocked the extra pipelines).

[3dfxrain]

ah I see

i considered buying a 6800GS to replace one of the other cards here

not enough of a increase in performance for me to replace them yet

[Parn]

Got my BFG 7800GS today. The performance difference between 9700P and this one is very noticeable. I don't plan on overclocking(gave up since GF4 time) it even though I believe it may be able to reach at least the stock speed of XFX.

As I need some new photography equipments, I won't be able to get a high-end A64 system until Jul-Aug. Also I would like to wait until Socket M2 is fully released. Now with 7800GS I can finally enjoy Need for speed 9 and HL2 at high image quality setting before the major upgrade.