Evga 6800 vanilla - performance expectations?

[FrostScythe]

So, i was looking to save some money, and still game decent on my new rig. I needed a PCI-e card that would be at least some upgrade from my radeon 9700 pro, so i decided to order an EVGA 6800 vanilla. 12 pipelines, 256mb, 256bit memory interface, but less bandwidth than my radeon 9700 pro? I dont understand. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130263 - product link. i cant seem to find any reviews on it. I plan on overclocking it, but any insights into it? (i can still cancel the order).

[EvilTwo]

yeah, radeon has 620MHz memory clock. 6800 vanilla cards used to have 700MHz mem. clock.

[steven975]

the 256MB cards have double the ram but less speed.

19.2GB/s is still more than most mid-range cards out there so it is not slow. It's a big jump over your 9700PRO.

[FrostScythe]

anyone know how well these cards OC? I just wonder if its not worth it to shell out 40-80 more bucks and get an x800gto or 7600gt.

[scrandman]

7600GT should be a substantial improvement over the 6800 and the X800GTO, however it is only available in PCI-E (AFAIK), whereas your current card is likely to be AGP.

[FrostScythe]

PCI-E is fine, as its what im looking for - im migrating to a socket 939/PCI-E system so im trying to find a decent graphics card to hold me over until the DX10 cards come out and start to drop in price.

[ivan - soze]

..so if you are migrating to 939/pci-e, and waiting 4 dx10 hyped stuff, spend the extra few bucks for a 7*** card...enjoy dx9 for now...u can then always go SLI, which also is overhyped, but fun nonetheless.....good luck!!!!!

[_dangtx_]

decent improvement over 9700,but the 7600..mm..40 bucks more?..look up benches/reviews then decide