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GeneralWaddles1
09-03-2006, 23:10
Is it worth it to sell a 6800 to upgrade to any of these? They all
support 2560 x 1600 resolution and hdtv compatible.
xfx geforce 7900gt or gtx: probably best card out there
xfx geforce 7600GT: similar to above only not quite as good and less
expensive
http://www.xfxforce.com/web/viewFeature.jspa?featureId=187263
DABhand
10-03-2006, 02:40
Remember not all Monitors support that resolution, make sure yours does first lol
kosmiq
10-03-2006, 12:59
I think you should wait until some real tests gets done and some real comparions between this one and the X1900XT.
Luciel
15-03-2006, 02:34
If ur 6800 is agp ill buy it off u.
GeneralWaddles1
15-03-2006, 22:36
Thanks for the warning peeps
kosmiq
17-03-2006, 07:13
Well its released now and I would seriously consider the X1900XT over the 7900GT. Why? Because I haven't seen anything about 7900 series being able to handle HDR and AA (as the 7800 couldn't handle either, but the X1800/1900 can).
Luciel
17-03-2006, 08:05
7900 cant handle anti aliasing? how? my 5600 can :confused:
kosmiq
20-03-2006, 16:27
7900 cant handle anti aliasing? how? my 5600 can :confused:

No what I mean is... HDR and AA at the same time. Perhaps a little unclear there. Thats whats bad with the nvidia gfx's. No idea if 7900 series supports it though. The 7800 does not atleast.
Luciel
21-03-2006, 16:46
oh fair enough : D
Muji-FightR
23-03-2006, 11:36
No what I mean is... HDR and AA at the same time. Perhaps a little unclear there. Thats whats bad with the nvidia gfx's. No idea if 7900 series supports it though. The 7800 does not atleast.
Isnt this actually a problem caused by the drivers or bad software implementation of HDR and AA ?
IMHO this should never be a hardware problem, it should be fixable by 'improving' the drivers, in case this is possible :)
If NVidia is not able to handle such, well ... important stuff, they're not really professionals in what they do... :mad:
Well, I tend to use ATI whenever I can, they are slowly coming back to the quality and performance they had about 2 years ago when they 'reigned' the market, these days (unfortunately) NVidia does.
kosmiq
23-03-2006, 17:33
Well for the 7800 series it actually is a hardware limitation. However it is most likely due to the fact that HDR is very new and was only in development when 7800 was released.

As for ATi's cards it is about how the HDR rendering is implented. As for Oblivion ATi can not run HDR and AA at the same time due to HDR being implented the "wrong" way for ATi's cards.

It seems as if the 7900 series can handle HDR and AA in oblivion atleast.
1mage
25-03-2006, 20:38
the grudge match between 7900GTXSLI vs X1900XTXCF said Radeon support HDTV and AA with high res ...
http://www.gamespot.com/features/6145814/index.html
GeneralWaddles1
05-04-2006, 15:47
IM not as concerned with this issue as you guys seem to be. I want a good card that ruins things and on hgiher quality really. Thank sfor the advice
Grumpy
05-04-2006, 19:36
@GeneralWaddles1
I want a good card that ruins things and on hgiher quality
Somehow I think you meant 'runs' things on higher quality. :D