LeeJend said:I have avoided Nvidia for 3 upgrade cycles (4 years) because of early card death and their being power pigs with the GE4 and GE5 series (GE6 are power pigs also).
BUT having just bought an ATI X800XL AIW I am disappointed with the product.
-The performance is supposed ot be comparable to a 6800GT but I do not feel it is in real world games.
-ATI is overpriced compared to the equivalent Nvidia products.
-The AIW has so many driver compatibility problems it is pathetic (unfortunately I did the research after I bought).
KNowing what I learned in the last 6 weeks, if it were my cash I would buy the 7800GT.
Mastershakes said:You know LeeJend, I did read something yesterday on this....
All the AIW are clocked down, or they appear to be. The non-AIWs, and especially non ATI branded (ie Sapphires and such) are much more stable, and ready to OC.
On the drivers, best to go with the omega version. I've gone back and forth, and benchmarked - and his drivers give me about 10% performance increase on MOST benches. Not all.
and yeah, that 7800GT looks red hot. It's specs are way beyond what ATI can offer right now.... cept perhaps the X1800