Which to use Radeon X800 or Nvidia 6800LE ?

I have built a PC for my son but cannot decide which of the two cards we
have knocking about to use. One is a Radeon X800 and the other is a Nvidia
6800LE, I can unlock some of the pipelines on the Nvidia card using
Rivatuner but am still not sure which is the better card ? ...He uses his
machine mainly for games, i don't want to get into a Radeon v's Nvidia
debate guys (3 other machines all with nvidia cards in) I'm just not sure of
the two mentioned cards will give him the best performance ?
Thanks, Paul

I have built a PC for my son but cannot decide which of the two cards we
have knocking about to use. One is a Radeon X800 and the other is a Nvidia
6800LE, I can unlock some of the pipelines on the Nvidia card using
Rivatuner but am still not sure which is the better card ? ...He uses his
machine mainly for games, i don't want to get into a Radeon v's Nvidia
debate guys (3 other machines all with nvidia cards in) I'm just not sure
of the two mentioned cards will give him the best performance ?
Thanks, Paul

The X800 seems to be the more powerful one.
Take a look: http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphics.html

"ShutEye" wrote in message ...
I have built a PC for my son but cannot decide which of the two cards we
have knocking about to use. One is a Radeon X800 and the other is a
Nvidia 6800LE, I can unlock some of the pipelines on the Nvidia card
using Rivatuner but am still not sure which is the better card ? ...He
uses his machine mainly for games, i don't want to get into a Radeon v's
Nvidia debate guys (3 other machines all with nvidia cards in) I'm just
not sure of the two mentioned cards will give him the best performance ?
Thanks, Paul

The X800 seems to be the more powerful one.
Take a look: http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphics.html

Thanks for that, the X800 is alot more powerful than I thought ! I've
obviously not had a great deal of experience with Radeon cards. Thanks
again.

The X800 seems to be the more powerful one.
Take a look: http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphics.html

Thanks for that, the X800 is alot more powerful than I thought ! I've
obviously not had a great deal of experience with Radeon cards. Thanks
again.

YW I've a 6800GT myself and would love to change that for a X800.

i dont know why you said that. i have two pc's of similar spec. one has a
6800 128MB and the other an ATI x850XT PE. I cant see a big difference
unlike some of these reviews say. the nvidia card has shader 3 support so
that may help things along.
choice is yours or try both and benchmark. stick with the fastest.

Rob

Well, the cards' performance are similar, but the Nvidia drivers are
generally more stable.

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DaveW

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"Paul Wadland" wrote in message
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I have built a PC for my son but cannot decide which of the two cards we
have knocking about to use. One is a Radeon X800 and the other is a Nvidia
6800LE, I can unlock some of the pipelines on the Nvidia card using
Rivatuner but am still not sure which is the better card ? ...He uses his
machine mainly for games, i don't want to get into a Radeon v's Nvidia
debate guys (3 other machines all with nvidia cards in) I'm just not sure
of the two mentioned cards will give him the best performance ?
Thanks, Paul

i dont know why you said that. i have two pc's of similar spec. one has a
6800 128MB and the other an ATI x850XT PE. I cant see a big difference
unlike some of these reviews say. the nvidia card has shader 3 support so
that may help things along.
choice is yours or try both and benchmark. stick with the fastest.

Mine's a 256Mbyte 6800GT and I don't own a X800 ... can only look at other
peoples tests