GeForce 7900GS or ATI X1800 Witch One Do you Prefer?

If you had a choice between the GeForce 7900GS or the ATI X1800 witch video card would you choose?

 

7900gs....

 

Even if it comes in a system with a Turion 64 Single core?

 

Yuppers...

 

which ever takes less space.

 

To me ATI's quality has dropped in recent years. I have a Radeon 7500 in my pc, and a year ago I stopped using it because the video card couldn't handle the new games like FEAR and Battlefield.

It lasted a good 4 years, and I can still play new games, but at low quality (except for the crazy graphic ones).

Now I think that ATI is just having trouble competing with nVidia. Last generation of cards they smoked them, and this generation its a tighter race, but nVidia still wins.

 

well now that ATI is part of AMD, I wouldnt be surprise if their parts become more accessible, especially their high end cards. Dell anounced that their AMD Laptops will carry ATI video cards.

 

im pretty sure the 7900gs is faster then the x1800. i think it was 20 pipelines vs 16, but i may be wrong

my vote of course goes to nvidia, i love my beastly card

 

The ATI card can do HDR+AA at the same time which the Nvidia card can't.

 

Ati X1800.

 

You know, thats the ONLY complaint I've ever had about thsi card. Never seen the x1800 but if its only got 16 pixel pipelines comared to 20 I will stick with the 7900gs. I am curious about how much heat the x1800 puts out and energy it consumes, its going to have a hard time competing with the 7900gs in that aspect, i know that.

 

comparing both cards on the basis of pipelines alone its not enough. They are both different architectures altogether.

 

As I stated before, I have no expeperience with the X1800. All I did was take what knowledge I DID have and used that to form my opinion. I'm sure just like almost every other ATI card (when compared to a comparable Nvidia card), it may be a tad behind when it comes to cranking out the frame per second but almost always ahead when it comes to supporting cutting endge technologies. Again, all ideas formulated from what I do know (mostly from past experiences).

 

7900 by far, Way faster in 3dmark05 and 06 especially when you overclock it. It can be overclocked up to 9000+ in 3dmark05 and 5000+ in 3dmark06. The x1800 doesnt get close to that.

 

the 7900gs can be overclocked like crazy, you can get 3d mark 05 scores like the 7900gtx.

 

nVidia 7900GS

 

nVidia 7900GS:

Pros: Much faster then X1800
Much cooler then the X1800, it uses 20 Watt!
Can be overclocked to a 7900GTX

Cons: You cannot play Oblivion and games that support HDR with AA. Only X1k series support that.

Charlie

 

ok first off comparing cards due to 3dmark alone doesnt help. Just like the comparison of JUST pipelines when both card work on different software and have completly different architecture. For instance I have a firend who had the same card as mine and he 3dmark05 150 marks higher then me yet I could play BF2 and he couldnt. SO that alone wont warrnt a valid comparison.

Personally Im an ATI guy and for the same money Id go ATI. Plus both cards can play anything out now at max and every game that comes down the pipe for a little while. So Ill go with my tried and true ATI (not that I would deny a 7900gs lappy), that and Im very biased due to a huge failure of nvidia workstation cards at work I went through 2 years ago.

 

I've got the opposite bias, liquidxit2 NVIDIA cards have been the workhorses for me. Better drivers, better hardware (except their FX series... ugh...). Even if it's not as fast as the ATI's, I can run Linux, and the drivers don't do funky things with OpenGL. Took the company I worked at before this one years to get ATI to fix major bugs in their drivers. They finally had to send a press release out to get the bugs fixed. To ATI's credit, they finally did so, but only under extreme duress.
I'm sticking with NVIDIA

 

dont get me wrong Im not completly biased....just that when 12 PCs have to get new video cards after causing horrible issues; which in turn has end users complaining to me like crazy. It sort of leaves a bad taste in your mouth about the product. If I were to buy a new lappy or build another desktop I wouldnt overlook nvidia and go straight for the ati offereings. But if I had the choice between two similiar products for the exact same price I would go ATI.

 

Nvidia's higher end cards have always been a "little" ahead of their ATI equivelants.. The 7600 has outperformed the x1600 in pretty much all "gaming" tests carried out.. Forget the benchmarks as gaming test are what you want to test these beasts at to see how they match up. The same goes for the X1800 vs 7800/7900. However it is amazing that ATI's lower end cards are a little better than Nvidias equivelant cards. X1300/X1400 are substantially better than the Geforce 7300/7400.. ALso, there has been more compatability issues with ATI cards on different games over the years and overall Nvidia cards seem to suit most games better..

 

7900GS, I have never had nothing but trouble with ATI cards.

 

Would someone explain to me how the 7900GS cannot support HDR and AA at the same time? for example, I wont be able to play Half-life 2: Episode 1 with HDR turned on and AA?

Also, is it the same thing when it comes to the 6800 ultra?

 

exactly, it usually turns AA off if you try to have both on. Same goes for the 6800 ultra. However, Nvidia cards can support HDR+AA in theory, at least i think they can. there is an awsome screensaver called geoforms you can get here: http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_geoforms_home.html its only 17.5 MB, and is really cool, kinda like a lava lamp of the 21st century. you need an nvidia card, any 6 serise or abouve can run it, regardless of what the site says. This demo allows for HDR+AA on an nvidia card, so it may be a matter of time before its possible with games.

 

7900gs is a little faster...plus you can do some minor overclocking to boost that lead.

 

You know, this sort of confuses me...Oblivion refuses to let me run AA and hdr at the same time (because nvidia theoretically doesnt support both at the same time). However, I can have AA and HDR turned on while playing Half Life 2 Episode One. Hmmm, maybe they just need to design games to support it? Strange, no?