WHICH IS BETTER ATI RADEON hd2600xt iceq OC 512mb ddr3 OR NVIDIA 8600 GT XXX 256mb ddr3??

I have looked at many reviews of this but when i look at the facts not opinion i see the ATI killing the NVIDIA???
Ati specs:
Specifications
GPU/VPU: RADEON HD 2600 XT

RAMDAC: Dual 400 MHz

Additional Features: Vista Ready
CrossFire Ready
HDTV Ready
OpenGL 2.0
DirectX 10

Video Memory: 512MB

Memory Type: GDDR3

Core Clock: 830 MHz

Memory Bus: 128-bit

Memory Clock: 1860 MHz

Stream Processors: 120

Interface Type: PCI Express

Interface Speed: 16x

Connector(s): Dual DVI (Dual Link)
HDTV/S-Video
HDMI (w/Dongle)

Multiple Monitors Support: Yes
nVidia specs:
Specifications
GPU/VPU: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

RAMDAC: Dual 400 MHz

Fill Rate per Second: 8.64 Billion pixels

Additional Features: RoHS Compliant
HDTV Ready
SLI Ready
OpenGL 2.0
DirectX 10

Maximum Resolution: 2560 x 1600 (Digital)

Video Memory: 256MB

Memory Type: GDDR3

Core Clock: 620 MHz

Memory Bus: 128-bit

Memory Clock: 1600 MHz

Shader Clock: 1190 MHz

Stream Processors: 32

Memory Bandwidth: 22.4GB/sec.

Interface Type: PCI Express

Interface Speed: 16x

Connector(s): Dual DVI (Dual Link)
HDTV/S-Video

Multiple Monitors Support: Yes

The ATI core clock is way higher? Along with the memory clock??
HOW IS THE NVIDIA BETTER??????
i really wanna know if i am missing something or what??
PLEASE HELP ME!
THANKS -eye pwn u all

 

Eye don't know if Eye pwn u, but this is in the wrong forum. Move to Gaming forum, s'il vous plait!

 

Here in the off-topic forum, this is off-topic.

 

ok thanks lol

 

You've got to understand that Nvidia GPU architecture and ATI GPU architecture are different. Mhz and stream processor counts are only a good indicator of performance compared to the same company's GPU units, not each other's.

Right now, the ATI seems to perform better based on 3DMark06 scores, but 3DMark06 doesn't tell you what ACTUAL FPS in a game will be, it is just a general indicator. Regardless, there are very few, if any, ATI 2600's out there right now, I haven't heard of a single person on this forum even owning one. We just won't know for sure until we see someone get one in their computer and actually run some in-game benchmarks.

 

if they perform like their desktop variants, than 8600GT outperforms the 2600xt

 

I would say ATi, just because of what they have always done. NVieda's 7400 is not as good as ATi's X1400. Etc. So, i say HD 2600XT