Is this card any good?

[me!!]

Just seen this at overclockers.co.uk. Wondered if its any good and if
its worth upgrading from my radeon 9800 pro.

The memory is 400mhz slower than the ultra variant, but leadtek cards
usually oerclock quite nicely.

Leadtek WinFast A400TDH GeForce 6800 128MB DDR TV-Out/DVI (AGP) -
Retail (GX-033-LT)
The groundbreaking new NVIDIA® GeForce™ 6800 graphics processing units
(GPUs) and their revolutionary technologies power worlds where reality
and fantasy meet; worlds in which new standards are set for visual
realism and quality, performance, and video functionality. The GeForce
6800 GPUs deliver powerful, elegant graphics to drench your senses,
immersing you in unparalleled worlds of visual effects for the
ultimate PC experience.

- 325MHz Core Engine Clock speed
- 128MB 700MHz high speed DDR memory
- Superscalar 12-Pipe GPU Architecture
- CineFX 3.0 Engine
- The Industry's First On-Chip Video Processor
- UltraShadow II Technology
- 64-Bit Texture Filtering and Blending
- Intellisample 3.0 Technology
- Unified Driver Architecture (UDA)
- nView Multi-Display Technology
- Digital Vibrance Control 3.0
- High-Speed DDR Memory Interface
- 256-Bit Memory Interface with Advanced Memory Control
- 128-Bit Studio-Precision Computation
- Full-Speed 32-Bit Color Precision
- Advanced Adaptive De-Interlacing
- Video Scaling and Filtering
- TV-Out
- Dual 400MHz RAMDACs
- 0.13 Micron Process Technology


Full Specification

Price: £185.00 (£217.38 Including VAT at 17.5%)

 

[Bob Knowlden]

I don't know about availability in the UK, but in the US the 6800GT cards
are more sought-after than the 6800. (The 6800 series isn't yet common, but
they won't be selling online above suggested retail price for long, I hope.)

The vanilla 6800 cards list for $300. For $400, the GT has 256 MB of RAM,
and the same 16 pipes as the 6800 Ultra ($500). The GT also uses a single
Molex connector to supply auxiliary power; the Ultra uses two connectors.

I don't recall the standard clocks, but the GT lies between the base and the
Ultra.

Whether any of these would be a worthwhile upgrade over a 9800 pro would
depend to some degree on the system you're putting the card in, and what
video resolution you wish.

For a comparison of a variety of cards, see:

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2113

The 9800 pro isn't listed, just the 9800XT. My own card, a 9700 pro, looks
feeble by the latest standards.

Have fun.

Bob Knowlden

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