is this the stripped out 256bit 256 mb x800 card?

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...142-035&depa=1



I dont need TV out or any of that stuff

i only want to use this card for the monitor



do i need to get the SE or XL or GT model?



what do you get with those other models?



heres the system this will be for

is it over kill?

or a good idea



I usually buy the latest games and i want to make sure i dont et choppiness



p4 3.0e 800fsb prescott



ASUS P4P800se Main board



2x512 corsair dual channel 3200 memory

I would get the radeon x800XL as my top pci-e videocard for $300 or less. The radeon x800XL is the cheapest 16 pipe line card you can get and it will perform really nice in games. This card is better then the more expensive radeon x800 pro.



http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...164-041&depa=1

damnit i meant to post the AGP card that was stripped

I have AGP

hmm well that changes things since the radeon x800xl dont come in agp. acturally I having a hard time finding a regular radeon x800 agp online. The best options I could fine for under $300 is



geforce 6600GT $189

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...164-039&depa=1

geforce 6800 $244

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...130-202&depa=1



and if yo want to spend a little more then $300

geforce 6800GT $368

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...140-053&depa=1

or if that to much there a striped down 6800GT for $338

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...121-177&depa=1

when its stripped down what does it not get?

could mean many things less pipes, less core, less memory speed, less memory bit, less amount of memory.



In the case of the striped down geforce 6800GT I mention is the following stats.



Asus striped down geforce 6800 GT

core:350mhz

memory: ddr 128 MB

memory speed: 700mhz

memory bits: 256

pipes:16 .



Normle geforce 6800GT

core: 350 mhz

memory: ddr3 256 MB

memory speed 1000mhz

memory bits: 256

pipes:16



As you can see the major difference is the memory speed.

ok so when you compare these cards and consider i dont care about tv out or anything past going straight into my montior



then which is most attractive for heavy game use



1 Sapphire ATI Radeon X800 SE

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...102-431&depa=1



2 Apollo nVIDIA GeForce 6800GT

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...140-053&depa=1



3 Rosewill nVIDIA GeForce 6800GT

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...164-040&depa=1



4 AOpen nVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...135-154&depa=1



5 XFX nVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT this ones 4x/8x

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...150-069&depa=1



whats the 4x/8x difference?



6 XFX nVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT this ones 8x

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...150-073&depa=1



7 HIS Excalibur RADEON X800 PRO IceQ II Video Card

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...161-119&depa=1



the last one is a huge jump up to 399



i want to make sure i buy a video card that is sweet and will last me a long time before it craps out on the games i play



Why does everyone like the 6800 gt so much?

is the x800 a better set?



im trying to understand all of this



my MB is 4x/8x



does that mean anything to me when choosing a card?

can i go with just an 8x card?

or does it have to be a 4x/8x card?

The radeon x800 pro is a waste of money it wont perform as good as a geforce 6800GT and cost more.



4x/8x and 8x is the exact same thing just written differently



The main advantage of why the geforce 6800 GT is so popular is it a 16 pipe line video card. The x800 pro is only 12 pipelines I believe. You cant get a 16 pipeline card cheaper then the geforce 6800 GT (except x800XL but that only comes in pci-e). All the geforce 6800GT you listed above are pretty much the same. I believe all geforce 6800GT are about equal except for the one asus striped down one.



The geforce is a better card in this price range. Once it get close to the $500 and start talking about radeon x800XT and radeon x850XT and geforce 6800 ultra then there a debate over weather geforce or radeon is better.



If I was you I would go with the geforce 6800GT.

so any 6800gt



bascially just the cheapest one cause you dont get anything for the name



thanks for explaining this

#2 up there is the apollo at 368$ its a 256bit 256 meg card

that will kick ass right?



is there a cheaper 6800gt

?