"ATI Radeon X850 XT PE" vs "nVidia GeForce 7800GTX"

[mean14]

Assuming the following things are applied to this versus situation:
- Test PC for both cards: 3.8GHz P4 w/ 800MHz FSB and 2GB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM (2 DIMMs)
- price is irrelevant and these are the only choices
- no SLI configuration (ie no dual cards; we're talkin 1 on 1 here)
- no overclocking
- no other tweaks/fixes/etc

So basically, out-of-the-box performance for each card.

Which performs better? I haven't been able to find any comparisons of these two cards head-to-head on the internet.

Anyone have any direct experience/testing with both with the above GPUs??

Thanks in advance people!!

 

[Modoman]

7800gtx is the best card on the market right now, you can compare stats and see that. radeon wont have an answer to nvidias new chip until this coming summer i believe.

heres a tidbit of info..
http://www.rage3d.com/board/showthread.php?t=33820141

 

[Geoff]

ya, the 7800GTX is the newest and is the best car out there (ATI and nVidia), who knows what ATI's gonna come up with next though, but for now the 7800 is the best.

 

[XHotxEx791]

R520 should smoke nvidia.

 

[mgoldb2]

The 7800 is definally the better card out of those two. A lot of bench marks are in this article on the 7800 which includes x850PE in all the bench marks.

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2451&p=8

You will see alot of times we talking as much as 20+ FPS lead.

 

[alanuofm]

even the 6800 ultra compares to the x850xt pe. on average the 7800 gtx beats the x850xt pe but there are some games where its the reverse.

 

[mgoldb2]

on average the 7800 gtx beats the x850xt pe but there are some games where its the reverse.

What game does the x850XT win in?

 

[Praetor]

So basically, out-of-the-box performance for each card.

In that case ... which boxes are we talking about? (i.e., what manufacturer?(

R520 should smoke nvidia

Except it never will. R520 is a product. nVidia is a company.

even the 6800 ultra compares to the x850xt pe

Yes but i could also compare a GF2MX to a 6800Ultra .....