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flip218

flip218

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I've got a question ... I myself have always chose ATI.

I recently ordered a new laptop and right now have chosen the ATI Mobility Radeon X800 over the Nvidia GeForce 6800 Go.

I've been beating my head going back and forth wondering if I made the right choice. The few reviews I've read have given the X800 a slim lead over the 6800 Go (when overclocking) ... but I don't think I will ever over clock. I don't think I will be disappointed if I end up getting the ATI X800, but I like how Blue puts it "the best card at the time".

So which one is better and why? Both are 256MB w/ DDR3, 12pipelines. In this review they say the X800 comes stocked clocked core 400, memory 700 .... and the 6800 Go comes stocked clocked core 330, memory 1000.

http://notebookforums.com/showthread.php?t=62285

(Answer Praetor!!! ya miss know it all :) )
 
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I recently ordered a new laptop and right now have chosen the ATI Mobility Radeon X800 over the Nvidia GeForce 6800 Go.
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Probably a good call as ATi tends to be "more performance per ºC" and "more performance per watt". The good news is that due to the architecture, the ATi cards tend to be more OC friendly (longer pipeline and all) but the flipside of that is that they are less clock efficient. Of course Im sure both ATi and nVidia have considered this so I dont expect dangerous temperatures from such setups

the X800 comes stocked clocked core 400, memory 700 .... and the 6800 Go comes stocked clocked core 330, memory 1000.
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Almost universally, video limitations are due to restrictions imposed by memory bandwdith rather than core clocks so on the surface it would seem wiser to go with the nvidia route (gosh im surprised the X800Mobile's memory is clocked so low .... and that the 6800mobile's memory is clocked so high). Are you certain the 6800Mobile is clocked at 500MHZ? (as opposed to 350MHz and thus put it on par with the X800)

Again I don't think I'll ever overclock, but the X800 overclocked is 454/818 and the 6800 is 380/1440
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Also note that just because *they* got those clockspeeds doesnt mean you will :)
 
1. Get me a link for that Dell crap ..... i hate searching through stupidity :P
2. Id suspect it to be a 6800UltraGo but wouldnt put it past Dell for it not to be
 
Anandtech said:
The "new" GeForce Go 6800 Ultra graphics card is exactly the same as the original Go 6800, except that we are finally seeing it at the high clock speeds NVIDIA originally promised we would see
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So this would be a 12 pipe dealie ... dunno ... whats the price premium on this?
 
Praetor said:
So this would be a 12 pipe dealie ... dunno ... whats the price premium on this?
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dunno ... came with the laptop. I don't know how it would be if purchase retail. I think I read somewhere it's around $435 or so.
 
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