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Helinut

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 7:33 pm
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These 2 are within £20 of each other, so which is the best buy.
Gaming and video is the main use



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(Msg. 2) Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 7:33 pm
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Oh man. Consider yourself lucky you have decided to come here for advice on
this. Of course it all hinges on exactly how powerful the rest of your
system is. On a Pentium4 3.2ghz, the 6800GT (and it is called a 6800GT not
a 8600GT, and it's not a FX either, it's a Geforce6) is about two times
faster than an FX5900Ultra. That's right, TWICE as Fast. So the decision
is simple.

Check these benchmarks:
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20041004/index.html" target="_blank">http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20041004/index.html</a>


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(Msg. 3) Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 7:33 pm
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"Helinut" <helinut.DeleteThis@ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:<vY8kd.458$JA5.205@newsfe5-gui.ntli.net>...
 > These 2 are within £20 of each other, so which is the best buy.
 > Gaming and video is the main use
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Definitly go the 6800GT (i take it thats what your on about??
the 5900Ultra is no where near as good as the 6800GT..if you go out
buy a 5900U over a 6800GT nerds from arround the world with smite you
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2004 7:49 am
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Cool, cheers for the heads up.
only down side now is I have realised the price on the 6800GT was for the
PCI-E version, and the AGP version is substantially more money (Doh)
Maybe wait a bit till the 6600 AGP is available.

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 > "Helinut" <helinut.RemoveThis@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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  > > These 2 are within £20 of each other, so which is the best buy.
  > > Gaming and video is the main use
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 > Definitly go the 6800GT (i take it thats what your on about??
 > the 5900Ultra is no where near as good as the 6800GT..if you go out
 > buy a 5900U over a 6800GT nerds from arround the world with smite you
 > Razz


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(Msg. 5) Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2004 7:49 am
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On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 07:49:26 GMT, "Helinut" <helinut RemoveThis @ntlworld.com>
scribbled:

 >Cool, cheers for the heads up.
 >only down side now is I have realised the price on the 6800GT was for the
 >PCI-E version, and the AGP version is substantially more money (Doh)
 >Maybe wait a bit till the 6600 AGP is available.

You sure you weren't looking at the price of the PCI Express 6600GT?
Not the 6800GT?

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(Msg. 6) Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2004 9:30 am
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"Helinut" <helinut DeleteThis @ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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 > Cool, cheers for the heads up.
 > only down side now is I have realised the price on the 6800GT was for the
 > PCI-E version, and the AGP version is substantially more money (Doh)
 > Maybe wait a bit till the 6600 AGP is available.

I don't see the price gap situation changing anytime soon. Actually ever.

By the time 6600 AGP's are out, FX5900's will be even less desireable and
the price of those will surely continue to fall. You're always going to
have to pay more for 6600 and 6800 and rightly so!

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