IS the nVidia 6 Series dead? - Page 2

The Bigman · 04-09-06, 01:41 PM

It goes to show you how little a company like Nvidia Or ATI cares about past generation cards. I have 2 7800GTX's in SLI and they run sweet. Im crayolas are buffed here folks.

NrG · 04-10-06, 04:03 AM

Thanks guys. Yeah look still not sure. Which card is the msot future safe?

Superfly · 04-10-06, 04:23 AM

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Originally Posted by jeffmd

hmm, the 7x series has a few new features, and a little more optimisation, but no where near enough to put the 7600 ontop of a 6800 ultra. That said, where are you going to find a 6800 ultra that isnt overpriced? Most people are getting 6800GSs cause of both price and availability, and if they wanted the 6800 ultra, they generaly baught a 7800gs cause street price and availability was lower. ^^

You are so wrong about the 7600GT not trumping a 68 Ultra - you really should check your reviews and benchmarks before making such a daft assumption.

Superfly · 04-10-06, 04:27 AM

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Originally Posted by agentkay

When lots of a AA/AF come into play, yes. The 7600GT has only 12pixelpipes and 5 vertex units (vs. 16/6) but not only it has the improved 7 series pipelines which perform better, especially with shader heavy games and HDR, but it has also higher clocks. The XXX edition is clocked at 590/1600.

OK to finally put this matter to bed could someone with a 6800GT or ultra pls post there absolute best benchmark scores @ ANY resolution or AA settings in ANY game or test suite so that I can show you how wrong the assumption is that a 7600GT cant beat a 6800Ulta.

im even willing to run my card at stock verus the NV40 card @ its best overclock.

any volunteers???

agentkay · 04-10-06, 05:50 AM

Superfly, yes I was only assuming because I thought the different memory buses (128bit vs 256bit) do matter at high AF/AA but if you say the 7600GT doesn´t suffer a huge performance hit with high AF/AA, then I trust you man!

I know you don´t BS around or are bias.

What games do you have installed right now? If you have time and want to run a benchmark in a GPU limited one, maybe at 1280x960 (or 1280x1024), with no AA/AF, then with 8AF/2AA and finally with 16AF/4AA. TIA!

Darkfalz · 04-10-06, 05:55 AM

In NVIDIA's eyes, probably it is. A card is dead when a company stop supporting it properly. Judging from how the last few drivers (84.xx) work on my card, it seems NVIDIA no longer cares about the 6 series. Much how FX support became slower and more glitchy when the 6x00 series came out, it's the same deal now that the 7x00 series is here.

Superfly · 04-10-06, 05:56 AM

Hi mate - I've got Obvilion, FEAR, Q4, CSS, & NFSMW installed right now.

The X3 demo is good for Hi res/AA benching also.

TBH for a fair comparison I need someone with a 3500+ and a 68GT or Ultra.

Burnt_Ram · 04-10-06, 09:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Superfly

OK to finally put this matter to bed could someone with a 6800GT or ultra pls post there absolute best benchmark scores @ ANY resolution or AA settings in ANY game or test suite so that I can show you how wrong the assumption is that a 7600GT cant beat a 6800Ulta.

im even willing to run my card at stock verus the NV40 card @ its best overclock.

any volunteers???

5500 points, 3dmark03 Gainward Golden Sample 6800GT @ Ultra

agentkay · 04-10-06, 09:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Burnt_Ram

5500 points, 3dmark03 Gainward Golden Sample 6800GT @ Ultra

I hope thats 3dmark05.

Superfly · 04-10-06, 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Burnt_Ram

5500 points, 3dmark03 Gainward Golden Sample 6800GT @ Ultra

thanks - game benchmarks would be much better if possible but this is a good start

6650 points in 3D mark 05.

Burnt_Ram · 04-10-06, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Superfly

thanks - game benchmarks would be much better if possible but this is a good start

6650 points in 3D mark 05.

your 05 score beats mine by around 2000 points if i remeber correctly ....what does your card get in "03" ?

EDIT: i screwed up ! (dissregard above posts)

3dmark03 12,500
3dmark05 5500

your 05 score bests mine by quite a bit ! but "i" knew the 7600GT was faster

right up there with the 7800GS alot of the time ...

Superfly · 04-10-06, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Burnt_Ram

your 05 score beats mine by around 2000 points if i remeber correctly ....what does your card get in "03" ?

I have no idea - have'nt run 03 with this card, I will do tonight though.

also - you have a 78GT?? - are you refering to your old card - I hope so otherwise your 78GT is running rather slow!!

04-09-06, 01:41 PM	#13
The Bigman Power User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Chicago IL Posts: 465	Re: IS the nVidia 6 Series dead? It goes to show you how little a company like Nvidia Or ATI cares about past generation cards. I have 2 7800GTX's in SLI and they run sweet. Im crayolas are buffed here folks.

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04-10-06, 05:50 AM	#17
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