Graphics Galaxy Glacier GeForce 6800 128MB DDR TV-Out/DVI (need your opinion)

Hello, im looking at buying a new gfx card and i came across this 6800 it costs £216.14 Including VAT which is quite cheap i think plus it has the same cooling as the HIS ICEQ radeon cards which is an added bonus, anyway i just want to know your thoughts?

here are a few links

(shop ill get it from its about half way down) http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/GeForce_6800.html

(Review 1) http://www.guru3d.com/article/Videocards/147

(Review 2) http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/gffx/nv40-5.html

Thank you for your time

MY PC:
AMD 2200XP
512MB Ram
110GB HDD
Geforce MX 420 64MB

 

It's going to be a HUGE leap over your 64bitDDR GF4MX420 which is slower than the old GF2TI. However the XP2200+ is going to hold the 6800 back a fair bit, but then even a 64_3800+ would be unlikely to let it stretch it legs fully. For almost half the price you may want to consider a Rad9800Pro, otherwise any 6800 should be a great buy, the cooling on this particular version should be both effective and very quiet.

If your mobo and RAM can handle a CPU upgrade you may want to invest in the 9800Pro and upgrade the CPU ... maybe even add more RAM too. If your mobo and RAM permit a £50-60 XP2500+ (desktop or mobile) should offer at least XP3200+ speed. What mobo and RAM are you packing?

 

for what ur payin go for it, there the same price as a rad9800XT and the performe better (where i am neway) not 2 mention u get a card that is more hardcore

 

Thank you for the replies, i know my system needs upgrading all round but i think i should do the GFX card first as the MX420 is crap lol i did have a look at the 9800 pro iceq which is around £150 so £50 more for the 6800 sounds good plus on the digital life review it says:

"NVIDIA GeForce 6800 versus ATI RADEON 9800 XT - from almost parity without AA+AF (it was all up to the system resources) to 41% performance gain in 6800"

thats for far cry which ive been wanting to play for ages what does the "from almost parity without AA+AF (it was all up to the system resources)" mean??

im looking at getting a AMD 3200 XP after the GFX and maybee some more ram but i seriously have no clue about ram and what is good or crap? so i need some advice when the time comes

oh and Austin, where did you see a 9800pro for £110?? theres one on overclockers but its an SE edition which is ment to be crap??? anyway im ramblin on now so ill shut up lol

thanks again for the replies

Lucy

 

3200+ is good if ur on a tight budget, if ur not get a athlon64, ram in the vacinity if corsair or OCZ ddr400 or 466 if u wanna over clock

 

"For almost half the price" being from Lowest for £125 delivered IIRC. The 9800SE are very much inferior, they're at best 9600XT speed. The gfx certainly would be the best thing to upgrade, you could always go for CPU+mobo when AMD64 drop more in price.

http://www.lowestonweb.com/Products/ProductList.asp?e=52E363C7-D0F7-4642-9DA2-0B185DE1E835

The 6800 is certainly decently faster than the 9800Pro but obviously as CPU speed decreases the diffs between cards gets less, so on XP2200+ it will be less pronounced. Still as you say when you look at 9800Pro+VGA Silencer or 9800Pro IceQ the 6800 seems worth that little bit extra. The 'almost parity' thing refers to the 6800 and 9800XT being about even until you enable AA+AF when the 6800 pulls well away. Over the whole benchmark suite you can see the 6800 comfortably has the lead.

 

thanks for clearing that up i think i will buy one of them because if i get a 9800pro i'd have to upgrade it sooner i think, plus seen as im going to upgrade other bits it seems worth it, anyway thanks for your views and comments