Will you buy a 6800 based on HardOCP's DOOM3 benchies?

Digi, stay out of this . No one knows how fast NV40/R420 will become out of date. This generation was a big leap - 2x the pipelines. Doubt we're due for such a big jump anytime soon hence my skepticism that NV50/R500 are going to be these magical chips that some people expect. They might be but we can only hope.

 

Actually, I'm pretty sure the Parhelia has been defying that quite well at least from the cost standpoint.

 

Thank you dig .

But i'm done talking to them.

I wish i lived in the world that they did when i could sell 2 year old equipment for out rages prices .

 

Damn, I never even thought about getting a Parhelia.....I gave mine away. Makes sense for those Ultra settings now.

 

Parhelia don't count, it was very weird.

 

I'm surprised that Kyle even mentions the Parhelia. He and the Parhelia aren't exactly buddies.

 

I bet I am one of the few people here that actually purchased one, so that should put me in a better position to gripe about it if I wanted to right?

Seriously, I game it away to a guy that wanted triple montitor support...and never played games. Couldn't have slept at night if he had been a gamer.

 

I'm really interested in how the 6800 nu and 6800 LE fair with D3. I'm less than enthusiastic about dropping 400 on a video card just for a series of games based upon a single engine. <editedlease refrain from trying to start flameswars here> (oh god I can feel the flames already)...

 

The BFGTech 6800 OC kicked more ass than Oprah Winfrey on crystal meth.

 

If you feel the flames then why did u post this ?

 

He's probably feeling chilly. And in response to your little quip above no where did my scenario depend on selling old hardware at outrageous prices.

 

Probably for the same reason DW has posted 1000s of times

 

The kids are driving him insane?

I don't know if I'm just pre-coffee or what, but I got this mental image in my head of Oprah on a rampage that is just KILLING me! (My wife watches too much Oprah. )

 

Yes those big 10 fps make a world of difference On a game capped at 60 FPS

I could see if the game wasn't capped for online play where Framerate means alot...this entire 'benchmark' smells for just that reason.

 

Were the X800's getting to 60fps in most situations? 10fps means a lot until you get to the 60fps ceiling.

 

At my native resolution they were of 1024 x 768 (X800s were CPU limited and getting 72 fps), and I'm sure ATIs excellent 2X FSAA will be useable on my 9700 clocked to 9800 levels.

Now benchmarks shows this game is very CPU limited, if you already have a strong DX9 card you would be better of getting a faster platform.

From [H]:

 

Yep, just checked the article and that's true. 1024x768 is fine on the x800's. I think somebody said that Doom looks good even at 640x480 so higher resolutions or AA may not have as much as impact as before. But we'll know soon enough

 

Mmmmm, a little birdy tells me a copy of a certain game may be in the post to me now...

 

I gotta go check some things!

 

Half Life 2!!!!!!!