Originally posted by: SickBeast
Originally posted by: Edge3D
I am curious about all the votes for the 800XT... with no one backing up with a post with a reason WHY they are going that way.
Also, anyone who buys the 6800 Ultra Extreme OR the 800XT would typically have owned the 9800XT or 5950 Ultra.. if they didnt, I honestly doubt their sincerity because those cards (XT and NVs extremely uber cards) are for those with money, that are willing to shell out the money.
If so many are willing to get such an expensive, extreme card then I would only believe it if they currently own a 9800 XT or 5950 Ultra.
Looks like brand votes, not logic votes.
Just trying to keep it real here and in perspective.
I voted for the 800XT, and I'm currently running a 9700PRO. I don't see how someone's current videocard should factor into anything, but whatever, you have the right to your opinion.
In retrospect I probably should have voted for the GT, but I didn't even know what it was until I read some of the posts about it on the forums here.
That said, money aside, the X800XT is the best card of the bunch whether you'd like to admit it or not (I would say "not" in your case as you obviously "prefer" nVidia). I don't mean to sound rude or anything, but it seems like you started this thread because you didn't like what Anand wrote in his conclusion so you decided to come up with something of your own. If you read some of the other hardware sites you will find that they also concluded that the X800XT was superior to nVidia's offerings. Tom's Hardware and HardOCP come to mind off the top of my head, and to me the 3 most read and probably the most respected hardware sites are Anandtech, Tom's Hardware, and HardOCP. So: the top 3 hardware sites all say that the X800XT wins, and then you have some junior member of the AT forums who likes to believe that it's the other way around. Sorry, maybe when you have a hardware website of your own with 1,000,000 hits per month and all the newest graphics cards in your hand I will grant you more credibility. At this point I'm going to listen to Anand, Kyle, and Tom.