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whocarz · 01-07-2005, 12:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Lasereth

The article you linked is comparing the new X850 XT models, not the X800 XL. Of course the X850 XT can beat out the 6800 Ultra...it's supposed to.

On the second page, the X800 XL card that you're talking about is compared to the 6800 GT. They're pretty close, just like I said. I still remain correct, however -- the X800 XL is nothing compared to the 6800 Ultra. It's not supposed to be at $300.

-Lasereth

If you say so. I had formed my opinion based on the conclusion the reviewer made at the end of the article:

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If ever there was a sleeper in the GPU world, this would be it. On paper, the X800 XL didn't look very exciting, and getting the card in my hands didn't give me butterflies. But after testing it for a couple of days, it's impossible to not be impressed.

With a sticker price set at $299 according to ATI yesterday afternoon, the X800 XL is out performing the $399 6800 GT and in some cases is rivaling the performance of the 6800 Ultra card that costs $499. How can you not be excited about that? The NVIDIA 6600GT that is priced at $250 is going to have to be very careful where it leaves itself as the X800 XL will easily stomp on it, for only $50 more.

The question that remains though is the all important issue of availability. The 6600GT and 6800GT are for sale all over the place; if the X800 XL doesn't show up soon, then that leaves the window wide open for NVIDIA. If the X800 XL floods the channel soon, I think you'll either see the prices on the NVIDIA cards falling and/or an over supply of their cards in the market. Only time will tell, and hopefully in the matter of weeks.

I'm not sure who's word I should take, his or yours. He, however, gets extra points because we have the same first name.