Video Card Values
Wednesday, November 17th, 2004I’m probably breaking all sorts of internet etiquette rules here, but I think people will find this information useful. I pilfered the FPS scores from this article at tomshardware.com. So go visit them for much more detailed breakdowns of how the data was created or additional specs.
So, I just wanted to know what’s the best bang for my $$$ in video cards with recent video games like FarCry and Doom3. So a quick excel spreadsheet later, here is what I have…
Farcry* Doom3** Farcry Doom3 Price FPS FPS $/FPS $/FPS Lower is better 6800 Base $275 60 55 $4.58 $5.00 $4.79 9800 Pro $163 40 25 $4.08 $6.52 $5.30 6800 GT $380 79 65 $4.81 $5.85 $5.33 9800 Base $140 35 21 $4.00 $6.67 $5.33 9600 Pro $100 22 12 $4.55 $8.33 $6.44 9600 Base $75 17 8.5 $4.41 $8.82 $6.62 X800 XT $480 92 59 $5.22 $8.14 $6.68 X800 Pro $385 71 42 $5.42 $9.17 $7.29 6800 Ultra $580 86 68 $6.74 $8.53 $7.64 9800 XT $407 45 27 $9.04 $15.07 $12.06
*Farcry VHQ No AA/AF 1024
**Doom3 HQ Demo1 4xAA/8xAF 1024×768
All cards 128MB
Also, there seem to be numerous reports of the 6800 Base (aka 6800NU (non-ultra)) being software unlockable to make it much faster. But, your milage may vary on finding a card that this works on.
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