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Originally Posted by tycho102
I have a 6800GT and a 850PE.
The 850 has noticably better image quality. The 850 with all the "performance" options turned on looks better than the 6800GT with all the "quality" options turned on. Unreal Tournament 2004, Silent Hunter 3, Pirates, Deus Ex 2, Neverwinter Nights.
The 6800GT is too smooth. It's hazy. The difference between the two cards is really noticable on UT2004. In fact, the 850 with all of it's options turned to quality is too "grainy" in most games. Some smoothness is desirable on UT2004 so that you can pick out an enemy on a cliff. My processor isn't fast enough to fully use the 850 on it's "quality" settings, but I still keep it set on "performance" just because it makes the game easier to play.
There are some HDR effects that stand out in Half-Life 2 (with the 6800GT, obviously), really obvious on the waterboat levels. On HL2, it's a real tossup between the cards becase the Nvidia one does things the ATI can't, but the ATI is more sharp and detailed.
meh. They're both playable and enjoyable. Truth be told I'd probably be using 850's, but my primary computer has an incompatibility with ATI cards, so I'm stuck with Nvidia. Nvidia has drivers for Linux which are readily available, but the ATI drivers requires you to run a busload of nuns off a cliff. It's absolutely horrible.
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Latest gen of ATI drivers for Linux were easy to install. Just typed emerge ATIdriver from Gentoo and all was good. ALso had to selct it as the primary driver, but you'd have to do that with NVidia too. Overall though, NVidia has had better Linux support with more driver revs, but ATI's latest rev is not all that old - WOw - they are releasing them monthly lately with another released on the 28th of July!
https://support.ati.com/ics/support/...e&folderID=300
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