Which is a faster card ? HD2900XT or 8800 GT ?

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#1 telefanatic
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Which is a faster card ? ATI HD 2900 XT (pro or whatever)or the new8800 GT or GTS ?
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#2 fivex84
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8800GT is way faster.
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#3 GamingMonkeyPC
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8800 GT is faster. Also, you shouldn't consider the HD2900 XT, instead you should be looking at the 3870.
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#4 glitchesofwar
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The real question imo is whether the 3870 is faster than the 8800 gt. Anyone have any opinions on this? I've had a look at a few charts and they seem quite similar in performance.

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#5 telefanatic
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8800 GT is faster. Also, you shouldn't consider the HD2900 XT, instead you should be looking at the 3870.GamingMonkeyPC

I was just wondering because top 10 computersin 3Dmark06 website has a HD2900 card in each setup ?

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#6 kodex1717
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They just happen to recieve the most 3Dmarks.
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#7 imayellowfellow
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i think the HD2900XT is faster cause it leaves alot more room for serious overclocking but i think that mite only be plausible in really high end overclocking rigs (elaborate watercooling for instance) thats why it holds the top places in the 3dmark 06 hall of fame.

but its also really big and requires a lot of juice to ru

if ur just thinking about running on a simple air cooled rig with maybe just an intake and an outtake fan u can probly just buy the 8800 GT

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#8 blackstar
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the 8800 GT is faster thabn the HD2900 and 3870.