Fascinating.

single 7800GTX 256

lol...7800GTX.

wait for teh 7900 ;p

Another vote for the single 7800GTX  256MB. 

yeah if you can wait for the 7900 series, won't be much performance difference but should be cheaper and the 7900GT should work out for you.

XPS600 3.2Ghz Pentium D Ext Edition with Dual Core

2 GB memory

3DMark06 with Dell's GeForce 6800 GTO Score 1888.000

SM2 Score 725.000

HDR/SM3 649.000

CPU 1722.000

3DMark Score 1888.000

GT1 – Return to Proxycon 5.654

GT2 – Firefly Forest 6.430

HDR/SM3.0 649.000

HDR1 – Canyon Flight 5.577

HDR2 – Deep Freeze 7.403

CPU Score 1722.000

CPU1 – Red Valley 0.572

CPU2 – Red Valley 0.829

with Dell's GeForce 7800 GTX 3DMark06 Score 4333.000 (3DMark05 scored 7252)

SM2 Score 1741.000

HDR/SM3 1714.000

CPU 1763.000

3DMark Score 4333.000

GT1 – Return to Proxycon 13.641

GT2 – Firefly Forest 15.383

HDR/SM3.0 1714.000

HDR1 – Canyon Flight 14.778

HDR2 – Deep Freeze 19.505

CPU Score 1763.000

CPU1 – Red Valley 0.585

CPU2 – Red Valley 0.850

Half Life 2 Lost Coast Video Stress Test as follows

6800 clocked 30.38fps

7800 clocked 56.87 fps

Screen 1920 x 1200

Widescreen 16 ; 10

Model Detail High

Texture Detail High

Shader Detail High

Water Detail Reflect All

Antialiasing 6x

Filting Mode Anistropic 16x

HDR Full

Bottom Line Both cards get the job done. But the 7800 is basicly twice as fast.

 

Message Edited by Locinvar on 03-10-2006 06:57 PM

Message Edited by Locinvar on 03-11-2006 12:50 AM