Head to Head: ATI Radeon X800 Pro vs. NVIDIA GeForce 6800GT
Priced at $400 our next head to head comparison is between the 12-pip Radeon X800 Pro and the 16-pipe GeForce 6800GT.
In our first demo, the 6800GT pulls ahead in all of the resolutions:
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ATI Radeon X800 Pro | NVIDIA GeForce 6800GT | Performance Advantage | |
| 1024 x 768 | 125.6 | 133.3 | 6.1% |
| 1280 x 1024 | 101 | 110.8 | 9.7% |
| 1600 x 1200 | 82.3 | 88 | 6.9% |
| 1024 x 768 - 4X AA | 106.8 | 113.2 | 6.0% |
| 1280 x 1024 - 4X AA | 75.4 | 77.1 | 2.3% |
| Winner | - | - | 6800GT |
Our second demo shows a much closer competition, with the X800 Pro pulling ahead in the highest resolution AA test:
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ATI Radeon X800 Pro | NVIDIA GeForce 6800GT | Performance Advantage | |
| 1024 x 768 | 133.1 | 131.3 | 1.4% |
| 1280 x 1024 | 124.8 | 123.8 | 0.8% |
| 1600 x 1200 | 110.7 | 109.1 | 1.5% |
| 1024 x 768 - 4X AA | 130.5 | 129.5 | 0.8% |
| 1280 x 1024 - 4X AA | 113.4 | 107.7 | 5.3% |
| Winner | - | - | X800 Pro |
The balance shifts over to NVIDIA once again, but the two perform very similarly here as well:
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ATI Radeon X800 Pro | NVIDIA GeForce 6800GT | Performance Advantage | |
| 1024 x 768 | 119 | 123.3 | 3.6% |
| 1280 x 1024 | 105.1 | 107.8 | 2.6% |
| 1600 x 1200 | 86.2 | 90.5 | 5.0% |
| 1024 x 768 - 4X AA | 111.4 | 112.2 | 0.7% |
| 1280 x 1024 - 4X AA | 84.5 | 86 | 1.8% |
| Winner | - | - | 6800GT |
The 6800GT takes it once again in our fourth demo:
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ATI Radeon X800 Pro | NVIDIA GeForce 6800GT | Performance Advantage | |
| 1024 x 768 | 135.7 | 147.4 | 8.6% |
| 1280 x 1024 | 106 | 112 | 5.7% |
| 1600 x 1200 | 80.8 | 83.2 | 3.0% |
| 1024 x 768 - 4X AA | 111.3 | 118 | 6.0% |
| 1280 x 1024 - 4X AA | 82.5 | 79.8 | 3.4% |
| Winner | - | - | 6800GT |
And in our final demo the X800 Pro comes away with the win.
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ATI Radeon X800 Pro | NVIDIA GeForce 6800GT | Performance Advantage | |
| 1024 x 768 | 88.1 | 84.6 | 4.1% |
| 1280 x 1024 | 84.6 | 84 | 0.7% |
| 1600 x 1200 | 79.2 | 77 | 2.9% |
| 1024 x 768 - 4X AA | 84.8 | 82.8 | 2.4% |
| 1280 x 1024 - 4X AA | 77.1 | 72.6 | 6.2% |
| Winner | - | - | X800 Pro |
Averaging all of the scores together tells us that the 6800GT and the X800 Pro basically perform identically to one another, regardless of resolution:
| Summary | |||
Average Performance Advantage (6800GT over X800 Pro) | |||
| 1024 x 768 | 2.6% | ||
| 1280 x 1024 | 3.3% | ||
| 1600 x 1200 | 2.1% | ||
| 1024 x 768 - 4X AA | 1.9% | ||
| 1280 x 1024 - 4X AA | -0.8% | ||
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