well I was just responding to TrekBoyChris's post that I quoted. Had to set him straight.

I found when I was looking for a good comparison of the 6800 vs. the x800/50, should check it out. 6800 is out in 512MB format, still lovin it!!

I wonder if the 6800GS is the 6800GT? Think so

@TWR - Thanks but that's the spec for the 1800XL which is lower than the 1800XT - if you look at it spec wise the 1800XT is a bit better than the 7800GTX is.

The 1800XT is ATI's comparison to the 7800GTX
The 1800XL is ATI's comparison to the 7800GT

btw - i don't think they'll be any AGP versions of the 7800 series
and as i don't want to spend more than i have to then a PCI-E motherboard is out of the question

If you want a full on comparison of the new X1 series to the 7800 and 6800 series then head here: http://www.guru3d.com/article/Videocards/262/1/

Well my head is currently exploding about this card and the other...like I said, the only cards I have ever had (All two of them ) have been made by ATI.

I've never upgraded a card before. The only things i've ever had upgraded are the memory and RAM, and PC World did those for me. I'm not even sure how to open up my new PC!

I don't know what card my old computer had, but the card I currently have is an ATI Radeon 9250. According to the sticker on my computer, it's 256Mb, but according to my device manager I have two 156Mb cards. Either way, that's 256Mb of memory.

The newest game I have is Civ4, and the most graphically intensive game I have is probably Dungeon Siege 2. Both games work with the graphics settings on maximum, so i'm happy.

ok Matress there's something going on here because - you can't have 9250x2 graphics cards in the same system (no crossfire support) + ati never made 256mb models (afaik) and you shouldn't beable to run Civ4 at max with that

Maybe it's a really good fake

Civilization 4 "Recommended" System Requirements
System: 1.8GHz or equivalent
RAM: 512 MB
Video Memory: 128 MB

EDIT: Found that 256mb models were made - not sure why lol its an old card.

And there was me thinking my computer was just "special"...

look, I don't understand computer hardware, i'm more of a software person. If its broke, I scream at it, or that failing, I phone PC World for help.

I'm just telling you what my computer is telling me. In the device manager, under the display adaptors tab, it says:
Sapphire Radeon 9250 128MB
Sapphire Radeon 9250 128MB - Secondary

So am I right in assuming that means two cards?

if you are running tv-out, then its a 'virtual' second card for the tv display.

or you have 2 9250s

If you want to see how FEAR plays on top spec machines go here: http://guru3d.com/article/gamereviews/281/

For the Graphics Card test: http://guru3d.com/article/gamereviews/281/6/

The system they used

Athlon 64 FX-55
DFI Lanparty NF4 SLI-DR
2GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer
2 x XFX 6800 Ultras (SLI)
Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro
Logitech Z680 5.1 Surround Speakers