Last Gen Cards

Mr Ham Cake · 06-November-05, 06:05 PM

Well i have gotten most of my shopping list down for my soon to be build computer. I have a amd skt 939 3200+, a mATX bio star geforce 6100, geil 2x512, and the x-qpack (red/copper) So all i have left to add to the wish list on newegg is the video card. I'm stuck between the 6800gt, x800xt, x800xl, x800gto2, and the x850xt. Now before I get some lame fanboy remarks, which i probably will, I want to have this rigged for about 2 years b4 i have to tame down the settings in games. My budget doesn't concern me bcuz I'll be waiting to find that once and a life time low price and just get it. I'm looking in to refurb and I'll bet by the time i get the video card, the prices will be very low cause by the next gen card (x1800xt/7800gtx) so not so much give me a link but tell me in lamest terms which one would be the best investment. The x850xt I've heard of reaching pirces as low as $250 at some places(zipzoomzfly) and the 6800gt is between $230-$300 refurb. I basicly want the best 16 pipeline card but the x850xt pe/x800xt pe would probably be out of my price range for a long time. AT first I wanted a x800gto2 but its frozen at 280 on the egg(roughly 260-280) so I figured there are better cards out there so hit me up with some advice. thanks a bunch.

Ator · 06-November-05, 06:16 PM

Take a look at the X850 Pro. Yeah, it's got 12 pipelines stock @ 520/540, but you can flash the BIOS to unlock the other 4 pipes! It uses an R480 core, so you are pretty much guaranteed to get the other pipelines to work no problem. You can get one on Newegg, last I checked, for $245. That's a damn sweet deal if you ask me.

Mr Ham Cake · 06-November-05, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Ator


	Take a look at the X850 Pro. Yeah, it's got 12 pipelines stock @ 520/540, but you can flash the BIOS to unlock the other 4 pipes! It uses an R480 core, so you are pretty much guaranteed to get the other pipelines to work no problem. You can get one on Newegg, last I checked, for $245. That's a damn sweet deal if you ask me.

I'm very sure you can do that with the agp version only, if you have a link or some kind of guide I'll look more into it but I have to go see Saw II in like 10 minutes.

Mr Ham Cake · 07-November-05, 06:16 PM

Well I looked into it some more and I did find the techpower up x800pro/x850pro vivo only forum, but i didn't find anything concering pci express but any other suggestions would be greatly appreictated.

PS. Saw wasn't that good, wasn't worth the $6.00 but I guess it's worth renting on DvD.

06-November-05, 06:05 PM	#1 (permalink)
Mr Ham Cake Apex Techie Wannabe Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 13	Last Gen Cards Well i have gotten most of my shopping list down for my soon to be build computer. I have a amd skt 939 3200+, a mATX bio star geforce 6100, geil 2x512, and the x-qpack (red/copper) So all i have left to add to the wish list on newegg is the video card. I'm stuck between the 6800gt, x800xt, x800xl, x800gto2, and the x850xt. Now before I get some lame fanboy remarks, which i probably will, I want to have this rigged for about 2 years b4 i have to tame down the settings in games. My budget doesn't concern me bcuz I'll be waiting to find that once and a life time low price and just get it. I'm looking in to refurb and I'll bet by the time i get the video card, the prices will be very low cause by the next gen card (x1800xt/7800gtx) so not so much give me a link but tell me in lamest terms which one would be the best investment. The x850xt I've heard of reaching pirces as low as $250 at some places(zipzoomzfly) and the 6800gt is between $230-$300 refurb. I basicly want the best 16 pipeline card but the x850xt pe/x800xt pe would probably be out of my price range for a long time. AT first I wanted a x800gto2 but its frozen at 280 on the egg(roughly 260-280) so I figured there are better cards out there so hit me up with some advice. thanks a bunch.

06-November-05, 06:16 PM	#2 (permalink)
Ator At-Whore Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The ends of the earth Posts: 2,057	Take a look at the X850 Pro. Yeah, it's got 12 pipelines stock @ 520/540, but you can flash the BIOS to unlock the other 4 pipes! It uses an R480 core, so you are pretty much guaranteed to get the other pipelines to work no problem. You can get one on Newegg, last I checked, for $245. That's a damn sweet deal if you ask me. __________________ AMD Opteron 146 CAB2E 0540 FPMW @ 3216Mhz 321.6x10 (max OC benchable, 300x10 daily)\| Radeon X1800XT @ 766/900 (stock cooler, 700/800 daily) \|SuperPI 1M: 26.109\| 3DMark05: 11454 \| 3DMark03: 21355 \| 3DMark01: 40456 \| Join Team Ator's F@H FORCE! Click HERE for info! NOW RECRUITING!

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07-November-05, 06:16 PM	#4 (permalink)
Mr Ham Cake Apex Techie Wannabe Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 13	Well I looked into it some more and I did find the techpower up x800pro/x850pro vivo only forum, but i didn't find anything concering pci express but any other suggestions would be greatly appreictated. PS. Saw wasn't that good, wasn't worth the $6.00 but I guess it's worth renting on DvD.