A good value - x800xt ?

Sharky Forums


Results 1 to 6 of 6

Thread: A good value - x800xt ?

  1. 08-09-2006, 02:54 PM #1
    Charger
    Charger is offline
    Goldfish Charger's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2002
    Posts
    93

    Question A good value - x800xt ?

    Hi. since the death of my radeon 9800 pro (not to long ago), I have been looking for a replacement or a newer agp video card. Since pci-e has has been out I have seen that these cards are of lower priced compared to its agp counterparts.
    Now i remember some time ago (say about 2 yrs) the ati all in wonders were priced very high (300 USD and up), but at mwave.com i am getting an x800xt all in wonder for 150 USD. I consider this a terrific value !. Is something wrong with this card in this present time ?. I know it does not support a shader version (HDR?)that the newer cards eg 6800's and higher do. But benchmarks etc show a solid performer in newer games eg fear, oblivion (even without that shader).
    I consider this an excellent value for agg users not as an upgrade but possibly for the same reason i had.
    Athlon Xp 2400+
    Asus A7n8x - X
    512 pc 3200
    Radeon 9800 pro 128mB
    Sb Live! 5.1
    Logitech Z 680's
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  2. 08-09-2006, 02:57 PM #2
    Chuck232
    Chuck232 is offline
    Mako Shark Chuck232's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2002
    Location
    WA
    Posts
    4,576
    Definitely. When I went with a S939 system, I was adamant about keeping my X800XT PE so I picked up an ASRock board that had both PCI-e and AGP slots. The X800XT is still quite a capable card. It definitely outperforms the 7600GT (for example) in games like Oblivion. Sure HDR would be nice to have, but to be honest, it's not really a deal breaker in most cases. A $150 X800XT AIW is definitely a great buy!
    • -|C2D E6600|-|ASUS P5W DH|-|OCZ 2x1GB PC2-6400 Platinum XTC|-|Scythe Infinity|-|Seagate 7200.10 320GB|-|eVGA 8800GT 512MB|-|BenQ DW1655|-|Antec P180B|-|OCZ GameXStream 600W|-|LG L204WT|-
    • -|Dell XPS M1330|-|Core 2 Duo T7100|-|2x1GB DDR2 RAM|-|Hitachi 120GB 5400RPM|-|NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS 128MB GDDR3|-|Intel 3945a/b/g|-|8X slot load DVD+-RW|-
    • Sharky Extreme 3DMark Team
    • site
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  3. 08-09-2006, 03:03 PM #3
    Un4given
    Un4given is offline
    Great White Shark Un4given's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2000
    Location
    Salt Lake City, UT United States
    Posts
    22,553
    It can still hold it's own. See my sig.
    Prince of the OC Crusaders

    Intel i7 3.2GHz @ 4.24GHz
    Cooler Master V8
    Asus P9X79 Pro
    16GB Patriot Viper Extreme DDR3-1600 (quad channel)
    HIS R9 290X @1050MHz
    Asus 20x DVD-RW DL DVD-RW
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  4. 08-09-2006, 03:47 PM #4
    mystery
    mystery is offline
    Reef Shark mystery's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2004
    Location
    Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Posts
    350
    Yep, a great card still.....
    Athlon 64 3200+ Venice @ 2.60 Ghz
    ASRock 939Dual-SATA2, OCWB1, 1.55V vcore mod
    BFG 7900 GS OC 24pp/8vp @ 650/1650, 1.5V vcore mod
    Aureal Vortex AU8810
    2GB DDR
    Maxtor 6Y160P0 160GB
    LG-4480B CDRW/DVD-ROM
    LG-4163B DVD+/-R/RW
    Fortron ATX-400PN
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  6. 08-09-2006, 06:57 PM #5
    Motoman
    Motoman is offline
    Mako Shark Motoman's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2000
    Location
    Wit yo momma.
    Posts
    4,325
    Quote Originally Posted by Un4given
    It can still hold it's own. See my sig.

    As can your sound card. Death to Creative! Bleah Bleah! <--vampire sounds...for some reason.
    REMEMBER THE WORLD TRADE CENTER!!!

    My WTC Memorial Website (and other stuff)     - I used to be a SETI top 0.2% user! - Modded Computers

    Main gaming rig: Athlon 64 3000+, ECS 755-A2, GeForce 6800 128Mb, Philips Acoustic Edge, 2Gb Corsair XMS PC3200, 120Gb Hard Drive, etc.

    Creative Labs = poop
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  7. 08-10-2006, 12:39 AM #6
    Thunderbird1GHz
    Thunderbird1GHz is offline
    My vision is improving! Thunderbird1GHz's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2003
    Location
    Next to my computer :)
    Posts
    9,006
    Good price. Make sure to upgrade your cpu, at the very least to a moble barton and overclock it to the moon
    3000+ Venice with a top overclock of 2.45GHz at 1.52v
    Retired from 3dmark! My top score shown.(with winny)
    9700(8 pipe softmod, 128m) at 410/325 23821
    Click here to view my other scores!
    Sharky Extreme 3dmark team
    How well does my rig perform in games? Performance figures with fps to come!
    *********************************
    My own message board to talk all about vision
    *********************************

    Originally posted by cookie
    Woah, Tbird is right..
    Originally posted by Spaceman Spiff
    This feels so weird to say, but.......I....I...agree(with tbird)...!
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  

Forum Rules