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Video card for 200 bux or a little more
Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 10:22 am
by mph_Ragnarok
whats a good card i can get for 200 bux and its agp 8x ?
i see a x800 12 pipe card with 256mb for about 200, or a 6600gt 128mb for 200. or a 6800 vanilla 128mb for 200, which is the best?
Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 10:33 am
by tsoulier
I vote for the 6800
Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 10:35 am
by mph_Ragnarok
tsoulier wrote:I vote for the 6800
lol, and u have the 6600gt, u made a mistake ?
Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 10:39 am
by tsoulier
nope , the 6800 is a better card
Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 10:58 am
by PRIME1
Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 11:02 am
by mph_Ragnarok
nice.. theres the possibility it can unlock into 16 pipes also ?
hows that done ?
Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 11:08 am
by JustAnEngineer
Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 11:09 am
by Alex
Moved to System Builders Anonymous.
Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 3:38 pm
by Flying Fox
Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 3:53 pm
by magicstasis
Seeing as I've owned all three of those cards, I can tell you that the x800 pro is superior to both Nvidia solutions. At first I had the 6600gt, good performance, quiet MSI cooling solution but I upgraded to a 6800 unlockable for playable frames with high AA/AF. I bought a BFG 6800 and unlocked it via rivatuner and that was a great solution for a few months but then I saw an x800 pro refurbished direct from ATI for $185 shipped. The 6800 was fine but it was big for my SFF and ran hotter than the x800's. Also the x800 pro has better performance than any of the Nvidia's I've owned when playing high settings in new games: FEAR, BF2, etc. If you can spare some cash, I'd go for the x800xl but the pro is fine.
Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 4:05 pm
by Joeg_7
if you can spare $39 more you should get the Asus AX800Pro VIVO.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814121519
Unlock the extra 4 pipes and have x800xt pe for $239.
I got my Asus AX800Pro VIVO on 9/9 and its a x800xt pe now with no problem (16 pipes 520mhz core, 1120mhz memory). You don't even have to modify the hardware at all its a softmod.
Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 8:52 pm
by JustAnEngineer
Here's a good opportunity to get a Radeon X850XT masquerading as a Radeon X800GTO².
http://labs.anandtech.com/news.php?id=6
Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 9:56 pm
by paco
JustAnEngineer wrote:
gah prices are shooting up fast look at zipzoomfly it's $285 for it now
LInk
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 5:11 pm
by Joeg_7
JustAnEngineer wrote:
yes thats true but he needs an agp card. the gto2 only comes in pci-e. the x800pro vivo is only $10 more and unlockable so not to bad still.
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 6:51 pm
by JustAnEngineer
Joeg_7 wrote:he needs an agp card.
Oops!
I forgot about AGP.