ATI 850 vs 800 ??

[imported_TheDragon]

850 = faster specs (about 20%??)
800 = more ram (800 has 512 vs 256 for 850)
both prices about the same
for PCIe system
which would be better to buy?
rest of system is comparable power

[DeathGiver]

850 more speed. Since there isnt a game out there that requires a 512mb video card its pointless and not worth buying. And a waste of money.

[imported_porsche]

I have the 6800 nvidia and I cannot be happier with it. I only have 1mb of ram too.

[Nathan0490]

I have the 6800 nvidia and I cannot be happier with it. I only have 1mb of ram too.

1mb of ram? what a noob, u cant have 1mb of ram LMFAO :laugh:

[Nathan0490]

850 = faster specs (about 20%??)
800 = more ram (800 has 512 vs 256 for 850)
both prices about the same
for PCIe system
which would be better to buy?
rest of system is comparable power

Go for the x800 XL 256 Pci Express, Sapphire makes a great version of it called the "Ultimate".

[Kronos]

Courtesy of Tom's Hardware: (http://graphics.tomshardware.com/gra...524/index.html)

Card Chip Memory DX Gen CPU Speed Mem Speed Buswidth Pipelines

Radeon X850 XT PE R480 256MB DX 9.0b 540 1180 256 bit 16
Radeon X850 XT R480 256MB DX 9.0b 520 1080 256 bit 16
Radeon X850 Pro R480 256MB DX 9.0b 507 1040 256 bit 12
Radeon X800 XT PE R423 256MB DX 9.0b 520 1120 256 bit 16
Radeon X800 XT R423 256MB DX 9.0b 500 1000 256 bit 16
Radeon X800 Pro R423 256MB DX 9.0b 475 900 256 bit 12
Radeon X800 XL R430 512MB DX 9.0b 400 1000 256 bit 16
Radeon X800 XL R430 256MB DX 9.0b 400 1000 256 bit 16
Radeon X800 R430 256MB DX 9.0b 390 700 256 bit 12

There is quite alot of variation there and these are only the PCI-e cards (not counting AGP)....make sure you do your homework thoroughly.

[imported_TheDragon]

already bought the 800XL from ATI for son's computer
$300 - works great
(was thinking a little better card for me - after all he is WAY better player than me)

[imported_TheDragon]

already studied Tom's guide
nut much help, except to show 850XT was about 20-25% faster than 800 ??
but thanks for suggestion

[OuTLaWzSm]

No offense but for the same price the 850 is a lot better because of the higher clock speeds. The extra 256MB of ram on the X800L is superflous.

Edit : NVM didn't realize you got it already.

[MachineGunDave]

Why are people actually voting for the x800? 512 on the card is a marketing gimmick.

[sra_slimshady]

ATI sux... go nvidia

[Eddy01741]

Either go X800XL 256mb and save a ton of money to buy something nice like a gig of ram. Or go for the X850XT, it's only 400 bucks on newegg.com. Platnium edition is just 20mhz higher clock speeds, so if you want that, then it will be much more expensive. DOn't go for the X800XL 512mb, it's way too expensive for the amount of performance boost over the X800XL, only 2-3 fps, and the X850XT owns it.

EDIT: When i say X800XL 512mb is not much better than the X800XL, i mean the regular X800XL (256mb), It's still a good card, just not really worth the amount you pay for it.

[imported_TheDragon]

thanks
will go 850

[ArmyOfOne*]

Ive got the x800xl perfectly fine in 256 I heard not much change with the extra memory. I would just get the x800xl, even though I misread and voted the 850.

[PLA-SN!P3R]

ATI sux... go nvidia

...right in an ATi forum. Nice. Just like a star trekkie going to a Star Wars convention and saying that George Lucas is a total a**wipe.