x800Pro or 6800?

[Sir. abjam77]

Alright, i am going to get a new video card and it's between a refurb x800Pro (ati) or an evga 6800 (vanilla). the x800 has Gddr3 memory, and 256 mb of it. It has the same number of piplines too. The only downside i can see to the x800 is that it doesn't support shader model 3.0. Note that this is an agp system, and so i probably will be buying a pci e system in a few years. How long will it be before i really need 3.0 support? I am probably going to be playing bf2 a lot, what settings do you think is can get with each (see specs in my sig). Thnx

[Berrern]

Re: x800Pro or 6800?

Well, I dug out the specs, and it looks like the x800Pro is the better card.

6800 - 22.4 GB/s, 325/700MHz
x800Pro - 28.8 GB/s, 475/900MHz

With this card I think you should be able to run everything on High, apart from maybe Textures and/or Geometry. Perhaps you'll be able to run some AA aswell, but it's hard to tell.

[UnrealAlex]

Re: x800Pro or 6800?

Omg I was just thinking the same question today o.o
x800 pro from the ATI clearance thing ?
I think we both would be better off getting a 6800 GT or x800 XL. That way we don't have to change to PCI-E too soon as the GT/XL will last longer.

I have the same setup as yo
3 GHZ HT,1 Gig ram, 9800 pro agp/

[Berrern]

Re: x800Pro or 6800?

Yeah, the x800XL is a very good card, and has a higher core speed than the 6800GT.

x800XL - 32.0 GB/s, 400/1000MHz.
6800GT - 32.0 GB/s, 350/1000MHz.

However, it's a pricy card.. Might be worth putting your money towards a PCI-e motherboard/CPU/gfx card instead!

[lcplsickoll]

Re: x800Pro or 6800?

The X800XL is a great card and will run on par with the 6800GT and edge it out slightly with AA and higher resolutions. The X800Pro is a better card than the vanilla 6800, but not as good as the 6800GT.
6800<X800Pro<6800GT<X800XL
Now many people have said that the Nvidia drivers are more stable, but I can say the ATI Catalyst 5.9 and 5.10's have fixed my CTD's and run great.

[wbcninjaofmist]

Re: x800Pro or 6800?

I have the x800 xl agp - Worth every penny . I play all settings maxed smooth as a silk. Check my posts and youll see some pics i posted in a couple threads of the media section.

[Noni]

Re: x800Pro or 6800?

X800 pro "VIVO" can be unlocked to 16 pipes. You got a link to your card?

[glasseye]

Re: x800Pro or 6800?

X800 pro "VIVO" can be unlocked to 16 pipes. You got a link to your card?

indeed. very easily and no soldering needed.

[Eddy01741]

Re: x800Pro or 6800?

Um, correction on clock speeds, the stock for ATi X800XL is 400/980mhz, so it's really close, but i'm just being a perfectionist. Now, i would say ATi drivers are stable and it usually edges better in AA than nvidia. But also, for reallly good performance cheap, get the X800GTO2 from Sapphire, it's almost guaratneed to unlock pipes and get from 400/980 to 520/1080. BUt i don't get how they overclock the core speed so much, how can an inferior card to the X800XL ovreclock all the way to 520mhz core, but mine can barely reach 450mhz? Unless they have different cores, but i'm pretty sure that the GTO series has the R430 core like the X800XL, as they have same clock speed etc.

[TheEn|gma]

Re: x800Pro or 6800?

Omg I was just thinking the same question today o.o
x800 pro from the ATI clearance thing ?
I think we both would be better off getting a 6800 GT or x800 XL. That way we don't have to change to PCI-E too soon as the GT/XL will last longer.

I have the same setup as yo
3 GHZ HT,1 Gig ram, 9800 pro agp/

Holy mother of God, Same question, Similar Specs :)

[Sir. abjam77]

Re: x800Pro or 6800?

Omg I was just thinking the same question today o.o
x800 pro from the ATI clearance thing ?
I think we both would be better off getting a 6800 GT or x800 XL. That way we don't have to change to PCI-E too soon as the GT/XL will last longer.

I have the same setup as yo
3 GHZ HT,1 Gig ram, 9800 pro agp/

Ya, it is the clearance thing! seems like a great deal. O damn, i just looked, and it think its gone . Anyways im really not looking for a really super fancy video card, just sumthing to play a little above med. for less than $200. I don't want to spend a lot cause im gonna get a pci e system, and put some money into that. If you guys have any other recommendations, feel free to tell me

I have the x800 xl agp - Worth every penny . I play all settings maxed smooth as a silk. Check my posts and youll see some pics i posted in a couple threads of the media section.

Wow nice screens, that's friggin amazing!

[BOBSONATOR025]

Re: x800Pro or 6800?

get the x800PRO VIVO and flash it to a x800XT

if you dont want to do that i highly reccomend the x800XL

[Sir. abjam77]

Re: x800Pro or 6800?

do u know of any cheap ones?

[UnrealAlex]

Re: x800Pro or 6800?

do u know of any cheap ones?

Yes we need cheap ones :p

Ati once had x800 XT PE for 200 dollars Clearance sale, AGP too. Im such a dumbass for not buying it. The moment I decided to buy it, they took it off.

[Sir. abjam77]

Re: x800Pro or 6800?

ya that sux, i guess ill wait a little and see if anything comes up on their site