X800's really "all that"?

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Are the new X800's really all their cracked up to be? If I moved from a
9600XT, would I be overly impressed for my money?

Thanks,
Bill Crocker
 
Only if you are willing to mod the x800p vivo to 16pipes (which is easy). A
unmodded 12pipe card wouldn't be worth buying. The x800 series is still way
overpriced however. These cards at $350 would fly off the shelves, but at
$450 they are silly.

rms
 
Bill Crocker said:
Are the new X800's really all their cracked up to be? If I moved from a
9600XT, would I be overly impressed for my money?
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You would have a boner for a week


;¬D

Get one, just make sure its an XTPE

Sean
 
Bill Crocker said:
Are the new X800's really all their cracked up to be? If I moved from a
9600XT, would I be overly impressed for my money?

Thanks,
Bill Crocker
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X800's are outdated pieces of crap. Get a 6800 GT.
 
Bill Crocker said:
Are the new X800's really all their cracked up to be? If I moved from a
9600XT, would I be overly impressed for my money?
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I think so. I went from a GeForce MX440 to a 9600XT to an X800. The most
noticeable improvement in quality was from the 9600XT to the X800.
 
my guess would be they are a year away from making stable drivers and
correcting issues......so no.

jay cee
 
Andrew said:
So long as all you plan on playing is Doom 3.
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Or any game based on the engine ( tons coming ). Or any OpenGL game. Or any
PS 3.0 game. Moron. The 6800 won ths round, hands down. Plus, you can
actualyl BUY ONE!
 
Les said:
Explain how my mate owns one, if they are "vapourware"?
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The 100 cards ATI made don't make it "available". The card was "launched" in
May, and STILL is not stocked ANYWHERE at retail. That == vaporware.
 
Or any game based on the engine ( tons coming ). Or any OpenGL game. Or any
PS 3.0 game. Moron. The 6800 won ths round, hands down. Plus, you can
actualyl BUY ONE!
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Just make sure you ignore and HL2 benchmarks, an engine that is
genuinely attractive to developers.
 
Andrew said:
Just make sure you ignore and HL2 benchmarks, an engine that is
genuinely attractive to developers.
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You mean where the 6800 is fast as hell already? ATI is faster in HL2, but
not perceptible. On the inverse, ATI NOTICEABLEY sucks ass in D3 and any OGL
game.
 
ec said:
You mean where the 6800 is fast as hell already? ATI is faster in HL2, but
not perceptible. On the inverse, ATI NOTICEABLEY sucks ass in D3 and any
OGL game.
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Relax junior, you'll live longer.
 
X800's are outdated pieces of crap. Get a 6800 GT.
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That's funny, I see that 6800 gt getting beat in almost EVERY
comparison, oh, unless you turn of af and aa. Go away Fanboy, this is
an ATI group
 
You mean where the 6800 is fast as hell already? ATI is faster in HL2, but
not perceptible. On the inverse, ATI NOTICEABLEY sucks ass in D3 and any OGL
game.
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Please don't talk complete shit about things you know **** all about it
really makes you look like an arsehole.

Doom3 runs perfectly @1280x1024 2xFSAA,8Ansi on my x800xtpe , but obviously
I must be imagining it because you seem to know better. Get a life
 
pRot3us said:
Please don't talk complete shit about things you know **** all about it
really makes you look like an arsehole.

Doom3 runs perfectly @1280x1024 2xFSAA,8Ansi on my x800xtpe , but
obviously
I must be imagining it because you seem to know better. Get a life
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1280? LOL. I run 16x12x4AAx8AF.
 
pRot3us said:
Please don't talk complete shit about things you know **** all about it
really makes you look like an arsehole.
Agreed.

Doom3 runs perfectly @1280x1024 2xFSAA,8Ansi on my x800xtpe , but obviously
I must be imagining it because you seem to know better. Get a life
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Runs pretty damn well at those settings on my X800Pro too. Yep, the
engine's definitely shit, the game's definitely shit and ATI cards are
definitely shit.

Go buy S3 everyone!!
 
ec said:
Or any game based on the engine ( tons coming ). Or any OpenGL game.
Or any PS 3.0 game. Moron. The 6800 won ths round, hands down. Plus,
you can actualyl BUY ONE!
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Gee. So all those benchmarks on the net are wrong, at least if I'd believe
you.

The X800 is a very good card, there's absolutely nothing wrong with it. It's
very fast and has excellent image quality. Pixel Shader 3.0, that's just
nVidia nonsense. Pixel Shader 2.0b can do almost exactly the same! No real
need for PS3.0.... further more, ATi's OpenGL performance really isn't as
bad as you'd make us believe. Doom3 runs really well on my X800 Pro...
besides, ATi is in the process of completely rewriting their OpenGL drivers
so a performance boost is just around the corner.

Besides, nVidia optimised for Doom3. That's nice, but don't forget there
will be many, many games based on the Half-Life 2 engine, an engine which is
optimised for ATi-cards.

=- Brian Dickens, the Netherlands
 
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