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x850 256M XT Platinum PCI-E vs x1600 Pro 512M
Loooking for new card and both of these are in my price range depending on
the deals/sales I hit. I'm looking for input on what the best card would be for general use and gaming (current games). DaDD |
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x850 256M XT Platinum PCI-E vs x1600 Pro 512M
This is the great question of the day. Go with a card that will play
todays games faster (X850 XT) or one the will support the pixel shaders of tommorow with some performance hit (x1600 Pro). Chip Core Clock Memory Clock Memory Interface Memory Transfer Rate Pixelsperclock DX Radeon X850 PE 540 MHz 1.18 GHz 256-bit 37.76 GB/s 16 9.0 Radeon X1600 Pro 500 MHz 780 MHz 128-bit 12.48 GB/s 12 9.0c My advice is buy whichever is cheaper, I would replace either in about two years. Or increase your budget and get the X1900XTX and get an extra year or two of life out of one purchase. |
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x850 256M XT Platinum PCI-E vs x1600 Pro 512M
Two identical X1600 cards can be run in Crossfire mode if your motherboard
is capable. Something to keep mind a year or two down the road. -- "War is the continuation of politics by other means. It can therefore be said that politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed." "DaDD" wrote in message ... Loooking for new card and both of these are in my price range depending on the deals/sales I hit. I'm looking for input on what the best card would be for general use and gaming (current games). DaDD |
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x850 256M XT Platinum PCI-E vs x1600 Pro 512M
On 29 Apr 2006 18:48:43 -0700, "ADR" wrote:
This is the great question of the day. Go with a card that will play todays games faster (X850 XT) or one the will support the pixel shaders of tommorow with some performance hit (x1600 Pro). Chip Core Clock Memory Clock Memory Interface Memory Transfer Rate Pixelsperclock DX Radeon X850 PE 540 MHz 1.18 GHz 256-bit 37.76 GB/s 16 9.0 Radeon X1600 Pro 500 MHz 780 MHz 128-bit 12.48 GB/s 12 9.0c My advice is buy whichever is cheaper, I would replace either in about two years. Or increase your budget and get the X1900XTX and get an extra year or two of life out of one purchase. There's only about $30 difference at the moment. x850 on sale for $329CAN. I'm leaning towards that one. Heard they are fairly noisy with the stock fan. I currently have a x800 128M low end 8 pipeline card which is very quiet. Fan noise would be an issue for me if that's the case. Are they that noisy? x1900 over my budget and likely my 460W power supply. DaDD |
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x850 256M XT Platinum PCI-E vs x1600 Pro 512M
"DaDD" wrote in message ... On 29 Apr 2006 18:48:43 -0700, "ADR" wrote: This is the great question of the day. Go with a card that will play todays games faster (X850 XT) or one the will support the pixel shaders of tommorow with some performance hit (x1600 Pro). Chip Core Clock Memory Clock Memory Interface Memory Transfer Rate Pixelsperclock DX Radeon X850 PE 540 MHz 1.18 GHz 256-bit 37.76 GB/s 16 9.0 Radeon X1600 Pro 500 MHz 780 MHz 128-bit 12.48 GB/s 12 9.0c My advice is buy whichever is cheaper, I would replace either in about two years. Or increase your budget and get the X1900XTX and get an extra year or two of life out of one purchase. There's only about $30 difference at the moment. x850 on sale for $329CAN. I'm leaning towards that one. Heard they are fairly noisy with the stock fan. I currently have a x800 128M low end 8 pipeline card which is very quiet. Fan noise would be an issue for me if that's the case. Are they that noisy? They are very loud. If you're accustomed to a quiet pc, one of those will definitely get your attention. |
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x850 256M XT Platinum PCI-E vs x1600 Pro 512M
On Sun, 30 Apr 2006 18:28:27 -0400, "KCB"
wrote: "DaDD" wrote in message .. . On 29 Apr 2006 18:48:43 -0700, "ADR" wrote: This is the great question of the day. Go with a card that will play todays games faster (X850 XT) or one the will support the pixel shaders of tommorow with some performance hit (x1600 Pro). Chip Core Clock Memory Clock Memory Interface Memory Transfer Rate Pixelsperclock DX Radeon X850 PE 540 MHz 1.18 GHz 256-bit 37.76 GB/s 16 9.0 Radeon X1600 Pro 500 MHz 780 MHz 128-bit 12.48 GB/s 12 9.0c My advice is buy whichever is cheaper, I would replace either in about two years. Or increase your budget and get the X1900XTX and get an extra year or two of life out of one purchase. There's only about $30 difference at the moment. x850 on sale for $329CAN. I'm leaning towards that one. Heard they are fairly noisy with the stock fan. I currently have a x800 128M low end 8 pipeline card which is very quiet. Fan noise would be an issue for me if that's the case. Are they that noisy? They are very loud. If you're accustomed to a quiet pc, one of those will definitely get your attention. Looks like this mod takes care of the noise pretty well ,plus runs cooler. http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/A...lencer5_Rev2/1 DaDD |
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x850 256M XT Platinum PCI-E vs x1600 Pro 512M
"DaDD" wrote in message ... On Sun, 30 Apr 2006 18:28:27 -0400, "KCB" wrote: "DaDD" wrote in message . .. On 29 Apr 2006 18:48:43 -0700, "ADR" wrote: This is the great question of the day. Go with a card that will play todays games faster (X850 XT) or one the will support the pixel shaders of tommorow with some performance hit (x1600 Pro). Chip Core Clock Memory Clock Memory Interface Memory Transfer Rate Pixelsperclock DX Radeon X850 PE 540 MHz 1.18 GHz 256-bit 37.76 GB/s 16 9.0 Radeon X1600 Pro 500 MHz 780 MHz 128-bit 12.48 GB/s 12 9.0c My advice is buy whichever is cheaper, I would replace either in about two years. Or increase your budget and get the X1900XTX and get an extra year or two of life out of one purchase. There's only about $30 difference at the moment. x850 on sale for $329CAN. I'm leaning towards that one. Heard they are fairly noisy with the stock fan. I currently have a x800 128M low end 8 pipeline card which is very quiet. Fan noise would be an issue for me if that's the case. Are they that noisy? They are very loud. If you're accustomed to a quiet pc, one of those will definitely get your attention. Looks like this mod takes care of the noise pretty well ,plus runs cooler. http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/A...lencer5_Rev2/1 I have the X850 in the PCI-E version and it is extremely quiet except on boot. On boot, the fan runs up at 100% for a second or two and then it slows down. I never hear the fan otherwise. Ed |
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x850 256M XT Platinum PCI-E vs x1600 Pro 512M
X1800GTO for $270 at NCIX. Add $75 mobo:
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=16670 There are always options... -- "War is the continuation of politics by other means. It can therefore be said that politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed." "DaDD" wrote in message ... There's only about $30 difference at the moment. x850 on sale for $329CAN. I'm leaning towards that one. Heard they are fairly noisy with the stock fan. I currently have a x800 128M low end 8 pipeline card which is very quiet. Fan noise would be an issue for me if that's the case. Are they that noisy? x1900 over my budget and likely my 460W power supply. DaDD |
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x850 256M XT Platinum PCI-E vs x1600 Pro 512M
"DaDD" wrote in message ... Loooking for new card and both of these are in my price range depending on the deals/sales I hit. I'm looking for input on what the best card would be for general use and gaming (current games). DaDD Don't forget to compare those 2 cards outside of games if that's important to you. |
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