Alliedassault

Alliedassault (alliedassault.us/index.php)
-   Offtopic (alliedassault.us/forumdisplay.php?f=13)
-   -   New ATI series (alliedassault.us/showthread.php?t=42622)

Swill 12-04-2004 02:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by geRV
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/gerald.marley/New%20Folder/sys3.jpg happy:



Dunno really, its pci express and agp is being phased out, if you're looking to upgrade your system then at the minute for single videocard use in d3d the x850-pe is the fastest out there, nvidia usually have an edge in open gl, games like doom 3 quake 3 cod etc. Everyones gonna have tp upgrade to pci-e soon enough, can;t really go wrong with x850 at the minute for a high end card.

meh...get the x800 pro i say...get maybe 20 fps less at max than those...and will only be like what ...300 when that comes out...plus can be modded to an x800 xt regular with its 12 pipelines and the unused 4 pipelines and just unlock those and there ya go....:Note: it has to be a ViVo x800 pro... meaning video in video out rock:

12-04-2004 02:00 PM

gerard if i lived near you id steal your system happy:

Drew 12-04-2004 02:22 PM

Meh.. what's it going to cost to upgrade to a mobo that can handle PCI-e and what's the P/S reqs?

Judas 12-04-2004 02:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by geRV
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/gerald.marley/New%20Folder/sys3.jpg happy:



Dunno really, its pci express and agp is being phased out, if you're looking to upgrade your system then at the minute for single videocard use in d3d the x850-pe is the fastest out there, nvidia usually have an edge in open gl, games like doom 3 quake 3 cod etc. Everyones gonna have tp upgrade to pci-e soon enough, can;t really go wrong with x850 at the minute for a high end card.

bdfi

geRV 12-04-2004 02:27 PM

They'll cost pretty much what a regular agp brand name one would cost at the minute, like $120 or so, unless you want dual pci-e slots for nvidia sli or ati sli when its available, those will cost more.

geRV 12-04-2004 02:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Judas
Quote:

Originally Posted by geRV
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/gerald.marley/New%20Folder/sys3.jpg happy:



Dunno really, its pci express and agp is being phased out, if you're looking to upgrade your system then at the minute for single videocard use in d3d the x850-pe is the fastest out there, nvidia usually have an edge in open gl, games like doom 3 quake 3 cod etc. Everyones gonna have tp upgrade to pci-e soon enough, can;t really go wrong with x850 at the minute for a high end card.

bdfi

hellfire: plzdie: loney:

12-04-2004 02:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Noctis
Meh.. what's it going to cost to upgrade to a mobo that can handle PCI-e and what's the P/S reqs?

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDe ... 127&depa=0

Socket 478 PCI-E mobo (the kind i need if i want PCI-E), only 95$

Judas 12-04-2004 02:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Acideyez
Quote:

Originally Posted by Noctis
Meh.. what's it going to cost to upgrade to a mobo that can handle PCI-e and what's the P/S reqs?

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDe ... 127&depa=0

Socket 478 PCI-E mobo (the kind i need if i want PCI-E), only 95$


not bad.

Akuma 12-04-2004 04:51 PM

3 FPS and a double slot cooler.

Nice refresh, ATI. It's even worse than the 9800 Pro -> 9800XT.

geRV 12-04-2004 05:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Akuma
3 FPS and a double slot cooler.

Nice refresh, ATI. It's even worse than the 9800 Pro -> 9800XT.


It was for yield improvements at the fabrication plant which would = more availability, wasn't for frame rate improvement.

Akuma 12-04-2004 06:38 PM

But they could has easily increased the clock speeds further and finally break the tie of highend cards.

geRV 12-04-2004 06:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Akuma
But they could has easily increased the clock speeds further and finally break the tie of highend cards.

The core on that x800 series has reached its limits for normal cooling, mine tops out at around 535mhz with artic cooling from a default of 520mhz, unless you go to extreme cooling like watercooling or some kinda compressor the x850 probably won't clock that much faster either.

To get any real difference out of it they woulda had to have the core at least 100mhz faster and on stock cooling i dont think it could acheive that.

Hence the r5xx around april or so biggrin:

Short Hand 12-04-2004 06:44 PM

I am just thinking of maybe using 2 midrange cards in a sli setup. little bit more then a top range card, shiould be a significant performance boost.

Akuma 12-04-2004 06:46 PM

Oh joy, I can't wait for the tech forums to flood with speculation of the new cores.... eek:


There are rumors that the NV50 got canned... I wonder what Nvidia is up too.

Short Hand 12-04-2004 06:48 PM

i only pop into hardforum now for help & THE car forums.


All times are GMT -6. The time now is 11:21 AM.

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.12 by ScriptzBin
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
© 1998 - 2007 by Rudedog Productions | All trademarks used are properties of their respective owners. All rights reserved.