X800GTO²

Kevin007 · Post by **Kevin007** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 9:44 pm

Coming October 13th, 2005 is a X800GTOï¿½ that UPS guy, will drop off. I am so excited, it will be rather nice upgrade, from a radeon 9100

allenpan · Post by **allenpan** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 10:05 pm

i don't see the point buying ati, i rather see them die... 800GTO waht a rip off tho... prefer 6800 vanta

sbohdan · Post by **sbohdan** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 11:07 pm

the GTO could be flashed to x850xt pe and then it's not such a rip off is it?

Kevin007 · Post by **Kevin007** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 5:33 am

That is exactly why I got it ;)

ELIK18 · Post by **ELIK18** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 11:46 pm

have fun with the card

gvblake22 · Post by **gvblake22** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 7:02 am

allenpan wrote:i don't see the point buying ati, i rather see them die... 800GTO waht a rip off tho... prefer 6800 vanta

Care to explain your opinion?

Heretic · Post by **Heretic** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 6:33 pm

Maybe he has a bunch of NVidia stock

In all seriousness though, the GTO^2 (and ONLY the ^2 version) is a great deal, assuming all goes well in the flashing process. I would recommend getting an aftermarket cooler, or at the very least, see how hot your card would get at 850XT speeds before going ahead with a full flash...you don't want to kill the card

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gvblake22 · Post by **gvblake22** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 6:38 pm

Heretic wrote:I would recommend getting an aftermarket cooler, or at the very least, see how hot your card would get at 850XT speeds before going ahead with a full flash...you don't want to kill the card .

Very good advice indeed. You can very rarely have too much cooling!

Yuriman · Post by **Yuriman** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 5:49 pm

allenpan wrote:i don't see the point buying ati, i rather see them die... 800GTO waht a rip off tho... prefer 6800 vanta

The PCI-Express 6800's don't unlock. The X800GTO² does. I would know because I happen to have one. I clocked it up to 587/1236 (past XT PE!), from a stock clock of 400/980. The stock cooler is very nice for a stock cooler, and even at these clocks it stays under 64c full load.