Video Card Upgrade

NAiLs · Post by **NAiLs** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 10:30 pm

My friend is looking to upgrade his agp video card. I remembered the x800 XL was a decent card for the buck, but I see the 6800 GT is the same price. I honestly haven't gotten the time to research these and their differences, but was hoping someone here could help me out. He plays a lot of CS:S and other high end games on his machine.

He saw the price of like $280 on an x800 XL and thought that wasn't bad. I believe something around that is his absolute limit though.

Which would you go with?

Thanks for your time!

-Brian

nightblood · Post by **nightblood** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 11:20 pm

have him get the 6800gt

Kerii · Post by **Kerii** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 12:27 am

Definitely go for a Sapphire X800 GTO^2 and then mod it to X850XTPE.

Of course, supplies on those are a bit limited.

But... if CS:S is all he's playing, then a $170 plain 6800 with all pipelines and shaders unlocked would probably be the best deal.

If by high-end games you mean games even newer than CS:S, then I'd highly recommend he try and pawn off his old video card and go for a $350 7800GT.

infinitevalence · Post by **infinitevalence** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 12:26 pm

If you can wait untill next week im selling my X800XL with all its stuff for $220 + shipping

gvblake22 · Post by **gvblake22** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 4:14 pm

infinitevalence wrote:If you can wait untill next week im selling my X800XL with all its stuff for $220 + shipping

^^I think that would probably be the best deal!
Otherwise either the X800XL or 6800GT are frickin awesome cards and should handle just about anything you throw at them. The X800GTO2 is another good one to consider as well, or even the regular 6800 like someone else mentioned.
But The ATI cards seem to do slightly better on games based on the Source Engine (Half-Life 2) so maybe the X800XL would be your best bet.

NAiLs · Post by **NAiLs** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 8:20 pm

infinitevalence wrote:If you can wait untill next week im selling my X800XL with all its stuff for $220 + shipping

I'll let him know this. How old is it? Manufacturer?

I'm gonna have to bring up some numbers and really compare the two.

infinitevalence · Post by **infinitevalence** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 12:53 am

Only about 3-4mths and built by ATI its the full VIVO edition with 256mb and 16pipes. I had it slightly OC'ed dont remember the numbers.

killswitch83 · Post by **killswitch83** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 11:39 am

You mean to tell me you got ahold of a "Built By ATI" card that's fairly new?? Man, I've not seen one of those in a while!! I've seen plenty of them by Sapphire, but not directly by ATI. That is definitely a good deal if I've ever seen one

NAiLs · Post by **NAiLs** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 7:51 pm

I talked to my friend and he said he was rather interested.

Just making sure, it's AGP, right?

cre8 · Post by **cre8** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 8:50 pm

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 814122195R
REFURBISHED: Leadtek Geforce 6800GT A400 GT TDH Video Card - OEM

NAiLs · Post by **NAiLs** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 8:07 pm

TTT... what's the scoop? Still selling the x800 XL?

gvblake22 · Post by **gvblake22** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 8:26 pm

NAiLs wrote:TTT... what's the scoop? Still selling the x800 XL?

A Personal Message or Instant Messaging conversation might be better for this kind of thing....
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