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MrBucket

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Ok, with my birthday closin in, and a lil money ive been saving i can acually get a GOOD video card and stop reliaing on my FX5200 :eek: which is decent enough for the time being, but i want to play games like BF 2, FEAR, CoD2 etc... and well i have around $200 dollars to spend and i was lookin at a few and i found 1 with a power supply (which i also need since mine is a stock 300 watt) for around $175 which gives me some money to play around with which i was planning to get more ram with, i found a deal for $50 for 1GB of PC3200 *BREEEAAATHHHH*, heres the links CLICKY 1
or just a video card and some other random psu ill get from newhere
CLICKY 2 which is also the wierdest looking video card ive ever seen?????
 
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ehh...the 6800xt isn't that great of a deal. I'm sure you can get a better combination of vid card/ psu. Something like the 6800GS, or x850xt is definetly in your reach.
 
I wouldn't trust a gig of RAM for $50.. must be really shitty RAM, unless it's like Corsair ValueSelect, which won't crap out on you.
 
Haha ya I would not buy a gig of RAM for only 50 bucks. Think about it bro: there is a reason why it is only 50 bucks!

As for your video card, Liuliuboy is right. Check out the 6800GS line (very popular now-a-days for it good performance/cost ratio). I have not checked out the mid-range ATi cards because everyone recommends the 6800GS way too much on this forum! :D
 
holyjunk125 said:
u dont need really good ram if u dont plan to overclock though
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nobody is telling him to get really good ram. We are telling him to get ram thats worth more than 50 dollars cause it will probably be very poor quality.
 
exactly. house brand ram. you might want to spend a little more.

I'd go looking for a X850XT, you can get them for $154 after rebate at newegg.com. It beats the performance of a 6800GS easily.

Talking about sites to look at, tigerdirect.com is not the best. I still haven't gotten my $90 rebate from them from August 2005. Newegg.com is known around here as the top notch website. Another great site to look at is zipzoomfly.com. There they have free 2nd day shipping on all items under a certain weight (ie, not a 5.1 speaker set). Anyhow, have a great b-day!
 
http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards.php?card1=329&card2=55

Look how much the X850XT beats the X1600XT.
X850XT
Pixel Fill Rate 8320 MPixels/sec
Texture Fill Rate 8320 MTexels/sec


X1600XT
Pixel Fill Rate 2360 MPixels/sec
Texture Fill Rate 2360 MTexels/sec

Now that is the result of the X850XT having 12 more texture units, 12 more raster operators, and another side note is that it has 4 more pixelpipelines and 256bit memory instead of 128bit
 
[-0MEGA-] said:
The 1600XT is a great card, i would go with this one for only $149.
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Jet said:
http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards.php?card1=329&card2=55

Look how much the X850XT beats the X1600XT.
X850XT
Pixel Fill Rate 8320 MPixels/sec
Texture Fill Rate 8320 MTexels/sec


X1600XT
Pixel Fill Rate 2360 MPixels/sec
Texture Fill Rate 2360 MTexels/sec

Now that is the result of the X850XT having 12 more texture units, 12 more raster operators, and another side note is that it has 4 more pixelpipelines and 256bit memory instead of 128bit
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lets put down his best options and compare them all:

(bold signifies where the Video Card is stronger than the other cards... italic/unerlined signifies where the video card is weaker than theother cards...)


Radeon X1600XT:
Core Clock:600MHz
Pixel Pipelines:12
Memory Clock:1400MHz
Memory Size:256MB
Memory Interface:128-bit
Price:$149

Radeon X850XT:
Core Clock:520MHz
Pixel Pipelines:16
Memory Clock:1080MHz
Memory Size:256MB
Memory Interface:256-bit
Price:$168

Geforce 6800GS:
Core Clock:425MHz
Pixel Pipelines:12
Memory Clock:1GHz
Memory Size:256Mb
Memory Interface:256-bit
Price:$199

appears to me that here we can count out the 6800GS and we can see that the X1600XT and X850XT are very comparable... lets match just those 2 up now:

Radeon X1600XT:
Core Clock:600MHz
Pixel Pipelines:12
Memory Clock:1400MHz
Memory Size:256MB
Memory Interface:128-bit
Price:$149

Radeon X850XT:
Core Clock:520MHz
Pixel Pipelines:16
Memory Clock:1080MHz
Memory Size:256MB
Memory Interface:256-bit
Price:$168

so it comes down to either a higher PixelPipelines and better Memory Interface or higher clock speeds... very close, but IMO i would go with the 16 pixel pipelines of the X850XT...
 
don't get 6800GS, u can get 7600gt for a cheaper price and it outperforms 6800GS.

eVGA Geforce 7600GT
Core Clock: 580MHz
Pixel Pipelines:12
Memory Clock:1500MHz
Memory Size:256MB
Memory Interface:128-bit
price: 189$
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130283

aslo have look on this

eVGA Geforce 7600GS
ore Clock: 400
Pixel Pipelines:12
Memory Clock:800MHz
Memory Size:256MB
Memory Interface:128-bit
price:139$
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130004

and don't go with x850xt because this hard doesn't support shader model 3.0 and it is a noisy card.

 
maroon1 said:
don't get 6800GS, u can get 7600gt for a cheaper price and it outperforms 6800GS.

eVGA Geforce 7600GT
Core Clock: 580MHz
Pixel Pipelines:12
Memory Clock:1500MHz
Memory Size:256MB
Memory Interface:128-bit
price: 189$
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130283

aslo have look on this

eVGA Geforce 7600GS
ore Clock: 400
Pixel Pipelines:12
Memory Clock:800MHz
Memory Size:256MB
Memory Interface:128-bit
price:139$
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130004

and don't go with x850xt because this hard doesn't support shader model 3.0 and it is a noisy card.
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(BOLD SIGNIFIES WHAT THE CARD IS BETTER THAN ALL THE OTHER CARDS IN)


Radeon X1600XT:
Core Clock:600MHz
Pixel Pipelines:12
Memory Clock:1400MHz
Memory Size:256MB
Memory Interface:128-bit
Price:$149

Radeon X850XT:
Core Clock:520MHz
Pixel Pipelines:16
Memory Clock:1080MHz
Memory Size:256MB
Memory Interface:256-bit
Price:$168


VGA Geforce 7600GT
Core Clock: 580MHz
Pixel Pipelines:12
Memory Clock:1500MHz
Memory Size:256MB
Memory Interface:128-bit
price: 189$



eVGA Geforce 7600GS
ore Clock: 400
Pixel Pipelines:12
Memory Clock:800MHz
Memory Size:256MB
Memory Interface:128-bit
price:139$


thus we take out the eVGA 7600GS from the comparison:

(BOLD SIGNIFIES WHAT THE CARD IS BETTER THAN ALL THE OTHER CARDS IN... Underlined/ITALIC signifies what the card is worse than all the other cards...)



:
Core Clock:600MHz
Pixel Pipelines:12
Memory Clock:1400MHz
Memory Size:256MB
Memory Interface:128-bit
Price:$149

Radeon X850XT:
Core Clock:520MHz
Pixel Pipelines:16
Memory Clock:1080MHz
Memory Size:256MB
Memory Interface:256-bit
Price:$168


VGA Geforce 7600GT
Core Clock: 580MHz
Pixel Pipelines:12
Memory Clock:1500MHz
Memory Size:256MB
Memory Interface:128-bit
price: 189$


...the Radeon X1600XT gets beat by the Geforce 7600GT because if you look at the clock speeds, you see that the memory clock on the 7600GT 100MHz faster than the x1600xt's and the x1600xt's core clock is only 20MHz faster than the 7600GT's... so i come to the conclusion that the 7600GT is faster that the X1600XT... so we take out the x1600XT from the comparison... the X850XT stays in cus of the jump from 12 pixel pipelins to 16...

(BOLD SIGNIFIES WHAT THE CARD IS BETTER THAN ALL THE OTHER CARDS IN...)

Radeon X850XT:
Core Clock:520MHz
Pixel Pipelines:16
Memory Clock:1080MHz
Memory Size:256MB
Memory Interface:256-bit
Price:$168


VGA Geforce 7600GT
Core Clock: 580MHz
Pixel Pipelines:12
Memory Clock:1500MHz
Memory Size:256MB
Memory Interface:128-bit
price: 189$

so it really comes down to what is more important? the extra pixel pipelines? or the faster clock speeds? IMO i would go with the X850XT cus i have heard good things about the card... and in the linksit has the best ratings:

these are links to where you can buy these cards (in the order of best to worst IMO):
Radeon X850XT - $179
Geforce 7600GT - $189
Radeon X1600XT - $150
Geforce 6800GS (OCed version) - $199
Geforce 7600GS - $139
 
Aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh......

I was refering to actual performance, not specs! They have the actual results of the specs like this:

Core Clock 590 MHz
Memory Clock 690 MHz (1380 DDR)
Memory Bandwidth 22.08 GB/sec
Shader Operations 7080 Operations/sec
Pixel Fill Rate 2360 MPixels/sec
Texture Fill Rate 2360 MTexels/sec
Vertex Operations 737.5 MVertices/sec

THAT is what counts. There is the real comparison between the models.
 
birds of a feather

ummmmm just my 2 cents.im also about to buy a new card to upgrade from a 9550 radeon.something i havnt seen anyone mention besides all these hardcore specs that are always helpful is that the x1000 series has avio software thats going to have over 1 billion colors.in addition to that there is also the adaptive anti aliasing to quote the official ati site"Radeon X1600’s 90-nanometer process technology and ultra-threaded architecture combine power and efficiency to optimized support for Shader Model 3.0 and deliver new high dynamic range visual effects, enhanced realism with adaptive anti-aliasing"

i was originally looking at the x800 series and while the unlockable 4 pipelines are tempting i am pretty sure they dont support shader 3.0,avio,and adaptive antialiasing.

in my case and yours in a value minded search for an awesome vid card the x1600 is much more appealing to me because it has the latest software and honestly the x1000 series hasnt even begun to be really overclocked yet while the x800 series has been pushed to the limit.

im waiting for any replies too
 
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