Which is the better card?

Kornowski

Kornowski

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Hi,

Is the HIS Excalibur ATI Radeon X1600 Pro ICEQ 512MB DDR2 TV-Out/DVI (AGP)
a good card?

Its pretty similair to the Sapphire X1600 Pro 512MB DDR2 AVIVO TV-Out/DVI (AGP) I think, whats the difference and which is the better card?

Thanks!
 
A X800GTO would be a better choice, since the X1600 Pro is between the 6600 and 6600GT in performance.
 
Heres the specs between the three that I am considering:

HIS X1600Pro IceQ 512/256MB DDR2 AGP

* Powered by ATI Radeon X1600Pro - 500MHz
* 256MB-128bit 4 channel DDR2 memory - 800MHz
* 12 Pixel shader processor
* 5 Vertex shader processor
* 8 Geometry Pipelines
* Ultra-threaded SM 3.0 Engine
* 256-bit Ring-bus
* ATI Avivo�?/li>
* High Precision Architecture
* CrossFire�?Support
* AGP support via RIALTO

Sapphire ATI Radeon X800GTO 256MB DDR3, 8x AGP

Product Description Sapphire RADEON X800GTO - graphics adapter - Radeon X800 GTO - 256 MB
Device Type Graphics adapter
Enclosure Type Plug-in card
Interface Type AGP 8x
Graphics Processor / Vendor ATI Radeon X800 GTO
Core Clock Speed 400 MHz
API Supported DirectX 9.0, OpenGL 2.0
Video Memory Installed ( Max ) 256 MB - GDDR3 SDRAM
Max Monitors Supported 2
TV Interface TV out

RADEON X1600 PRO Specifications

RADEON™ X1600 core (*Overclocked Version - 575MHz*)
512MB DDR2 / 256MB DDR2 / 128MB GDDR3/ (256MB GDDR3 *Overclocked Version - 1200MHz*)
PCI Express x16 / AGP 4x,8x versions available
CrossFire™ Support (PCI-E model only)
Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0c / OpenGL 2.0 acceleration
Avivo™ Technology
3D Graphics Resolution of 2560x1600 Max
TV-Out
Smoothvision HD + Adaptive AA
Vido acceleration of :MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, WMV9, VC-1, and H.264


Which one is the best, I really need help deciding which graphics card to buy!

Thanks.
 
The X1600 Pro has a stock memory clock of 390MHz (780MHz DDR) while the X800GTO has 490 (980MHz DDR). And you should take a look at this.
 
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they're the same card, maybe different clocks. at the same clocks their performance would be identical.
the x800gto is also a good choice. you won't see enough of a difference to change your mind... i'd just go with whatever's cheaper.
 
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mrjack said:
The X1600 Pro has a stock memory clock of 390MHz (780MHz DDR) while the X800GTO has 490 (980MHz DDR). And you should take a look at this.
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The two that you compared there are the 256MB I'm after a 512MB.

What about the HIS Excalibur ATI Radeon X1600 Pro I haven't seen anyone mention that and it looks pretty good!
 
Kornowski said:
Oh right, Which of the two is the newer becasue I don't want it to go out of date to quickly?
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The x1600PRO is newer, but newer doesn't always mean better.
 
Kornowski said:
Ok, So overall your all saying that I should buy the X800GTO?
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Yes, the x800GTO performs much better in games and will last you longer then the x1600PRO would.
 
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