Saphire X800 GTO

[Zeke13]

PIC-E and I have Made my decision the Saphire X800 GTO Referb From newegg.com Its 145 dollars from a $200 dollar card, that and I need the other money to buy a new game . Now its an OEM card, meaning i just get the card, What i do not know is, do I get any cd's to install drivers and whatnot? Somebody please help. Thanks

 

[blackdog2]

you should but even if you dont you can download newer ones from ati and burn them to cd if necessary

 

[GeneticWeapon]

you should but even if you dont you can download newer ones from ati and burn them to cd if necessary

Why in the fuck would he want to burn them to cd???

 

[Vascular]

Why on earth would you buy an old card like that one when for $149 you could have a 6800gs which will out perform the x800 all day.

 

[blackdog2]

you should but even if you dont you can download newer ones from ati and burn them to cd if necessary

Why in the **** would he want to burn them to cd???
because he may not be able to get online or have a 56k connection(more likely)

 

[Zeke13]

Why in the **** would I want one of these? BEcause Thats all i have, Im 14 years old I dont have a job yet so I saved up enough for a GREAT video card wand still ahve money left over to buy more games that can run my 800 gto

 

[GeneticWeapon]

Why in the **** would I want one of these? BEcause Thats all i have, Im 14 years old I dont have a job yet so I saved up enough for a GREAT video card wand still ahve money left over to buy more games that can run my 800 gto

:lol: Now that was a great reply Zeke...give em' hell..

 

[Zeke13]

thanks alot.

 

[pauldh]

Why on earth would you buy an old card like that one when for $149 you could have a 6800gs which will out perform the x800 all day.

LOL, I think not. That link is a 6800XT not a 6800GS. It is an 8 pipe 350/600 clocked 6800, which would lose to a GF6600GT. The X800GTO would pummel that card, ALL DAY.

 

[TheMaster]

good choice on the card... lots of bang for the buck.

just looking at the fill rate i can tell this thing is faster than everything but a 7800 gt and cheap too.


http://www.systemcooling.com/powercolor_x800gto16-03.html

hmm maybe i'll get this too and wait for a dx10 card...


You could also spend a bit more and get a GTO2
then mod it to an x850xt:

http://www.techpowerup.com/articles/overclocking/vidcard/127/1

 

[Zeke13]

thats not a cheap card, its 1/2 the money that the x800gto is

 

[Zeke13]

running an AMD athalon 64 +3400 with hyper transport technology (what they call it with AMD's) And It appears that for this to work i need a bigger powersupply

 

[pauldh]

A quality 350W or better PSU should do. Good idea to have at least 18A on the 12V rail.

 

[Zeke13]

Yeah sorry for the late topic, Im not getting a video card I overclocked my current card and my chip