Upgrade from x850xt?

[Gfreeman]

Hey guys I have a x850xt and im thinkin about upgrading to a x1800xt. You guys think that i'll see a difference. Also is there a big diffrence between the 256mb version and the 512mb.

 

[RichPLS]

It will be almost twice as fast...
BTW, Monarch has the HiS branded X1800XT for $369

 

[pauldh]

Newegg has a HIS X1800XT 256MB for $305 shipped AR. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814161171

That Monarch pic looks like a X1800XL doesn't it.

 

[RichPLS]

Mucho better deal, and I have grown rather fond of HiS btw.

 

[angry_ducky]

Newegg has a HIS X1800XT 256MB for $305 shipped AR. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814161171

That Monarch pic looks like a X1800XL doesn't it.

That's looking awfully good compared to my x600, especially since it's the same price as the x1800xl.

 

[pauldh]

It would make a fine addition to those system specs of yours. X600 to X1800XT; what an upgrade!

 

[angry_ducky]

It would make a fine addition to those system specs of yours. X600 to X1800XT; what an upgrade!

The only thing is my crappo 300w power supply. I've been having problems with it shutting down at random. First, I got a new CPU cooler, and reapplied the thermal paste. Then I got a new case cause the old HP case was too small and had terrible airflow. Now I'm giving it to a geek that I know who has other parts to swap and test.

I'm hoping that it's the CPU or motherboard, so then I can:

A) Get a new Intel motherboard, and try to OC to 4GHz+
B) Get a new AMD motherboard and an Opteron 144 or A64 3700+ Sandy and overclock that. And then get a new power supply. And another gig of RAM. And a new video card. And a floppy drive/media card reader. And then I'll basically have a new computer. I'll keep my hard drive and optical drives.

 

[angry_ducky]

Hey guys I have a x850xt and im thinkin about upgrading to a x1800xt. You guys think that i'll see a difference. Also is there a big diffrence between the 256mb version and the 512mb.

If that x850xt is PCI-Express, I'll take it off your hands.

 

[Gfreeman]

So should i go 256 or 512? It's a 50 dollar diffrence. Btw angry duck i already sold the 850 xt for 200. Thx god for ebay. lol

 

[marneus]

512... the current bunch of cards can actually take advantage of that much memory...

 

[fainis]

sure there must be a difference ... but you also must consider the other components you have ..... unless you have the fastest cpu arround you won`t see much difference ..