HOT! - Radeon X850PRO AGP (new with warranty)for $139.00

[ceato]

AGP lovers....here's a decent deal, Still has the 1yr warranty on it. Grab it while you can. They seem to have these deals once in a while. They have some x800xls and old 9600se on the same page. Nots ure if this was the right spot for this.

Cheers

http://shop.ati.com/searchresults.asp?dept_id=39

 

[Anoobis]

It looks like that X800XL is finally in stock too!

 

[pauldh]

Hey, nice. And unlike the $15 shipping on the X800xL refurb, this came up free shipping. New AGP X850pro $139 shipped is better than anything on Newegg.

 

[prozac26]

Very nice deal indeed. Too bad it's a serious overkill for me

 

[cleeve]

sweet deals for AGPers...

 

[andyfosho]

that card sucks complete anus i got one in my old comp the bad boy gets about 12 fps in fear woot woot not worth it

 

[cleeve]

Please tell us andy, what's a better card for $139? :roll:

 

[pauldh]

Ya know Andy, video settings are adjustable; I could get 12fps in fear with my card too. :roll:

And like Cleeve said, what can touch it for the price in AGP? It's a 6800GT class card. Would you rather have a 6600GT for the price?

 

[prozac26]

Ya know Andy, video settings are adjustable; I could get 12fps in fear with my card too. :roll:

And like Cleeve said, what can touch it for the price in AGP? It's a 6800GT class card. Would you rather have a 6600GT for the price?

For $139, there's no better card. Unless someone is giving away a 7900GT or 7800GS for less. :roll:

 

[Anoobis]

Andy, F.E.A.R would play much better if you used ATi's drivers instead of the stardard Windows VGA driver.

 

[cyberwsc]

I am not that much up on video cards..

Which would be a better card?

The ATI X850Pro or the Sapphire X800GTO.

both $139.00. ATI from ATI itself and the Sapphire from Newegg

 

[Anoobis]

X850PRO

 

[bisaci]

... and don't forget the best part of the PROs: Unlock!!! :lol:

 

[Cody_7]

Yes I just saw that the other day A superb deal! I payed $300 even for my stock X800XL (I tend not to trust 3rd parties like Saphhire or PowerColor) but it was worth it at the time (It's still a great card).

Do you guys think the X850 Pro would have any more power than the X800XL? Just curoious, it would be a nice little upgrade to hold me over till DX10.

P.S. Hey Pauldh, I bet you I can beat your 12FPS minimum with my 5 minimum if I run with 6x Adaptive Anti-Aliasing AND soft shadows at 1600x1200

 

[GeneticWeapon]

It's a 6800GT class card.

It's a twelve pipe, sm2.0 card :roll:

 

[pauldh]

It's a 6800GT class card.

It's a twelve pipe, sm2.0 card :roll:
With performance on par with the 6800GT.:roll: Shoot, that's being generous to the 6800GT according to these charts.

Oh, and read the first sentence Here :tongue:

 

[superbrett2000]

Thats a pretty good deal. I paid $180 for a used X850 Pro AGP card just a few months ago and I thought I already got a good deal!

If anyone on here makes the purchase, consider doing the BIOS flash to unlock the extra four pixel pipelines. That will turn this card into an even better deal! I did that with mine and spent $20 for upgraded cooling and wound up with what is basically an X850 XT PE. Unfortunately not all cards can do this so it may be that these are newer models that have been fixed...

 

[Cheese]

I ordered one. We shall see if it ships Monday the 17th or not. I have a feeling I will be waiting a while for it to arrive.

My receipt says 3-4 weeks but that's always more than it really takes. (hopefully)

Word.

 

[TurdBurglar]

It's a twelve pipe, sm2.0 card

In reference to the 12 pipe part, that's like saying the new E6600 Conroe CPU operates at only 2.4ghz, so it must not be as good as a FX62 that operates at 2.8ghz. More pixel pipelines in a GPU doesn't necessarily equate to better performance just as higher clock speeds in a processor doesn't necessarily equate to better performance. Also, I think the sm2.0/3.0 issues with regard to the X800 series and geforce 6 series has been rehashed enough. These cards just aren't powerful enough to take advantage of sm3.0 features.

 

[Cody_7]

Can you guys check out this question I posted above?

Do you guys think the X850 Pro would have any more power than the X800XL? Just curoious, it would be a nice little upgrade to hold me over till DX10.

 

[TurdBurglar]

They offer nearly identical performance link courtesy of pauldh. I would not recommend that upgrade.

 

[Fagaru]

FANTASTICO!

 

[GeneticWeapon]

More pixel pipelines in a GPU doesn't necessarily equate to better performance

That's the most idiotic thing I've ever seen posted.

 

[GeneticWeapon]

http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=007594&cid=999.243

 

[TurdBurglar]

That's the most idiotic thing I've ever seen posted.

I guess I misunderstood you. I was under the impression that you were saying that the X850Pro was not a 6800GT class card, since that's what you quoted in you twelve pipe sm2.0 post. I was just trying to say that the X850Pro (a twelve pipe card) is right on par with the 6800GT (a sixteen pipe card). Hence, the "more pixel pipelines doesn't necessarily mean better performance" comment on my part. I realize I don't need to explain any of this to the author of the Sticky Pixel Shaders and Vertex Shaders thread. Just out of curiousity, what was your intent in the post I misunderstood?