All Hail the X850XTPE!

[celewign]

I made this thread so people with X850s can worship their cards in peace. Let us pray now.

The X850 I have a relationship with is the best. She's stable, powerful, thin, and lithe. She will help me win in every game I play, even new games like B2142. She gave me her all when I installed the UnrealEngine3 game Roboblitz. She is love.


Anybody else want to share?
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[trinitron64]

perhaps this thread has some love in it for all x800 cards...

 

[celewign]

Well... Ok, yeah! Go for it!
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[gorforg]

I made this thread so people with X850s can worship their cards in peace. Let us pray now.

The X850 I have a relationship with is the best. She's stable, powerful, thin, and lithe. She will help me win in every game I play, even new games like B2142. She gave me her all when I installed the UnrealEngine3 game Roboblitz. She is love.


Anybody else want to share?
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I agree. The x850xtpe is an awesome card. Since the price of the x1900gt dropped to below 160.00 now there is new comp for best in price/performance.

 

[celewign]

That's true, but will you forsake your X850? According to some people who I can't remember, the X850 should be able to limp through UT2007, which should be the toughest game around these days.
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[predatorgsr]

Well I have an 850XTPE, and it has run all the games i've played no problem. It is starting to show it's age however, I play at 1280x1024, and I have to put many options on medium now in order to get high framerates. It will last until I do a complete Vista rebuild in probably 6-12 months.

I don't know if this is the graphics card or not, but I have had game freezes in all the games I've ever played. When I'm playing a game it will randomly freeze, then the grahics card will ramp up the fan to super high speeds, the screen goes black, and then either the comp freezes and static blasts out the speakers, or it recovers and the game comes back and I can keep playing.

Its annoying, and I've rma'd the card, motherboard, and psu without any effect. Fortunately the freezes don't happen more than 1-2x a day, so I can live with it.

 

[grifter33]

Shader model 2.0 4-eva.

 

[celewign]

2.0 is such a happy number. The most superior of all shader types.
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[Parge]

I have a X800XTPE and I love it, its still a brilliant card, and will join the list of "good cards" i have owned. Help banish the memories of those dark days when I owned a Radeon 9000 *shudders*

 

[MikeGR7]

I've got one too!! I love her more than my previous X800XTPE and X1800XT! I know play Tomb Raider Angel of darkness and love it! 1600X1200 all maxed out. It's a same the control is a bit lame. I'm afraid that after a year i'll have to replace her with R600. She'll always be in my heart though!

 

[4Ryan6]

SSHHH! Its an X850 funeral in session. :lol:

 

[caamsa]

Ok I have an X800GTO unlocked with 16 pipes. Works great in an old system that I take to LAN parties so it will sit for a month or two between uses. Works great and has not let me down yet.

 

[celewign]

I think it's time for you to leave. [/agent smith voice]
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[I]

You really need a new hobby.

 

[f1nal_0men]

x850xt pe is loud, hot, and a powerhouse. Although I doubt it will be able to handle UT2007 at any reasonable quality (Read: R6 Vegas)

 

[4Ryan6]

I think it's time for you to leave. [/agent smith voice]
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I'm an X850 owner I've as much right to be here as you, it was a great card in its day, "was" is the key word here.

I also liked my 9800Pro but its day has sadly passed too!

 

[derek2006]

I love my x850XT flashed to PE there is no game that I want to play that she can't handle. Ive already done so many things to her and she is still alive. Did you know that she can run way over 128C stable. She is not to loud, run at 2 % and she will never hit over 80 on stock clocks. And if you don't do any gaming you can run her at 0 and she won't ever get above 75. I love her but I may just leave her for Geforce 8600gt. I'm a bad boyfriend.

 

[Heyyou27]

I made this thread so people with X850s can worship their cards in peace. Let us pray now.

The X850 I have a relationship with is the best. She's stable, powerful, thin, and lithe. She will help me win in every game I play, even new games like B2142. She gave me her all when I installed the UnrealEngine3 game Roboblitz. She is love.


Anybody else want to share?
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I just downloaded RoboBlitz, and it must look a little different without Shader Model 3.0 and HDR...

 

[PCAnalyst]

That's true, but will you forsake your X850? According to some people who I can't remember, the X850 should be able to limp through UT2007, which should be the toughest game around these days.
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I have the X800GTO and she was goooood... but UT2007 will choke her... and shes not really into that.

 

[derek2006]

I have the X800GTO and she was goooood... but UT2007 will choke her... and shes not really into that.

ROFLMMFAO - literally I burst out laughing.

 

[muffin]

That's just a gag reflex, she'll get over that if you take your time and make her want to do it.

 

[dduummyy]

tis whats runnin in me rig right now a X850XT PCI Express. She plays it all with no hiccups. Ran real hot with the stock mickey mouse heatsink and jet engine turbine, but now shes runnin REAL cold with a waterblock on her. Any info on givin her some platinum edition implants would be awsome.

 

[chocobocorey]

That's just a gag reflex, she'll get over that if you take your time and make her want to do it.

.. we're still talking about graphics cards i hope.

speakin' of old graphics cards, i kept my trusty geforce 256 until 2004 i believe. she was gettin ugly, but she put out. so i cant complain

 

[Dade_0182]

of course we're talking about graphics cards.

On the old stuff, I still had my FX5700 till December. Man that thing was struggling with everything. Had to play it all on lowest of low. Now with my 7600GS I can play it all again but with lots better (almost full) graphics.

 

[muffin]

Lol! I've even got an old PCI S3 Virge around for testing / emergencies - you can follow the traces and see how it works, almost watch the pixels ooze through. I don't think you'd call it a pixel pipeline, more like a garden hose. It's so slow it'd probably cool a x850XT if I could figure how to heatpipe them together.