All Hail the X850XTPE!

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

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.

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.

2.0 is such a happy number. The most superior of all shader types.
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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!

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.

You really need a new hobby.

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!

I just downloaded RoboBlitz, and it must look a little different without Shader Model 3.0 and HDR...

ROFLMMFAO - literally I burst out laughing.

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.

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.

haha nice analogy

I am one of the lucky ones that ended up with an x850xt pe 512MB!! I do love this card. Now, I can't even play Gothic 3, but everything else I play is great!! lol. Got the card for right at $100 and haven't looked back.

7000+ 3dmark05 score, plus I can play FEAR, FarCry, all source games, Quake 4 and Doom, and all my other games maxed out at 1280x1024.

The only I hate about this card is the LOUD stock dual slot cooler.

The best thing I like about my X850XT is that i paid $69 for it from Ebay last Nov

The performance is good too.

Actually the X800 mem clock was 490 stock

I bought an x800xt A-I-W and I love it, but...
When i tried to mod the bios it shows that it actually is an x800xl with only the 400mhz core speed. It is the R420

Boohoo shame on you ATI. It should be 500mhz

I know from Trinitron64's post I can get the AC after market GPU fan and crank it nicely.

This is the first card that i have bought and i love it. Got it for 100 bucks after i finally got my maill in rebate. Couldnt ask for a better first card for the price i paid. Replaced the stock heatsink and fan though that thing was way to loud, and didnt cool very good.

I would like to say that you are 100% right. This card is a Legend and will always be, you can even use it in todays games, is a great performer in front of the latest cards.

I sure that those who spent $500 on this card, are still in love with them and will keep them for a long time.

For the bastards selling them on eBay, they suck, most of them say "Im upgrading thats why Im selling my x850xtpe", I would sell it once R600 is out.

Peace

Thats a beast!

I just found a stockpile of 6 Virges at work. You can have them, if you want. They're a bit malnourished, but still have that lean, sexy, single pipeline rape-able look. You're a diry diry boy though...
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I try all the time and I know this thing has reached 150C. Well not try to melticate it but to see how high it can go stably haven't hit the wall yet.

Well to some people if it cant play 1200x1600 at about 40 fps they say it runs like crap.

For an RPG, like NWN, I consider 1024x768 4xAA 8xAF, High textures and most options on except shadows with a framerate of 18-35 to be good. I lived with a 9600SE for 2 years you know.

I just bought a HIS X1950Pro IceQ3 Turbo, so I'm selling my X850Pro with the Arctic Cooling cooler on it. It's treated me well, especially for the $120 I paid for it. Still runs F.E.A.R smooth as silk.