ATI X800XL AGP for $250 good deal?

[chinadude310]

Hi, I currently have a BFG Geforce6800 OC 128mb. I don't know if its just my card that sucks but I can hardly even play Battlefield2 on low, so I want to upgrade to that. So my question is, is the X800XL a good deal?

 

[Rugger]

What are the rest of your system specs?

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[scottchen]

Your card is really good, and should run BF2 on high no problem, with 1024/768 res, your system specs will be helpful, and i think you've got some software problems slowing you down.

 

[Rugger]

That's what I was thinking. Let's play "Find the Bottleneck!"

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[scottchen]

Yeah, that card's good, and just answering to the title of your question, it is a good deal, but only to non-overclockers, overclockers will want the x800xt PE for 100 dollars more.

 

[Rugger]

I just posted some links - he can get an X850XT for $350. $275 if an additional rebate is applicable. It's tigerdirect, so I wouldn't hold my breath on any rebate...

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[scottchen]

Well that's PCI-E, we're talking about AGP here.

 

[Rugger]

:redface: Noob mistake. DOH!

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[chinadude310]

The rest of my system:
Althon XP 2400+
4x AGP motherboard
1gig RAM

My friend has almost identical system specs but he uses a Geforce6800 GT 268mb and runs the game great on high and 2x AA. /shrug

 

[chinadude310]

Btw if its software problem what could it be? I just formatted my harddrive about two days ago, BF2 still runs like crap. Acturally, before I formatted it I was able to play with low/medium but now I lag even with all low. I installed nvida driver, direct x 9.0c and everything. What could be wrong?

 

[scottchen]

chipset drivers latest? sound drivers latest? latest forceware drivers? windows media 9 runtimes?

 

[HardWareBoss]

$250 on ATI X800XL AGP is a great price.

 

[Rugger]

PSU?

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[chinadude310]

chipset? Updating forceware right now but not sure if thats gonna be any help. What PSU?

Either way I guess that this is a pretty good deal for the x800XL.

 

[scottchen]

It's just that you won't see a major improvement, wait for the 7600gt/ultra cards, or ATI's mainstream cards, Nvidia's 7600 series will carry 12 and 16 pipes, and it should be priced around the same with some newer optimizations.

 

[chinadude310]

Don't X800XL carry 16 pipeline as well?

 

[Rugger]

What PSU is in your system?

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[chinadude310]

Hmmm don't know, how do I find out what PSU is in my system?

 

[Rugger]

Open up the side of the case and read the label on the side of the PSU. Go ahead and tell us the mfr, model, max CONTINUOUS wattage and Amps on each voltage rail (3.3V, 5V and 12V).

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[chinadude310]

MFR = RaidMAX
Model is KY-520ATX ATX 12V

3.3V +5V +12V -5V -12V +5Vsb Total Output Watt
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26.0a 32.0A 13.0A 0.5A 0.8A 2.0A 420W

 

[Rugger]

The 12V rail (<b>13A!</b>)was the sacrificial lamb for the 3.3V and 5V rails. Modern rigs need more in the 12V than the other two. You may very well have issues running the X800XL on this PSU and it may have been causing your stability/performance issues with the 6800 OC.

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[scottchen]

LOL!! 420WATT PSU WITH 13A 12V RAIL!! My Fortron 300watt has 22A on the 12V rail...

 

[Rugger]

Absofuckinlutely amazing!

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[chinadude310]

So I assume I should buy a better power supply?

 

[Rugger]

That would be the first place I would start - don't replace the 6800 OC, until you replace that PSU. You could try a Vantec Ion 2 460W, an Enermax noisetaker 495W or a Fortron Blue Storm 500W. All are great PSUs.

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