X850XT PE

Can someone give me some advice on whether or not to buy this video card? I have enough money. Should I wait for Crossfire or get SLI or the X850XT PE? (i'm sooo confused... <_< )

The 7800GT offers better performance for around the same price if not cheaper. You can get a 7800GT for $399, and it outperforms and embareses the :blush: X850XT.

It is a waste of money. Just get yourself a 7800GT.

The Sapphire Radeon X800GTO2 PCI-E Video Card w/256Mb is the way to go. It's even faster than the 7800GT ;)

And this is done by a simple Bios update. All you need to do is update it's Bios with the Sapphire Radeon X850XT PE PCI-E Video Card w/256Mb.

This card is probably the best OC'ing card out right now.

Stock
Sapphire GTO2 400/490 MHz 12pipelines
Bios Mod
Sapphire GTO2 400/490 MHz 16pipelines
Bios Mod w/ OC
Sapphire GTO2 540/590 MHz 16pipelines \"Rock Stable\"

The reason for this is because it uses the same R480 Core as the X850XT PE LOL, I love this Sapphire card. And I am going tomorrow to pick one up for $240 canadian ;)

FPS Benchmarking:
Doom 3 1024x768 1280x1024 1600x1200 2048x1563
Sapphire GTO2 400/490 MHz 12pipelines 77.1 54.2 38.7 23.4
Sapphire GTO2 400/490 MHz 16pipelines 87.4 65.4 47.7 28.0
Sapphire GTO2 540/590 MHz 16pipelines 93.3 74.5 56.8 35.0

Composite Figures 3Dmark 05 3DMark 05 Game1 Game2 Game3
Sapphire GTO2 400/490 MHz 12pipelines 4557 20.7 13.5 21.7
Sapphire GTO2 400/490 MHz 16pipelines 5131 23.3 15.0 24.8
Sapphire GTO2 540/590 MHz 16pipelines 6382 28.5 19.1 30.6

Composite Figures 3Dmark 03 3DMark 03 Game2 Game3 Nature
Sapphire GTO2 400/490 MHz 12pipelines 10060 70.0 57.9 69.6
Sapphire GTO2 400/490 MHz 16pipelines 11132 80.5 65.0 73.6
Sapphire GTO2 540/590 MHz 16pipelines 13367 100.7 79.7 89.8

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