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Oct 15, 2005, 06:06 PM
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The 1600 may just be the upgrade I'm looking for.
I can't afford PCI-e and don't want to blow big bucks on a 6800 ultra or a x850xt.
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Oct 15, 2005, 09:20 PM
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It would be nice if they could do this with one of the lower x1800's too. You should be pretty happy with that upgrade Yousaif.
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Oct 15, 2005, 10:03 PM
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Noise? What noise?
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Originally Posted by Yousaif
The 1600 may just be the upgrade I'm looking for.
I can't afford PCI-e and don't want to blow big bucks on a 6800 ultra or a x850xt.
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Then why not go X800XL... |
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Oct 15, 2005, 10:16 PM
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Hmm..it would be nice to see some benches comparing the two.
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Oct 16, 2005, 08:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Necrosis
Hmm..it would be nice to see some benches comparing the two.
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Me too. It seems I usually end up skipping a generation of cards. We may just find that the x1600xt or whatever they name it has performance that at least compares to a x800 or close to it for lower cost.
Who knows? I'll wait and see. |
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Oct 17, 2005, 05:06 AM
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Check out this article http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/vid...eon-x1600.html
To make it short, X1600 is very good in pixel shader heavy situations (though somewhat slower than X800XL), but in other cases it's somewhere between X700Pro and X800XL and often closer to the former. |
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Oct 17, 2005, 04:04 PM
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That makes an X800XL a better deal because it an be found for cheaper
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