down the agp lane

C47 · May 5, 2006, 11:25 PM

i really feel bad starting another thread about X1600, but here is my problem

i sold my 9800Pro and i have nothing but a savge4 now....my but is something like ~$150 and nothing above...recently i read that X800 Pro is better than X1600 Pro.....ill just post the link...

http://www.lostcircuits.com/video/sapphire_x1600pro/

they claim that its buggy too in farcry .... i checked newegg and there is no X800 Pro in AGP and there arnt many reviews outthere too.....

can anyone give me their recommendation........any X1600PRo agp user who upped from 9800Pro....plz tell me if its worth it...coz FEAR was freakin jerky with 9800 PRO

H3X4D3C1M4L · May 6, 2006, 12:11 PM

I'd go for an X800XL or possibly an X800-X850XT if you can find them cheap.... they'll blow the pants off of the X1600Pro

Dyre Straits · May 6, 2006, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by C47

i really feel bad starting another thread about X1600, but here is my problem

i sold my 9800Pro and i have nothing but a savge4 now....my but is something like ~$150 and nothing above...recently i read that X800 Pro is better than X1600 Pro.....ill just post the link...

http://www.lostcircuits.com/video/sapphire_x1600pro/

they claim that its buggy too in farcry .... i checked newegg and there is no X800 Pro in AGP and there arnt many reviews outthere too.....

can anyone give me their recommendation........any X1600PRo agp user who upped from 9800Pro....plz tell me if its worth it...coz FEAR was freakin jerky with 9800 PRO

I played through F.E.A.R. without any problems in my X800 XL. Fantastic card!

Son Of Tzu · Jul 8, 2006, 01:38 PM

I am really impressed with my X1600. It is better than I expected from a card that I paid only 95 bucks for. I got it to replace my old EVGA 5700 Ultra when it died, and it blows that cards performance away. Plus the X1000 series has support for SM 3.0 and AA with HDR. I got good OC headroom after replacing the cooler.

joffa81 · Jul 8, 2006, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Son Of Tzu

I am really impressed with my X1600. It is better than I expected from a card that I paid only 95 bucks for. I got it to replace my old EVGA 5700 Ultra when it died, and it blows that cards performance away. Plus the X1000 series has support for SM 3.0 and AA with HDR. I got good OC headroom after replacing the cooler.

the x1600 is pants i would go for a x850 pro or x850 xt as they give about 30% - 40% better performance for the extra 20% u will spend even though u dont have sm3.0

and as for it blowing your 5700ultra away im not suprised as the nvidia 5 fx series card were very poor i had a 9500 pro that would blow away a 5900

compuguy1088 · Jul 8, 2006, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by joffa81

the x1600 is pants i would go for a x850 pro or x850 xt as they give about 30% - 40% better performance for the extra 20% u will spend even though u dont have sm3.0

and as for it blowing your 5700ultra away im not suprised as the nvidia 5 fx series card were very poor i had a 9500 pro that would blow away a 5900

I concurr, the 5700 is a pile of junk, one of my comptuers had one of those cards, and it could barely play BF2, or any other game for that matter.

H3X4D3C1M4L · Jul 9, 2006, 07:50 PM

GeForce FX cards in general kinda suck.

WiseAzz1 · Jul 9, 2006, 09:01 PM

http://shop.ati.com/product.asp?sku=2699206
No idea how ya can beat this price.GL