Ati deal again!! 179!!!!

[GreenPlymouth]

bump

 

[Gast]

OOS

 

[usernamemax20charact]

The PCI-E version of the X800 Pro is back in stock

http://shop.ati.com/searchresults.asp?dept_id=39

 

[amdskip]

Thanks for making me spend this months paycheck and a little more (college student, I had to get the motherboard and 3000+ 64 to match this of course)

 

[usernamemax20charact]

Originally posted by: amdskip
Thanks for making me spend this months paycheck and a little more (college student, I had to get the motherboard and 3000+ 64 to match this of course)

Eh. Who needs school when you can be fragging

 

[stuartkahler]

Originally posted by: GreenPlymouth
I just got ATI to send me a 12v power adapter for my pci-e

Im wondering though, will they extend my time to return since i couldnt install card until the cable comes?

BTW, ati service SUCKS

Did you actually receive the cable yet? ATI put my cable order in on the 19th, and their site still doesn't have my order listed as shipped, and there's no UPS tracking info at all.

I advise everyone else to just pay the $10-20 extra and buy the retail version from newegg, zzf or where ever you normally prefer. Shop.ati is simply not worth the savings.

 

[pibb]

Originally posted by: stuartkahler

Originally posted by: GreenPlymouth
I just got ATI to send me a 12v power adapter for my pci-e

Im wondering though, will they extend my time to return since i couldnt install card until the cable comes?

BTW, ati service SUCKS

Did you actually receive the cable yet? ATI put my cable order in on the 19th, and their site still doesn't have my order listed as shipped, and there's no UPS tracking info at all.

I advise everyone else to just pay the $10-20 extra and buy the retail version from newegg, zzf or where ever you normally prefer. Shop.ati is simply not worth the savings.

sux, I got all the cables (power,2 svideo,vga convertor, book) with my order. Did anyone get any games with theres?

 

[Voltik]

pibb, when did you place your order? I'm looking to buy this card, but I don't want to wait 2 weeks for a cable to get here. Maybe ATI's new orders are shipping with the cable?

 

[pibb]

9-7, i got it 9-10

 

[darkavenger626]

Back in stock at ATI for the PCIe. Anyone know of a way to unlock the pipes without flashing the bios? ALso can the PCIe card be flashed?

 

[pxc]

Originally posted by: darkavenger626
Back in stock at ATI for the PCIe. Anyone know of a way to unlock the pipes without flashing the bios? ALso can the PCIe card be flashed?

I think a BIOS flash is necessary. I'm getting the one I ordered last week on Wednesday. I already downloaded an Asus x800 XT (R423) PCI-E BIOS and lowered the default clock speeds. I'll know if it works in a couple of days.

edit: from different message boards it looks like very few cards will mod since ATI locked the cores.

 

[Raizada]

well......dont know about everybody else......i just recvd the power cable from ATI via fedex.... for the "refurb" x800Pro PCI-e that i got from them....and i had never even called them about it.....so i guess it depends on individual experience

 

[C'DaleRider]

Originally posted by: Raizada
well......dont know about everybody else......i just recvd the power cable from ATI via fedex.... for the "refurb" x800Pro PCI-e that i got from them....and i had never even called them about it.....so i guess it depends on individual experience

I got one delivered today, too, by FedEx. I never called about it nor did I even need it....my PS has PCI-e outputs on it already, so I didn't need this cable. Oh well, guess nice to have.

 

[amdskip]

Just got my card, thanks for the deal!

I think I got the power cable too with it. I get the rest of the new setup tomorrow

 

[darkavenger626]

ANyone unlock those extra pipes yet?

 

[Voltik]

Recieved my card today too, without the power connector =/

 

[Kogan]

AGP versions back in stock!

 

[usernamemax20charact]

Originally posted by: Kogan
AGP versions back in stock!

Cool!

 

[uberdork]

Was looking for an X800XL but for this price I'll take the Pro version since it's the last AGP card I'll buy. Thx for the heads up Kogan.

 

[Nutdotnet]

Looks like the PCI-E version is available as well.

So...is this card worth $195 shipped? (It's $25 to Alaska for shipping)...or should I hold off to try to snag one of those x800 GTO2?

 

[dabuddha]

Is this a good replacement for an ati 9800 pro?

CPU = athlon xp 3000+
memory = 1 gig dual channel pc3200
vid card = radeon 9800 pro

Age of Empires 3 is a tad bit slow on my machine so I was thinking the vid card might be my bottleneck.

 

[pibb]

Today I recieved another power cord from ATi, I have no idea why they sent me this because mine came with one and I did not call them or anything. This new cord however has a sticker stating "For use with RADEON X800 Series graphics cards only which the other they orginally sent with the card does not. Anyone else recieved another cord? maybe they are sending everyone cords for those who did not recieve theirs.

{Please use the following thread for more reference on my problem}
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=27&threadid=1688014&enterthread=y

NOW on a problem ive had, I could not get this card to run in 16x mode and thus have been using 8x through SLI (i know it sounds weird but it works allowing my card to atleast do 8x). Anyone think this may solve this issue? I am busy ATM and cannot try but I will and will post results in this thread. So anyone have any comments on this?

 

[A5]

Originally posted by: dabuddha
Is this a good replacement for an ati 9800 pro?

CPU = athlon xp 3000+
memory = 1 gig dual channel pc3200
vid card = radeon 9800 pro

Age of Empires 3 is a tad bit slow on my machine so I was thinking the vid card might be my bottleneck.

We have pretty much the same system (except my proc is a little slower...), so I'd like to know this too

 

[Kogan]

An x800pro is quite a bit faster than a 9800pro. But you also might want to consider getting something like an x800xl or 6800gt which can be found used for around $220 or less. (x800xl for directx games, 6800gt for opengl games)

Check out these benchmarks for the listed video cards:
http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20050705/vga-charts-pcie-08.html
http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20050705/vga-charts-pcie-06.html

And don't worry about having an AXP 3000+. Even with a $200 video card, you'll be video-limited at 1280x1024 and higher when all graphics options are turned on.

Edit: and I'm waiting for these to get a bit cheaper I've seen some x800pro's refurbed for around $160 at other sites, but they sell out quick. (newegg, chiefvalue, etc)

 

[pibb]

Originally posted by: Kogan
An x800pro is quite a bit faster than a 9800pro. But you also might want to consider getting something like an x800xl or 6800gt which can be found used for around $220 or less. (x800xl for directx games, 6800gt for opengl games)

Check out these benchmarks for the listed video cards:
http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20050705/vga-charts-pcie-08.html
http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20050705/vga-charts-pcie-06.html

And don't worry about having an AXP 3000+. Even with a $200 video card, you'll be video-limited at 1280x1024 and higher when all graphics options are turned on.

Edit: and I'm waiting for these to get a bit cheaper I've seen some x800pro's refurbed for around $160 at other sites, but they sell out quick. (newegg, chiefvalue, etc)

i'd look into the X800 GTO2 which has a lowered clock but 16 pipe instead of 12. And ive read they overclock well to so for 200-225$ you have a x850xtpe if it will clock to them speeds.