HOT DEAL - ATI RADEON X800 PLATINUM @229.00

[Mysteriouskk]

Originally posted by: TheFamilyMan
Just received mine. In white box with discs, power cables, and card. The card is an X800XT PE and not the X850XT like we hoped.

The card is brand new...I would say never installed and I would doubt the fan has ever been run. I have the advantage of working in a place where I can look at the AGP connectors under magnification and it appears the card hasn't been installed...

Anyhoo, X800XT PE for about 60% the going price...I'll take it

How come it says it is refurbished, if the card looks brand new? Do you guys think we are getting brand new cards, just not in the retail box?

Tell me how it runs!!! lol

 

[Slacker101]

Originally posted by: TheFamilyMan
Just received mine. In white box with discs, power cables, and card. The card is an X800XT PE and not the X850XT like we hoped.

The card is brand new...I would say never installed and I would doubt the fan has ever been run. I have the advantage of working in a place where I can look at the AGP connectors under magnification and it appears the card hasn't been installed...

Anyhoo, X800XT PE for about 60% the going price...I'll take it

We were hoping the core would be a X850 core. ATI did it with the later model 9800 Pro's, put a 9800 XT core in the 9800 Pro. You have to remove the HSF and see what the number is on the core. Technically it voids the warranty.

 

[Budarow]

Originally posted by: Mysteriouskk

Originally posted by: TheFamilyMan
Just received mine. In white box with discs, power cables, and card. The card is an X800XT PE and not the X850XT like we hoped.

The card is brand new...I would say never installed and I would doubt the fan has ever been run. I have the advantage of working in a place where I can look at the AGP connectors under magnification and it appears the card hasn't been installed...

Anyhoo, X800XT PE for about 60% the going price...I'll take it

How come it says it is refurbished, if the card looks brand new? Do you guys think we are getting brand new cards, just not in the retail box?

Tell me how it runs!!! lol

Economics at its best (for consumers that is ATI made and dumped cards trying to look better for their financial quarter which ends on August 31. They called them "refurbs" because they don't want peeps thinking this will happen again (i.e., NEW "high end" cards available on the cheap). And it may not happen again. Consider yourself lucky if you got in on any of the these ATI deals.

I do think there may be a few more deals on ATI cards over the next couple of weeks, but there most likely will be fewer deals. I'm hoping to land a high end PCI-E card in a the near future (fingers crossed).

 

[Budarow]

Originally posted by: Slacker101

Originally posted by: TheFamilyMan
Just received mine. In white box with discs, power cables, and card. The card is an X800XT PE and not the X850XT like we hoped.

The card is brand new...I would say never installed and I would doubt the fan has ever been run. I have the advantage of working in a place where I can look at the AGP connectors under magnification and it appears the card hasn't been installed...

Anyhoo, X800XT PE for about 60% the going price...I'll take it

We were hoping the core would be a X850 core. ATI did it with the later model 9800 Pro's, put a 9800 XT core in the 9800 Pro. You have to remove the HSF and see what the number is on the core. Technically it voids the warranty.

Wouldn't SiSandra indicate the graphics core (an older version of SiSandra worked for my 9800 Pro with respect to the R350 and R360 cores)?

 

[pxc]

Originally posted by: Budarow
Wouldn't SiSandra indicate the graphics core (an older version of SiSandra worked for my 9800 Pro with respect to the R350 and R360 cores)?

I'm pretty sure ATITool can show the core model.

 

[Mysteriouskk]

Originally posted by: pxc

Originally posted by: Budarow
Wouldn't SiSandra indicate the graphics core (an older version of SiSandra worked for my 9800 Pro with respect to the R350 and R360 cores)?

I'm pretty sure ATITool can show the core model.

Someone who got one today, check the core... lol

 

[rcraig]

Just received the shipping email from ATI with a tracking number. I had already verified mine shipped last night through the Fed-Ex trick. I ordered on 8/5.

RCraig

 

[rcraig]

Originally posted by: Slacker101


We were hoping the core would be a X850 core. ATI did it with the later model 9800 Pro's, put a 9800 XT core in the 9800 Pro. You have to remove the HSF and see what the number is on the core. Technically it voids the warranty.

You can check this when you remove the stock HSF and add an aftermarket cooler like the Arctic cooler.

 

[Slacker101]

Put in a order at CoolerGuys for my Compaq SR1010z 3400+ and my X800 XT PE. The stock CPU cooler is noisey and cheap. These prices are cheaper then Newegg and no tax if you live in California:thumbsup:

2 pcToys 18in Copper ATA/IDE 133 (dual) 4.98
1 Arctic Cooling Silencer 64 Ultra TC L P/N ACS64UTCL 18.95
1 Arctic Cooling ATI Silencer 4 (Rev. 2) 32.95
1 Arctic Silver 5 6.95
Subtotal: 63.83
Coupon offer (5.00 savings): -5.00
Subtotal: 58.83
Shipping: 8.21*
Tax: 0.00
Total: 67.04

The Coupon code is: silent
The shipping is UPS Ground from Washington

 

[TrojanAaron]

So Slacker, I take it you'll be installing the AC silencer 4?

Again, aren't you worried about voiding your 3 year warranty on a supposedly "refurbed" card?

And BTW... don't think we can post coupon codes

 

[Creig]

Originally posted by: TrojanAaron
So Slacker, I take it you'll be installing the AC silencer 4?

Again, aren't you worried about voiding your 3 year warranty on a supposedly "refurbed" card?

And BTW... don't think we can post coupon codes

Coupon code is posted for all to see on the coolerguys website, so I think that makes it okay. Personally, I'm leaving mine stock. From all I've read, these XT PEs are already near the limits of GPU/mem clockspeeds so OCing yields limited performance increases. Not enough to void a 3 year replacement warranty, in my mind.

 

[RollWave]

Originally posted by: Creig

Originally posted by: TrojanAaron
So Slacker, I take it you'll be installing the AC silencer 4?

Again, aren't you worried about voiding your 3 year warranty on a supposedly "refurbed" card?

And BTW... don't think we can post coupon codes

Coupon code is posted for all to see on the coolerguys website, so I think that makes it okay. Personally, I'm leaving mine stock. From all I've read, these XT PEs are already near the limits of GPU/mem clockspeeds so OCing yields limited performance increases. Not enough to void a 3 year replacement warranty, in my mind.

Agreed.

 

[Mysteriouskk]

So has anyone played any games using the card yet?

 

[Andres3605]

just got my card, installing rigth now, it looks brand new, no dust on fans, white box

edit
3dmark03 10156, everything @ stock

 

[xiaobao12]

hey guys,

at what point is your vid card bottlenecked by your CPU? i have a dell 2.66 ghz with 1 gb of ram. its currently running on a geforce 5200.

 

[ICXRa]

I read a review on these and if I recall correctly it said that you really need a 3 GHz for this card to shine. I think it was at guru3d!
I have a P 2.4 so I am sort of worried about this too.

 

[SNiPeRX]

Originally posted by: ICXRa
I read a review on these and if I recall correctly it said that you really need a 3 GHz for this card to shine. I think it was at guru3d!
I have a P 2.4 so I am sort of worried about this too.

I got a barton 2800+ so im still happy, if you need a 3GHZ for it to shine, then this card will last me awhile. Not worried at all, leaves alot of room for upgrading in the future and still having a kick arse video card.

 

[xiaobao12]

Originally posted by: ICXRa
I read a review on these and if I recall correctly it said that you really need a 3 GHz for this card to shine. I think it was at guru3d!
I have a P 2.4 so I am sort of worried about this too.

i'm just worried how much bottlenecking will be happening, you know what i mean? i wish i could find out.

 

[Wag]

I guess ATI paid for Sat delivery? I suppose at $15 for shipping we paid for it.

 

[pxc]

Originally posted by: Wag
I guess ATI paid for Sat delivery? I suppose at $15 for shipping we paid for it.

The FedEx Home delivery schedule is Tue-Sat. No deliveries on Monday.

 

[ponyo]

Originally posted by: Andres3605
just got my card, installing rigth now, it looks brand new, no dust on fans, white box

edit
3dmark03 10156, everything @ stock

Score looks kind of low. My a64 3200+ with unlocked and overclocked 6800nu gets like 10500 on 3dmark03. I got over 12k when I had 6800 Ultra stock.

 

[cuttergallery]

That score is not very impressive. I get a 9255 w/ my BFG 6800 OC (Not GT or Ultra), stock speeds. See system below>>>>

 

[Andres3605]

Originally posted by: Naustica

Originally posted by: Andres3605
just got my card, installing rigth now, it looks brand new, no dust on fans, white box

edit
3dmark03 10156, everything @ stock

Score looks kind of low. My a64 3200+ with unlocked and overclocked 6800nu gets like 10500 on 3dmark03. I got over 12k when I had 6800 Ultra stock.

drivers updated
Your 3DMark Score is 12019 3DMarks!

 

[TrojanAaron]

SWEEEEET deal w/ the updated drivers.

I'm on the same boat as your earlier P4 processor folks running a a P4 2.66 w/ 533FSB

I'm only running PC2700 RAM... pretty sure I'm going to be bottlenecked. I'm even more worried about my Dell's 250w power supply!

 

[Jaxidian]

Originally posted by: TrojanAaron
I'm even more worried about my Dell's 250w power supply!

Haha, I'm worried for you too! I HIGHLY recommend you go buy a good PSU before you fry half your system!