the good ole' days x850xt agp

[Powermoloch]

I remembered, 2005. THE x850xt agp, going for $349.99 w/o tax + free shipping @ back then ati website. Bought it and game like a madman.

Man, those where the days.

 

[BFG10K]

I had something similar: http://techreport.com/articles.x/8308/1

That was one of the finest video cards I've ever used. For a long time I had it in a crappy case with bad airflow, and it was still rock solid.

 

[SonicIce]

6800 Ultra > *
:sneaky:

 

[Vdubchaos]

I had an 800XL :biggrin:

 

[rolodomo]

I had something similar: http://techreport.com/articles.x/8308/1

That was one of the finest video cards I've ever used. For a long time I had it in a crappy case with bad airflow, and it was still rock solid.

I'm still using an old x800xl to in my basement computer to: 1) browse and 2) maintain an typical WinXP machine (from the XP heyday). I still go back to it frequenty to fire up old software and/or hardware (e.g., camcorders and vhs-to-mp3 converters). I'll try to keep the card running as long as it will go. I've already baked it once.

 

[nitromullet]

I remembered, 2005. THE x850xt agp, going for $349.99 w/o tax + free shipping @ back then ati website. Bought it and game like a madman.

Man, those where the days.

I remember 2004-2007 as the time when graphics cards were probably at their most expensive for what you got. Plus, the 6-series and x800 cards were probably an all time low point for availability and paper launches for ATI and NVIDIA.

I think you get way more for your money now, and for the most part cards are not hard to find. Sorry to rain on your nostalgia parade, but I don't miss those days at all.

 

[Maximilian]

I remember 2004-2007 as the time when graphics cards were probably at their most expensive for what you got. Plus, the 6-series and x800 cards were probably an all time low point for availability and paper launches for ATI and NVIDIA.

I think you get way more for your money now, and for the most part cards are not hard to find. Sorry to rain on your nostalgia parade, but I don't miss those days at all.

Yeah i remember my X1900XT, it was a noisey POS that died after a few months, no doubt i was simply unlucky but it still sucked. I expect my 5850 to last a lot longer now both physically and performance wise.

 

[nemesismk2]

I had a HIS X1900 XT with ICEQ3 Cooling which was fairly quiet and cool. Stuck with HIS for a few upgrades and only bought video cards with ICEQ cooling.

 

[Will Robinson]

I had an X850XT Platinum Edition.
It was pretty good card,didn't seem too noisy or get hot at all with a Zalman cooler on it.
I thought the X800XT PE was better in fact.Having had both and watched how long they lasted I'd give the nod to the X800XT PE.That thing had just great image quality.

 

[wwswimming]

i'm still using mine with the P5GD-L PCI-Express MB that AT gave top honors back in 2005.

system works good !

 

[RaistlinZ]

I had that card. Was pretty slick too, even if it did cost tree-fiddy.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

There was a 1900XTX that was rare to find, ...ended up getting one

 

[-Slacker-]

Had a 1950 pro AGP which lasted me for about a week or so before it realized it was powered by an old 220W PSU and went up in flames.

Naturally I was dumb enough to tell the store I bought it from my entire rig's specs, including the psu, so they new it was my fault the think broke down, which meant the warranty was void...

...First video card I ever bought too ...

 

[Arkadrel]

My first bought was a voodoo I card... lateron got a voodoo II... then went with Rivia Tnt card.

I remember back when duke nuke'em was all the rage at lan parties, back when 2d speeds where more important than 3d. Back when a 166mhz cpu was insanely quick... and ATIs onboard 3d support was a odity. Back before 3dfx was around.

 

[Leyawiin]

I have an X850 Pro AGP that I flashed to an X850 XT using the information in a thread at tech Power Up! forums. I installed an Arctic Cooling Silencer 5 on it to handle the extra heat. It was my first "project" card with the BIOS flashing and aftermarket cooler. Its in my backup PC (Athlon64 3700+) that has WoW installed on it with some other games from around 2004 to 2006. At 1280x1024 it still plays them fine.

 

[nismotigerwvu]

I'm still running a pci-e x850xt in my 2nd PC, which is slowly morphing into a HTPC/network storage hybrid right now. It might get replaced by a low end 6 series though now that I got a decent receiver for the tv setp (tx-608)

 

[borisvodofsky]

There was a 1900XTX that was rare to find, ...ended up getting one

When was this card ever rare... I bought one the day it came out...

honestly I don't think I'd ever want to spend 600 dollars on any single card again..

The only reason I got it originally was because I was about to also purchase a 3007wfp.. I was one of the original 4megapix gamers. MY FRAME RATES SUCKEDDDDDD,,, until the 4870

x1900xtx had Terribly inadequate cooling, I had to get an HR03GT for it which came out WAY later than the card.. I had a zalman 900 something which didnt' do shit before the hr03gt...

The card is a BEAST with the hr03 though.. no crashes EVER,, and it OCed like a champ.. even with volt mods the card was still relatively cool..

 

[Face2Face]

I still have a X850XT PE and a 6800 Ultra. I recently sold mt 6800 GT, 1800XT 512 CE, 7800 GTX 256 x 2 (SLI), 7900 GS. I have to say i was the most impressed by the X1800XT 512-- Yes it was loud-- But it still can play today's games @ 1280. I have owned over 30 video cards over the years -- 4870X2 + GTX 280 and GTX 295 -- to many to keep up with.

 

[Powermoloch]

I forgot to mentioned before i have x850xt agp. I used 6600 by gigabyte, even then the graphics are awesome.

I'm just blown away with PC graphics and I'm excited the GPU advances in a few years.

 

[MangoX]

I remember buying up 3 built-by-ATI X800XL's in 2006 for $149 each. Boy were they nice cards. One of them replaced a 9500 pro. Quiet and powerful. It was sweeet gaming with a 2007FP @ 16x12.

 

[nyker96]

I think back then I used a 6600GT AGP. the names on the ATI side of that era still confuses me, couldn't really remember, X800s X1800s X1650s they really had an explosion of names.

 

[Douglar]

I remember upgrading from my 386 DX-40 & Trident 8900 ISA to a 486 DX2-66 that had an amazing 16(!) MB ram & scorching fast Tseng Labs ET4000 Vesa local bus video card. Boy did that make a difference on X-wing. (picture below is at native resolution)

Second reality was smooth as silk on that 15 inch monitor. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtCW-axRJV8
That all set me back close to $3,000 because I wanted the 400MB hard drive. What a luxury.

The sad part was I was completely bind sided by the need for a 2d accelerator & had to upgrade to a Mach 32 before the year was out so I could use a GUI without too much pain.

I tell you what though. That card was so fast that it could scroll the text in a window faster than a 14.4K modem could deliver it.

Those were the days--

 

[thegimp03]

I still have my x850xt in a box in the garage. I think I got it for around $250 or something during a sale in 2005. That card powered my BF2 play for about 2 years.

 

[VirtualLarry]

I still have an AGP machine with an X850Pro in it. I also used to have a Mach64 VLB 2MB card. Payed a pretty penny for it, I think I paid $200 or $300 for it, used. The list price on it back then was like $600!

 

[Modular]

Man, I remember when people were arguing about which was better to run FarCry with: the 6800gt.Ultra or the X850

Good times!