Worth getting this card?

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AeriaGloris

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I can get an "HIS ICEQII RADEON X800GTO TURBO 256MEG PCI EXPRESS" grahpics card for £105 brand new. Standard clocks are 400/980 but the iturbo software bumps it up to 500/1000. Now this seems like a pretty good deal to me, especially considering the built-in arctic cooling silencer and excellent overclocking capability. What worries me is the lack of pixel shader 3.0 capability. At the moment there aren't that many games that use PS 3.0, (Lost Coast can do HDR on PS 2 right?) but will this become a problem in say, the next 12 months?
 
It wont be a big problem (becuase most/all new games will have support for both shaders). I am personally waiting for the first DX10 cards to come out before I upgrade.
 
56 views and only 1 reply? C'mon people please, advise me. I can't afford to waste £105.
 
It won't become a problem for a long time, but you won't have access to SM 3.0, obviously. SM 3 looks nicer, but takes quite a hit for a 6600GT level card, so in a year, you won't be using it anyway.
 
I think 3.0 shader wont become a standard for quite some time. All games that support it will also allow you to run in 2.0 shader. Though 3dmark06 won't run all the tests correctly with that card.
 
A 6800 GS performs better than the GTO when overclocked and it has SM 3.0.
 
The 6800gs and the gto are neck and neck in pci-e. Get what ever you can find a better deal on.
 
It wont be a BIG problem of course it cant keep up with all the games coming out withint he next year or two but youll be able to play most likely pretty good settings and pretty good fps and the x800gto seems like a nice vido card specially with an HIS fan on it id say go for it
 
6800GS looks nice but it's at least £25 more.
Thanks for all your replies guys, the X800 is ordered, can't wait to play with it!
 
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