x800xt\x800xt-pe ?

[Chris_B]

Is thre any real difference in these 2 cards? Im assuming the pe is clocked a little higher on the core and ram?

 

[Brian48]

The non-PE is PCI-E only. It's clocked a little slower than the AGP PE version.

 

[burningrave101]

The non-PE is PCI-E only. It's clocked a little slower than the AGP PE version.

No. The X880 XT is the PCI-E version. The X800 XT and X800XT PE are both 8x AGP.

The X800 XT is clocked at 500/500 while the PE is clocked at 520/560.

 

[Brian48]

No. The X880 XT is the PCI-E version. The X800 XT and X800XT PE are both 8x AGP.

The X800 XT is clocked at 500/500 while the PE is clocked at 520/560.

According to the new product lineup posted by Firingsquad this week, the x800 xt (non-PE) is not available in AGP, only PCI-E. x880xt has not been confirmed yet.

http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/ati_x800_x600_xt/

 

[burningrave101]

According to the new product lineup posted by Firingsquad this week, the x800 xt (non-PE) is not available in AGP, only PCI-E. x880xt has not been confirmed yet.

http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/ati_x800_x600_xt/

Then why are there X800 XT and X800 XT PE cards on the ATI manufacturers sites?

http://www.giga-byte.com/VGA/Products/Products_GV-R80X256V.htm

http://www.buyxtremegear.com/vc130110.html

Are they just not labeling them as PE or whats the deal?

And why would ATI opt not to release the cheaper X800XT on AGP along with the X800XT PE?

 

[Brian48]

Well, according to the links you've provided:

GV-R80X256V = x800xt PE

• Powered by ATi RADEONTM X800 XT Platinum Edition Visual Processing Unit (VPU)
• Supports the new AGP 8X standard
• Integrated latest 256MB GDDR3 Memory
• Supports the latest Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0 and OpenGL®2.0 feature sets
• 16 parallel rendering pipelines
• All new 256-bit memory interface
• DVI-I and TV-Out connector supported
• VIVO Function supported
• Supports Gigabyte V-Tuner2 for overclocking
• Bundles 3 Newest Full Version Games & PowerDVD 5.0

 

[W1zzard]

x800 xt = agp 8x, 500/500
x800 xt pe = agp 8x, 525/560

edit: info seems to be flawed - see 3 posts below

 

[Brian48]

And why would ATI opt not to release the cheaper X800XT on AGP along with the X800XT PE?

I've seen the original slide presentation that outlined the differences between the vanilla x800xt and the x800xt PE, but I've seen no indications that ATI is following it. At least in the North American market anyway. Based on some poking around, I get the impression that they aren't going to bother with the vanilla x800xt in AGP since the differences are so minimal. From a manufacturering stand point, that would make sense, especially if the yields of DDR3 are good. I would suspect however, that the vanilla XT would eventually show up in OEM circles once the fire dies down a bit.

 

[burningrave101]

x800 xt = agp 8x, 500/500
x800 xt pe = agp 8x, 525/560

I dont think there ever was or ever will be an X800XT 500/500 AGP 8x.

It looks like nVidia will have a 6800u and a 6800u extreme and ATI will just have the X800XT PE for AGP 8x.

 

[W1zzard]

ati's sell sheet (internal document) shows only the xt pe and the pro (vo and vivo)

 

[Brian48]

Well, I wouldn't say the info you posted before is flawed. Just outdated. ATI did originally say that there was going to be a vanilla x800xt, but I suppose the "cost/benefits" reality of actual production probably made them change their minds. In any case, it seems that all AGP versions of the x800xt are essentially the "Platinum Edition" now. In regards to PCI-E, it's currently listed to be slower than the AGP version, but that may very well change once the PCI-E version makes it to market.

 

[Dan_D]

The difference is partially clockspeed and I believe the X800XT doesn't have the Rage Theatre chip that the X800XT-PE has.