X850XT-PE or X800XT

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Framerate

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Ok so I am bulding a computer and I was wonderin if I should wait until January and get the X850XT-PE and get a PCIe mobo for christmas or just go ahead and get an X800XT.
 
The new cards will be quicker, but judging by the suggested clock speeds, only moderately.

If you can wait, probably do so. If you aren't concerned about getting the very latest card, get an XT now.
 
Well if the difference is only marginal then I will just get the regular XT. Thank you much.
 
The difference is only suggested to be marginal, no one really knows yet, or if they do they cannot say what the difference is yet (ie NDA).
 
i wouldn't say marginal .... the speed is more and the cooling is better ... so u will get better performance ... unless u wanna switch it for the silencer
 
The bottom line is we don't know if it's marginal or not, since nobody has seen the reviews. My guess is that it's marginal. But nobody knows except those under NDA.
 
Well for cooling, that isn't a problem. If I feel that the cooling could be better, I will just get a new fan/heatsink for it.
 
Guaranteed: The X850 XT PE will have Xakt same speeds as an X800 @ 440/580.
 
I'd just get one of the HIS Ice-Q versions of the x800 if you want a better-than-stock cooler. For all we know the x850 will be vaporware just like the x800 XT-PE still is.
 
Lord said:
Guaranteed: The X850 XT PE will have Xakt same speeds as an X800 @ 440/580.
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wtf are u talkin about 440/580 ... do u mean 540 / 580 ... :cool:

if that's the case .. then go with the xt-pe agp version if u want agp ... i can get it to 550/585 right now ..

but i would seriously suggest that u wait till xmas .. get urself the pci-e version and get pci-e board .. preferably a nforce4 when they come out .. and an amd 64 .. u wont regret it
 
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