Broke my Radeon 9800 pro need a REPLACMENT! decisions decisons

[Vash]

seems like the best place to go to find an UNLOCKED OCable card is a place like this where they actually find the cards to OC... lol

welp i did some homework and it looks like the way to go for me is.. Radeon x800 series... and just pray to GOD you have one that can unlock its pipes prety easy.

Iam really not planning on changing the bios, i was hoping ATI tool can do the OCing and unlocking pipes for me.

welp.. which cards do you guys recommend me getting for a good chance to OC.

My system is 2800 Barton @ 2.5Ghz
and i'll be attaching my Zalman heatpipe on this with a 80mm tornado blowing on it.

So far iam thinking about buying 1 of these 2:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102065
or
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102606

which one would be better for OCing?

i'll also accept any recommendations.. i am really looking forward to getting this thing back up and running, i accidently broke the 9800 pro from taking off a VGA silencer and putting on the Zalman heatpipe.

 

[ATIonion]

the x850 line is 256mb and 256bit...the x800 256mb 128bit...go with the x850 line...the x850pro can be modded in most cases to the x850xt or xtpe with the full 16pipes....clocks range from 540-590core and 600-660memory..great cards for the money.....



EDIT:: oh and welcome to TPU....if you go with either card let us know we can help you unlock your xtra pipes.....and overclock it too.....

 

[Athlon2K15]

i would go with the 850Pro its better

 

[micron]

the x800 256mb 128bit...

I dont know where you heard that from, but the X800 series has a 256bit memory bus width.

 

[JC316]

He got it off from the newegg site. It says it has 128bit interface, but I thought the X800 had 256. It must be a typo on their part. I would still go with the X850 pro though.

Edit:
http://www.sapphiretech.com/us/products/products_overview.php?gpid=119&grp=2

Definitely a typo, this the the GTO specs directly from Sapphire.

 

[p-jack]

Iam really not planning on changing the bios

if you wanna unlock pipelines you´ll have to...

 

[dolf]

the x850 line is 256mb and 256bit...the x800 256mb 128bit...go with the x850 line...the x850pro can be modded in most cases to the x850xt or xtpe with the full 16pipes....clocks range from 540-590core and 600-660memory..great cards for the money.....



EDIT:: oh and welcome to TPU....if you go with either card let us know we can help you unlock your xtra pipes.....and overclock it too.....

All X800 cards are with 256bits memory interface .

 

[dolf]

seems like the best place to go to find an UNLOCKED OCable card is a place like this where they actually find the cards to OC... lol

welp i did some homework and it looks like the way to go for me is.. Radeon x800 series... and just pray to GOD you have one that can unlock its pipes prety easy.

Iam really not planning on changing the bios, i was hoping ATI tool can do the OCing and unlocking pipes for me.

welp.. which cards do you guys recommend me getting for a good chance to OC.

My system is 2800 Barton @ 2.5Ghz
and i'll be attaching my Zalman heatpipe on this with a 80mm tornado blowing on it.

So far iam thinking about buying 1 of these 2:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102065
or
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102606

which one would be better for OCing?

i'll also accept any recommendations.. i am really looking forward to getting this thing back up and running, i accidently broke the 9800 pro from taking off a VGA silencer and putting on the Zalman heatpipe.

I would definitely choose the X850PRO VIVO AGP because it probably will unlock to 16 pipes but even with 12 pipes it's R481 could be clocked much higher than the GTO's R430 core. Only in case that the X800GTO comes with R480 which is possible (but the probability is very low - 1% or lower) would be reasonable to choose that card baut you wouldn't know.
Buy the X850PRO and return here with the fuse values in order to help you to unlock and to restore it to the oiginal X850XT or PE.

 

[TheMafioso]

You should check out eBay also...they're couple of good deals there, i recently bought bba x800pro vivo 256mb agp for $110......
If you need seller's detail you can PM me..

 

[Vash]

if you wanna unlock pipelines you´ll have to...

really? thats really going to hurt on my half. i never flashed any bios before in my life.... i guess i'll have to do more researching...

so which one would you recommend me getting? because both of those cards are on the same lines of the same price..... and the core speed isn't told on the second link.

 

[ATIonion]

All X800 cards are with 256bits memory interface .

ya i was just quoting the newegg link he left...if you check that it is a misprint and says 256mb/128bit..

 

[p-jack]

I would definitely choose the X850PRO VIVO AGP because it probably will unlock to 16 pipes but even with 12 pipes it's R481 could be clocked much higher than the GTO's R430 core. Only in case that the X800GTO comes with R480 which is possible (but the probability is very low - 1% or lower)

i totally agree with that...

 

[Vash]

I would definitely choose the X850PRO VIVO AGP because it probably will unlock to 16 pipes but even with 12 pipes it's R481 could be clocked much higher than the GTO's R430 core. Only in case that the X800GTO comes with R480 which is possible (but the probability is very low - 1% or lower) would be reasonable to choose that card baut you wouldn't know.
Buy the X850PRO and return here with the fuse values in order to help you to unlock and to restore it to the oiginal X850XT or PE.

alrighty then... looks like it will be the second option the X850pro... i'll order it in 1 week because iam only home for thanksgiving break and i go back to school for 2 weeks and i want the card to get here right around the same time i come home for christmas break.

 

[Juntao]

I bought the 850 pro and it is nice, i replaced my 9600 xt. I unlocked the extra 4 pipes on the card with the bios that dolf sent. You probably wont want to overclock it though just yet unless you install a new gpu cooler. Compared to the other you may not want to modify it at all but it was really easy.If a moron like myself can do it. I figure anyone can. Just pm dolf with your atitool fuse data as everyone says. He was really helpful as are a good number of people here. Well just my two cents.

 

[Vash]

I bought the 850 pro and it is nice, i replaced my 9600 xt. I unlocked the extra 4 pipes on the card with the bios that dolf sent. You probably wont want to overclock it though just yet unless you install a new gpu cooler. Compared to the other you may not want to modify it at all but it was really easy.If a moron like myself can do it. I figure anyone can. Just pm dolf with your atitool fuse data as everyone says. He was really helpful as are a good number of people here. Well just my two cents.

ya i have a whole zalman heatpipe i want to stick on it, with a 80mm tornado blowing right on it.