ATI to release a new X800: the X800 GTO
 

Yes, you read right, ATI is making this whole X800 lineup very confusing for us. The X800 GTO is suppose to have 12 pipelines, and run at 400Mhz. These specs should place it between the X800GT and the X800XL. To top that off, the card will be available in 2 flavors: with 128MB DDR1 running at 350Mhz, or 256MB GDDR3 running at 490Mhz, both using 256bit. That would make the X800 lineup look something like this: X800 Pro, X800 SE, X800, X800 GT, X800 GTO, X800 XL, X800 XT und X800 XT PE. Please note these are not listed in any particular order.

Read up on the confusion at Hardwaredeluxx (de).

cripes, that is confusing.
they got more flavors of x800 than ben & jerry's have of ice cream....

The GT and GTO are both OEM parts so it doesnt matter.

Nvidia makes strangely named OEM parts, too.
6800 GTO (dell)

And anyone remember the 9700TX? hehe.

There is also a X800VE card made by powercolor that only has 4 pipes :eek:

x800ve aiw
x800se
x800
x800gt
x800gto
x800xl
x800xl aiw
x800pro
x800xt
x800xt aiw
x800xtpe
x850pro
x850xt
x850xtpe

do we realy need more than 3 versions + the aiw's... :rolleyes:

*hugs my Leadtek 6600GT Extreme*

*G* well one has to ask, when it still counts as a X800 part *LOL*...with 4 pipes...I miss the times were they had 3 cards...for example TI4200, 4400, 4600...done..no confusion, good price difference...and good performance difference...

ah yes the good old times...

cheers
VG

well the Austrian Store (my former place of work btw) actually sells the Gt, retail...for 177€s, about the price of a 6600GT, but with twice the mem...not a bad move after all...if only you did not need a expensive crossfire edition to run dual graphics...NVIDIA should have brought out a 6600 Ultra..*G* 8 pipes, maybe 1200mhz Mem, and 50Mhz increase of the core...hey even 256MB mem would have been great *G*...yes I will dream on...

http://www.peluga.at/main.php?action=78&ARANUMMER=13692

cheers
Vahid

Leadtek's 6600GT extreme runs at 550/1120 (1.6ns ddr3) and still have overclocking headroom.

HEY!!........dont make fun of 4 pipes.......looks @ his 9250(only have pci..and the case is open) *smiles* :)

Oops I meant to word that differently, the GTO as in the 6800GTO is OEM, dont kow why I put GT in there as its for sale at places lol.