help me pick a video card

Zedicus · Sep 20, 2006

x1800gto2 512m or
x1800xt 256m they are within 5$ of eech other which would u get?

Pinchy · Sep 20, 2006

id say go the X1800GTO2....i hear you can flash those into xt's

Your basically getting 512mb memory for nothing more than a quick flash.

Im pretty sure it can be flashed...correct me if im wrong

pt · Sep 20, 2006

if you want to flash the gto 2, if not the xt

Zedicus · Sep 20, 2006

flashing not a prob for me... does 189.99$ shipped sound like a good deal for a gto2?

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Zedicus said:
flashing not a prob for me... does 189.99$ shipped sound like a good deal for a gto2?

It does to me.

Pinchy · Sep 21, 2006

yea sounds very cheap...almost too cheap :roll:

lol na but thats a good deal

911us · Sep 21, 2006

go with X1800GTO2,I heard that it can unlock to 16pp if lucky.

vivalv1000 · Sep 21, 2006

Sounds OK

Zedicus said:
x1800gto2 512m or
x1800xt 256m they are within 5$ of eech other which would u get?

Put it this way, I went to my favorite site a few minutes ago and they want about $200 including shipping for the GT and they usually have about the best selection/prices

Anyway, sounds like a decent price. If it were me (I’m an Nvidia fan myself) I would go for the GTO, besides it has 512Mb for about the same price.

Redskin Peanut · Sep 21, 2006

I got the Quad SLi 7950's they aint too shabby but I wish I'd waited now for the DX10 stuff. Easily getting the expected 250-300FPS on CSS, No tearing or anything. Depends what ya do with em I suppose

Zedicus · Sep 21, 2006

well i went with the gto2, should be here soon... and will of course try reflashing it to XT. i cant do sli/crossfire do to there not being linux drivers yet but this outta be fast enough for me for a while atleast... im building a socket 939 box as my main rig. upgraded from a p3 box. w00t

NOTE: the video card at 189.99 shipped was more then i spent on the entire rest of the computer including 1 gig of memory...

JC316 · Sep 21, 2006

I am very happy with my X1800XT 256MB. I got it for $190 shipped.

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Cooling	OEM
Memory	48gb DDR3 ECC REG
Video Card(s)	onboard
Storage	12x 3tb 4x 15k sas
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Case	chenbro rackmouunt
Audio Device(s)	onboard
Power Supply	seasonic 3x redundant
Software	ProxMox

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Motherboard	ASUS P5Q-e
Cooling	CPU Cooler - TT V14 Pro, 2x120mm CM Blue LED fans, 1x90mm CM Blue LED fan
Memory	G.Skill Pi 4GB (2x2GB) Dual Channel DDR2 PC8000 (1000MHz), 5-5-5-15
Video Card(s)	Sapphire HD4850 512mb with ASUS EAH4850 BIOS
Storage	2x 500GB Seagate 7200.12 Raid 0
Display(s)	Acer AL1912, 19" LCD screen
Case	Thermaltake Soprano Black ATX case
Audio Device(s)	Onboard 7.1, Speakers - 5 + Sub + Monitor speakers
Power Supply	Thermaltake 850W Toughpower Cable Management - Quad (2x18A and 2x30A) 12V rails
Software	Win 7 Pro x64, MSN, CS:Source, etc etc

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Motherboard	ASUS F3Ka (ATI RS690M)
Cooling	stock
Memory	Nanya 2x1GB ddr2 667@5-5-5-15-2T
Video Card(s)	ATI Mobility Radeon HD2600 512MB DDR2@ 580mhz/486mhz
Storage	160GB on laptop+250GB external
Display(s)	ASUS 15.4
Case	Asus Laptop F3Ka chassis
Audio Device(s)	on-board
Power Supply	1:30minutes battery
Software	"genui xp", 'cause i hated vista

Processor	dual G34 6128he
Motherboard	h8dg6
Cooling	OEM
Memory	48gb DDR3 ECC REG
Video Card(s)	onboard
Storage	12x 3tb 4x 15k sas
Display(s)	crappy lcd
Case	chenbro rackmouunt
Audio Device(s)	onboard
Power Supply	seasonic 3x redundant
Software	ProxMox

System Name	UltraPC
Processor	E8500 Core 2 Duo, 1333Mhz FSB, 3.16Ghz @ 4.5GHz (got into Windows @ 4.75GHz)
Motherboard	ASUS P5Q-e
Cooling	CPU Cooler - TT V14 Pro, 2x120mm CM Blue LED fans, 1x90mm CM Blue LED fan
Memory	G.Skill Pi 4GB (2x2GB) Dual Channel DDR2 PC8000 (1000MHz), 5-5-5-15
Video Card(s)	Sapphire HD4850 512mb with ASUS EAH4850 BIOS
Storage	2x 500GB Seagate 7200.12 Raid 0
Display(s)	Acer AL1912, 19" LCD screen
Case	Thermaltake Soprano Black ATX case
Audio Device(s)	Onboard 7.1, Speakers - 5 + Sub + Monitor speakers
Power Supply	Thermaltake 850W Toughpower Cable Management - Quad (2x18A and 2x30A) 12V rails
Software	Win 7 Pro x64, MSN, CS:Source, etc etc

help me pick a video card

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Memory	2GB Corsair XMS3500LL PRO
Video Card(s)	(2) XFX GeForce 7900 GT Extreme (520/1500), SLI'd
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Audio Device(s)	Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS
Power Supply	Kingwin ABT-600watt
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Cooling	Zalman Artic Cooler
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Video Card(s)	Quad SLi 1gb7950GTX2
Storage	Samsung SATA2 300gb
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