Does my X800Pro have the XT PE core?
Let me know if im going crazy
http://www.rage3d.com/board/showthread.php?t=33790149
Let me know if im going crazy
http://www.rage3d.com/board/showthread.php?t=33790149
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shoman24v said:what makes the cards actually what they are
Processor | AMD Phenom II X6 1100T |
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Motherboard | ASUS Crosshair V Formula |
Memory | G.SKILL Ripjaws 16GB (4x4GB) 1600 DDR3 |
Video Card(s) | NVIDIA GTX 480 |
Storage | Intel 330 Series 180GB SSD x2 |
Display(s) | ASUS VH242H 23.6" |
Case | COOLER MASTER Storm Trooper |
Power Supply | COOLER MASTER Silent Pro 700W |
Software | Microsoft® Windows 8 Professional |
Originally Posted by NRP
All X800 series cards are based on the same R420 gpu, which is built with 16 pipes (four groups of four pipes). Sometimes some of these pipes are faulty due to the manufacturing process, but the rest of the chip is perfectly functional. If only one group of pipes is defective, the manufacturer simply disables the defective group of four pipes (leaving the gpu with 12 functional pipes) and sells it as an X800 Pro.
Sometimes, all 16 pipes are functional but either the gpu or the memory can't run at the X800 XT PE speeds (520 core/560 memory). In this case, the manufacturer simply disables one group of pipes in the card's Bios (again, leaving the gpu with 12 pipes) and sells the card as an X800 Pro VIVO (475 core/450 memory), or leaves all 16 pipes active and sells the card as an X800 XT (500 core/500 memory).