ShadowFlare
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| Processor | Athlon 64 Venice 3200+ 2.0 GHz, max 2.6 GHz with Zalman CNPS7000B-AlCu |
|---|---|
| Motherboard | EpoX 9NPA+Ultra nForce4 Ultra with Zalman ZM-NB47J |
| Cooling | All Zalman heatsinks (CNPS7000B-AlCu, ZM-NB47J, VF700-Cu) |
| Memory | 1 GB (2x512 MB) DDR400 Corsair XMS C2 series, max 233 MHz @ 2-3-2-9 1T |
| Video Card(s) | Sapphire Radeon X800GTO2 256 MB PCIe max 540/600, modded to 16 pipes |
| Storage | Seagate 80GB SATA, Maxtor 160GB PATA, Maxtor 200GB PATA |
| Display(s) | Dell 17" Trinitron CRT |
| Case | Lian Li PC-60B Plus |
| Audio Device(s) | Built-in Realtek chip |
| Power Supply | Enermax Noisetaker EG495AX-VE, 485 watts, active PFC |
| Software | Windows XP Pro SP2, Windows XP Pro x64, Windows Vista RC1 32-bit |
^I actually ordered it only an hour after posting that other message. 
I was thinking about it during that time period, and I figured that since mine didn't come with what I would need to have to connect 2 CRT displays (or any other 2 non-DVI displays) and also didn't come with the component video adaptor and the Sapphire card does, it would make up for part of the price because of not having to buy those adaptors later. Those are both things I would like to have and getting them through ATI would cost about $35 total. The DVI->VGA adaptor could be bought elsewhere, so maybe a little less than $35 total if I didn't get an ATI DVI->VGA adaptor. The Powercolor card does have dual-DVI, but I don't even have any DVI-supported displays yet and probably won't for quite a while. Anyway, considering that, it wouldn't have to be even nearly as fast as it can be for it to be worth it to me for the price difference; especially if I would have waited a couple of weeks and bought the X800 GTO2 originally.
I'll probably be receiving it Friday or Saturday. I'll be waiting until I try it out first before I send the other back. After I try it out, I'll post my results here.
BTW, why hasn't anyone posted their 3dmark05 score with the overclock and without the pipe unlock? I'm kind of curious about the difference in speed when running at X850 XT PE clock speeds with 12 and 16 pipes compared with the difference in speed when running stock speeds with 12 and 16 pipes. The reason is that the speeds before and the pipe unlock don't seem too dramatic compared with just overclocking.
This video card will make my system more like a high-end system rather than a mid-range or mid-high-end system like it is right now, especially when my cpu and memory are overclocked, too. (look at specs in sig)
I was thinking about it during that time period, and I figured that since mine didn't come with what I would need to have to connect 2 CRT displays (or any other 2 non-DVI displays) and also didn't come with the component video adaptor and the Sapphire card does, it would make up for part of the price because of not having to buy those adaptors later. Those are both things I would like to have and getting them through ATI would cost about $35 total. The DVI->VGA adaptor could be bought elsewhere, so maybe a little less than $35 total if I didn't get an ATI DVI->VGA adaptor. The Powercolor card does have dual-DVI, but I don't even have any DVI-supported displays yet and probably won't for quite a while. Anyway, considering that, it wouldn't have to be even nearly as fast as it can be for it to be worth it to me for the price difference; especially if I would have waited a couple of weeks and bought the X800 GTO2 originally.
I'll probably be receiving it Friday or Saturday. I'll be waiting until I try it out first before I send the other back. After I try it out, I'll post my results here.
BTW, why hasn't anyone posted their 3dmark05 score with the overclock and without the pipe unlock? I'm kind of curious about the difference in speed when running at X850 XT PE clock speeds with 12 and 16 pipes compared with the difference in speed when running stock speeds with 12 and 16 pipes. The reason is that the speeds before and the pipe unlock don't seem too dramatic compared with just overclocking.
This video card will make my system more like a high-end system rather than a mid-range or mid-high-end system like it is right now, especially when my cpu and memory are overclocked, too.
(look at specs in sig)
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I probably will go back to the 12 pipelines until then, too.
