DEAL OF THE CENTURY - Sapphire X1800 XT @ £145 !!!

Gibbo · 24 Apr 2006 at 10:33

Hi there

This is unbeatable, check this out:-

Sapphire ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-121-SP)

For the ultimate in performance gaming, Radeon® X1800 Series drives graphic performance to new heights with incredible speed, performance and intense 3D graphics. Offering mind-blowing graphics acceleration and high quality video playback, X1800 combines a radically new ultra-threaded core 3D architecture with ATI's revolutionary new AvivoTM video and display technology. Built for the future, the Radeon® X1800 is CrossFire™ Ready to deliver multi-GPU gaming performance that works with all games.

- Powered by ATI Radeon R520XT GPU running at 625MHz
- Based on 0.09 micron manufacturing process
- 16 ultra efficient extreme pipelines
- 256MB GDDR3 Memory running at 1500MHz
- 256-Bit lightning fast memory interface
- 8 Vertex Shaders/Geometry Pipelines
- Memory Bandwidth - 48GB/sec
- Fill Rate - 10.00 billion pixels/sec
- Vertex and Pixel Shader Version 3.0
- 10-bit Native Display Quality for future LCD technology
- ATI® Crossfire™ Ready (Crossfire/Master Edition card required)
- 3Dc+ Technology
- AVIVO Technology - H.264 Support
- Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0c Shader Model 3.0 support

Previously sold for £169.95 +VAT

Price: £144.95 (£170.32 Including VAT at 17.5%)

BUY NOW!!!

These are brand new sealed product, they come with the Sapphire game vouchers and this price is unbeatable. OcUK is completing smashing up its competitors when it comes to Graphics Card pricing. Remember this card offers equal and superior performance to 7900 GT's but with ATI's superior image quality. This price is limited to what we have left in stock and the offer ends May 14th, but if we sell out before then its tough as new stock cost more to replenish as this is a once of OcUK/Sapphire deal.

SO BUY NOW, Or you will miss out !!!!

BruceLee · 24 Apr 2006 at 11:10

hope I dont sense deja-vu here....

Nice price though

Gibbo · 24 Apr 2006 at 11:12

BruceLee said:
hope I dont sense deja-vu here....

Nice price though

Nope these won't cause any issues as they are brand new, we have plenty and now our system are fully working.

These are gonna sell like hot cakes though!

BruceLee · 24 Apr 2006 at 11:20

I can imagine they will

I just hope that you have a better time with this lot of deals than at the weekend

Shame my bank AKA the GF has denied any further purchases for the forseeable future after me buying 3 gfx cards last week

LoadsaMoney · 24 Apr 2006 at 11:42

Cracking price that, get em while the're hot everyone, stonking cards. :cool:

hdl96 · 24 Apr 2006 at 11:52

Oh dear, i really should have resisted but couldn't at this price! I need to get a new monitor now aswell

I've got the pc upgrade bug damnit!

n3x · 24 Apr 2006 at 11:59

Just gone for one of these aswell, its gonna be my first ATI card... :eek:

Can anyone link me to a review on this one coz all the reviews i find are for the 512mb version and websense blocks the rest

oh and can anyone tell me roughly what kinda difference i can expect when i replace my 7800 with this?

EDIT: Gibbo are they really equal or better than 7900's? at stock???

Darkwave · 24 Apr 2006 at 12:01

Gibbo said:
SO BUY NOW, Or you will miss out !!!!

God damn you Gibbo.

LOL. You told me to buy one of these for £190 not long ago because the price would be going up £20, not down £20.

But yeah, fantastic card. Everyone buy one, it really rips up games.

n3x · 24 Apr 2006 at 12:05

Exsomnis said:
God damn you Gibbo. LOL. You told me to buy one of these for £190 not long ago because the price would be going up £20, not down £20.

But yeah, fantastic card. Everyone buy one, it really rips up games.

Hey Exsomnis whats with your clocks on the sapphire?

Display Information
Graphics Chipset ATI RADEON X1800

Driver Name Radeon X1800 Series

Driver Version 6.14.10.6601

Driver Status Non WHQL - Not FM Approved

Video Memory 256 MB

Core Clock 594 MHz

Memory Clock 693 MHz

glitch · 24 Apr 2006 at 12:11

Better deal than the Powercolour 512MB @ £199.95 + VAT?

subxero · 24 Apr 2006 at 12:14

glitch said:
Better deal than the Powercolour 512MB @ £199.95 + VAT?

Was just thinking the same, although the difference is still £55 + vat for an extra 256mb RAM

Darkwave · 24 Apr 2006 at 12:18

n3x said:
Hey Exsomnis whats with your clocks on the sapphire?

Not overclocked it properly yet (only with Catalyst Overdrive), got it to 675/775 utterly stable though.

I didn't bench it with those speeds, the benchmarks in my sig are entirely at stock.

n3x · 24 Apr 2006 at 12:25

Exsomnis said:
Not overclocked it properly yet (only with Catalyst Overdrive), got it to 675/775 utterly stable though.

I didn't bench it with those speeds, the benchmarks in my sig are entirely at stock.

Thats pretty good news then. My 7800 barely reaches 8000 and wont overclock at all well!

Tbh i've always been a bit of an nvidia fanboy so lets hope this is good enough to change my mind

Will riva tuner be my best bet for oc'ing this card?

ihatelag · 24 Apr 2006 at 12:26

Does anyone think I should replace my 7800GTX 256MB with this X1800XT? Are there any real gaming performance benefits?

Also would a nforce chipset (on a quad SLi mobo) support me running a ATI crossfire setup?

(sorry if my questions seem dumb, I need to know the answers before the offer runs out lol and no, google is not my friend on both counts

)

Killajaz · 24 Apr 2006 at 12:28

Ooh I want one and I am very close to ordering one.
I want one for the weekend. However, I just spoke to OCUK and the sales rep told me delivery to sweden could be anything between 7 and 21 days

Regardless of which type of delivery I chose.

bah!

man_from_uncle · 24 Apr 2006 at 12:31

n3x said:
EDIT: Gibbo are they really equal or better than 7900's? at stock???

They are indeed. At stock speeds the X1800XTs are at least a fraction quicker than the 7900gt in almost everything. The only advantage of the 7900gt (other than the SLi option which is arguabley better than the crossfire option) is the overclocking headroom, but that requires a hardware mod.

Sumanji · 24 Apr 2006 at 12:33

Are these gonna drop any further in price...?

Cheers,

Suman

n3x · 24 Apr 2006 at 12:34

man_from_uncle said:
They are indeed. At stock speeds the X1800XTs are at least a fraction quicker than the 7900gt in almost everything. The only advantage of the 7900gt (other than the SLi option which is arguabley better than the crossfire option) is the overclocking headroom, but that requires a hardware mod.

cheers mfu

im really trying to justify spending £155 (inc vat

) on yet another gfx card

Gibbo · 24 Apr 2006 at 12:36

Killajaz said:
Ooh I want one and I am very close to ordering one.
I want one for the weekend. However, I just spoke to OCUK and the sales rep told me delivery to sweden could be anything between 7 and 21 days
Regardless of which type of delivery I chose.

bah!

Hi there

Think our sales got a little confused as international deliveries take upto 7 days, so if you order now there is a good chance you will get it but not guaranteed.

Gibbo · 24 Apr 2006 at 12:37

Sumanji said:
Are these gonna drop any further in price...?

Cheers,

Suman

You joking?

They will be going back up, hence why the 512MB is still so much more expensive. Both X1800 XT's will be going up in price once our DEAL stock has sold out which is expected to only last around approx a week.