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

glenimp617 · 24 Apr 2006 at 12:43

Just been reading some reviews. I didn't think these were faster than a 7800GTX!

Argh! I'm already into my overdraft :-(

I have a dell 24" TFT. Do you think this card will allow me to play games like COD2 and GTR2 at native res?

Gibbo · 24 Apr 2006 at 12:46

glen8 said:
Just been reading some reviews. I didn't think these were faster than a 7800GTX!

Argh! I'm already into my overdraft

I have a dell 24" TFT. Do you think this card will allow me to play games like COD2 and GTR2 at native res?

Yes its got enough power to do that, but an X1900 would be quicker.

ihatelag · 24 Apr 2006 at 12:46

glen8 said:
Just been reading some reviews. I didn't think these were faster than a 7800GTX!

By any chance are these reviews online, I would be most greatful if you could PM me them.

LoadsaMoney · 24 Apr 2006 at 12:50

glen8 said:
Just been reading some reviews. I didn't think these were faster than a 7800GTX!

Argh! I'm already into my overdraft

I have a dell 24" TFT. Do you think this card will allow me to play games like COD2 and GTR2 at native res?

Yup x1800 XT's are indeed faster than the 7800 GTX's (256mb). :cool:

Also may be near, or on par with the 512mb GTX's now after the driver updates we've had.

Tom|Nbk · 24 Apr 2006 at 12:56

gibbo sorry to go totally of topic but i just thought id catch u here,

can u tell me when the price of the

**B Grade** GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3 (GE2GB3200BDC) (BG-014-GL)

its currently Price: £101.95 (£119.79 Including VAT at 17.5%)

that is the same price it is new, i rang sales twice on saturday one guy called phil told me the price had been updated and would be up in a few minutes, this never happened then another later after that told me that all b grade and clearance suff had been sold out. can u please shed some light onto it mate as im wanting to order this

once again sorry for going OT

glenimp617 · 24 Apr 2006 at 12:58

ihatelag said:
By any chance are these reviews online, I would be most greatful if you could PM me them.

I tried posting the review site but it put ***** in the name?

glenimp617 · 24 Apr 2006 at 12:59

Gibbo said:
Yes its got enough power to do that, but an X1900 would be quicker.

Do me a deal then ;-)

LoadsaMoney · 24 Apr 2006 at 13:00

glen8 said:
I tried posting the review site but it put ***** in the name?

If thats h e x u s, then they had a falling out with OcUK so i hear, so OcUK filters there name out.

Killajaz · 24 Apr 2006 at 13:01

Gibbo said:
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.

Ordering

Pray for me and Royal Mail.

glenimp617 · 24 Apr 2006 at 13:03

Might be wrong here, but will the new release of the catalyst drivers enable crossfire without the need for a master card?

If so, do you think I should buy two of these?

glenimp617 · 24 Apr 2006 at 13:04

LoadsaMoney said:
If thats h e x u s, then they had a falling out with OcUK so i hear, so OcUK filters there name out.

http://www.<insert name here>.net/content/item.php?item=3603&page=1

Gun9 · 24 Apr 2006 at 13:04

wow getting one ordered!

ihatelag · 24 Apr 2006 at 13:09

glen8 said:
http://www.<insert name here>.net/content/item.php?item=3603&page=1

lol thanks

n3x · 24 Apr 2006 at 13:14

thats the 512mb version reviewed tho isnt it?

LoadsaMoney · 24 Apr 2006 at 13:41

the 256mb XT is faster than the 512mb at resolutions 1024x768 and below, 1280x1024 and above is where the gap starts to open up, and the higher you go the bigger the gap, think the 512mb is about 5fps faster at 1280x1024, then it grows from there the higher you go as said, but still they are stonking cards and will give cracking frame-rates.

zAndy1 · 24 Apr 2006 at 13:42

How much of an improvement would this be over a 7800GT at 1280x1024 res? Are we just talking a few more frames per second or is it more than that? What difference would it make to oblivion for example?

LoadsaMoney · 24 Apr 2006 at 13:46

Be a huge difference in Oblivion, ATi cards are the ones to have for that game as you can use HDR+AA at the same time which you can't on Nvidia cards, and it also performs better on ATi cards anyway, at 1280x1024 it will be an improvement over the GT, but by how much im not sure.

man_from_uncle · 24 Apr 2006 at 13:56

You should see a boost with the X1800XT, but it won't be earth shaking. I was running Oblivion with a 7800gt and I've since upgraded to a 7900gt. My 7900gt is running a fair bit quicker than pretty much any X1800XT and I am basically playing a few frames faster than I was, but at 1600x1200 instead of 1280x1024. I think with the X1800XT256 you should be able to manage HDR and 2xAA at 1280x1024 (or X4AA + HDR at 1024x768) with a slightly tweak ini file, assuming the rest of your specs are up to it too.

Hugest_UK · 24 Apr 2006 at 14:23

Hi,

I updgraded from a 7800GT to a 512MB X1800XT last week and to be honest im very impressed. Oblivion is like a different game when running the same settings as my GT its noticeably quicker but i can up the image qaulity way above anything my 7800GT could manage and still keep the framerate my GT used to manage!

Cheers,
Hugest

Darkwave · 24 Apr 2006 at 14:40

man_from_uncle said:
I was running Oblivion with a 7800gt and I've since upgraded to a 7900gt. My 7900gt is running a fair bit quicker than pretty much any X1800XT and I am basically playing a few frames faster than I was, but at 1600x1200 instead of 1280x1024. I think with the X1800XT256 you should be able to manage HDR and 2xAA at 1280x1024 (or X4AA + HDR at 1024x768) with a slightly tweak ini file, assuming the rest of your specs are up to it too.

Oblivion is also very ATi-biased, particularly in outdoor environments. That fact, coupled with HDR+AA, is the reason I bought ATi this time round.

Does 4xAA+HDR @ 1280x960 with full detail settings just fine and 4xAA+HDR @ 1600x1200 too if I turn shadows off (NPC shadows that is, tree canopy shadows stay on.)