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x800xl vs. x850 pro
Name: brickwood Date: October 11, 2006 at 07:19:37 Pacific OS: Microsoft Vista RC1 CPU/Ram: AMD Athlon 2800+ / 768 MB Product: my own custom rig
Comment:
quick post to ask which of the cards is better.. i think i can get the x850 pro for cheaper than the x800xl so can anyone tell me which one?
Name: Sabertooth Date: October 13, 2006 at 08:42:16 Pacific
Reply:
I think I am lost here, I was under the impression that you are in the market for an AGP card not PCI-E.
Here in the US, the cheapest 7800GT I found was for $200.00 (shipping included) and it was a recertified....cough....refurbished PCI-E card. AFAIK, you won't find a 7800GT card, unless all the while you've been confusing the 7800GT for a 7800GS because those are indeed available in the AGP format.
Finally, you need to thing about your CPU before buying a card, there is no point buying a card if your CPU isn't going to be at par or close enough to the performance of the video card you purchase.
Name: jam Date: October 13, 2006 at 16:46:38 Pacific
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I don't think he's ever gone back to 'my computing.net' & changed the CPU/RAM info to his new system specs.
I shouldn't have to do this for him, but he's been asking some many questions about this system that I almost know it as well as my own...lol. His board is an ASRock 775 Dual-VSTA & it has both AGP & PCI-E slots. CPU is a P4 D805.
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Response Number 8
Name: Sabertooth Date: October 13, 2006 at 17:23:54 Pacific
Reply:
Aha! the kid with meager resources ;-)
Hopefully he'll update his CN profile after this - makes it a lot easier to respond to his threads.
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