Q: There is a discount deal for an X1650 AGP on newegg for $ 71 shipped after $ 20 rebate. http://www.newegg.com/Product/.x?Item=N82E16814102085 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102085)
Or an open box for $ 68 AGP x800GTO shipped. http://www.newegg.com/Product/.?Item=N82E16814102609R (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102609R)
Which is the better deal?
Re:Originally posted by: guy
The $89 one is an R430 based card with 16 pipes enabled. The other is an R420 X800 pro with 12 pipes.
in that case i would just pass.
Re:X1650pro ~> 7600gs ~> 6600GT ~ x800GTO
Re:The $89 one is an R430 based card with 16 pipes enabled. The other is an R420 X800 pro with 12 pipes.
Re:Originally posted by: guy
What's the difference between these X800GTO cards besides the price and one letter in the model name?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/…?Item=N82E16814102609R (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102609R)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/…?Item=N82E16814102002R (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102002R)
probably a different revision. possibly the more expensive one has the 16 pipes already unlocked? even so that's too much to pay for that card.
Re:What's the difference between these X800GTO cards besides the price and one letter in the model name?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/…?Item=N82E16814102609R (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102609R)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/…?Item=N82E16814102002R (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102002R)
Re:IIRC, the most recent x800gto's from sapphire are unlocked from the factory so have 16 pipes by default…that could just be for the pci-e ones, plus this is open box so i dunno, and if it's not r480 (might not be), it won't OC well…but that x1650 has a low memory clock and only a 128 bit bandwidth so would have very poor memory bandwidth relative to that x800. i would just look around in the fs/ft forum for a better deal on like a high end gf6 or x800 part, you could probably get a better one there.
Re:The gto is slightly faster, but keep in mind that you're buying an open box version of a card than was known to be a modder's toy for unlocking and overclocking. So there's slightly more risk than usual of you getting a damaged card.
Re:Comparison (http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphics_2007.html?modelx=33&model1=737&model2=744&chart=275)
Don't look at the fact that the top card is an X1600 pro, it has the exact same specs as the X1650 u listed.
Re:The X800 will be slightly faster, I believe, although it omits functionality for Pixel Shaders of the SM 2 level. It also has old drivers available for Window9x, which the X1xxx's do not. I would say that the convenience of skipping the mail-in effort and waiting for it to be honored is worth an extra consideration.
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