ATI Radeon X1800XT 512MB Review

They've definitely changed - much closer to the mounts that NVIDIA use on GeForce 6/7 series.

 

hmm, so are there any blocks that definately fit?
im seriously considering getting an x1800xl and just clocking the hell out of it
but i dont do aircooling

 

Well, unless you get an NVIDIA block, I don't think there are any that fit at the moment. Best place to ask would be the extreme cooling forum though.

 

Ok i plan to spend not more than 700$ as of now
and im 18 by the way, i got into video cards when the 9800 pro 256mb came out and i bought it for 400$...and now its worth like 150 or less $ CAD

So im planning to buy a new mother board (im attached to Sapphire) sooo....

SAPPHIRE PURE Innovation PI-A9RX480 chipset
http://www.sapphiretech.com/en/productfiles/117image2.jpg

Sapphire X800 GTO2 Limited Edition 256MB PCIe Video Card
http://www.hwupgrade.it/immagini/gto2box.jpg

Zalman CPU Cooler CNPS7000 B-CU
http://www.pcsilent.de/img/prod_img_115_88/zalman_cnps_7000_bcu_led_cpu_kuehler-cnps7000culed.gif

Thermaltake Tsunami Dream Case w/Window (VA3000BWA)
http://images.techsunny.com/www.techsunny.com/bwa-s.jpg

ATI Silencer 5
http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/Art...Silencer 5/images/ATI_Silencer5_box_large.jpg

Hopeing that it wont go over 700$ CAD right now , and even hopeing it will cost about 500$ which would be great....

I dont know much about the history of NVIDIA, but i know alot about ATI and their chipsets and GPU's

And then ill wait till 2006 mid year-late year to see what's up on the GPU market, and then maybe spend that 700$ for that amazing graphics card lol, but maybe ill just buy a Laptop for University

 

Fibbles? What did you pay for them back in the days?

 

Eek! Those Canops were the high end back then - the only ones not to follow the reference design and to come with fans. I got my dad to buy my first one at a Walden Software for $307 and I got my second one for $290. Wow, $600 on video cards Wish I could do that now

For the block, just buy one with a 6800/7800 mount. There was a guy on another forum ([H]ard OCP) showing off his Twinplex Pro on his x1800XT with a 4 hole 6800 mount.

 

how was battlefield 2 tested in this? was it online or using the single player mode. Which map was tested. the reason im askin is that i have the x1800 xt and im not sure if its underperfiorming. i ddid a fraps test on the strike at kirkland map at 1360 by 768 custom resolution, 4xAA(quality adpative), max details, and i got avg of 60 fps, min 29fps, max 92 fps. When i run this test on the same map in multi player online mode it drops frames dramticlly.
On the 64 player version of this i get like avg 40-48 fps, min 23 fps, max 70 fps. Is my system underferforming? ive got a P4(600) 3ghz, 2 gig ddr2-533 ram kingston, 550watt antec truepower, 150 gig HD, gigabyte GA-81915P Duo Pro, Catlyst 6.1 drivers.

Oh yeah and my 3d marks 05 score is only 7144
Help me plase?