BBATI X700Pro/Brothers In Arms

[charlie]

the combo actually DOESN'T suck. Building a PC for a buddy, "had" to use his best buy card for a Video Card... the best they had for $200 AGP was the new AGP version of a X700Pro... so with a lump in my throat, rolling my eyes I took this GPU home. I slipped it into the 2800mhz Dothan rig just to see what it would do and the benchmarks aren't spectacular... with WinXP/DX9C/Cat5.6 it scored a "barely acceptable" 25K in '01.... and pulls about 9K in '03. That puts it somewhere north of a 6200, and south of a 6600gt, lol...
So, with disdain I load up my new Brother in Arms, HILL 30 game and install it. I set it up as 1280 x 1024 (my LCD native rez) with blob shadows, 2 medium settings and a HIGH selection. So I start gaming last night... and darn! It's really decent! With the limited rez of my LCD, this GPU handles all JUST FINE. Game's pretty fun, too... I'll spend some "burnt" hours on it tonight, hehehe....
I guess the point IS that we all think "Ahhh hell, it doesn't pull 35k at default... what good is it?" or "10K in '03 is minimum gaming acceptability" and all these elitist comments we all make under our breath. SO I guess there you go, a $200 card that is way better than an old 9800XT that ruled the roost last year... and kudo's to ATI for keeping that famous ATI IQ even in a mid-range card... and further kudo's for utilizing that Rialto Bridge chip to extend newer GPU's to the old AGP platform!
I wouldn't pay more than $110 for it, lol... but there I go, being elitist again :stick:

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[=[PULSAR]=]

Yea people laughed at me when I bought an X600 yea they arent they great at 3dmark scores but hell it does a great job at BF2 paired with a venice @ 2.8. Plays alot better than an old P4 2.4 box I have sitting around with a X800XTPE. Ati really did a great job with their budget cards and keeping the prices pretty low.

[davidletterboyz]

:( I should have bought an X700PRO instead of this softmodable 6200 that has to get unlocked and stuff. Is your X700PRO having DDR3 2.0ns?

[gundamit]

Building a PC for a buddy, "had" to use his best buy card for a Video Card... the best they had for $200 AGP was the new AGP version of a X700Pro... $200 to spend at BB for a AGP card. That sucks considering their selection, but looks like you made the best choice possible. As always, thanks for the info. :)

[charlie]

:( I should have bought an X700PRO instead of this softmodable 6200 that has to get unlocked and stuff. Is your X700PRO having DDR3 2.0ns?

Yeah, it's good 'ole Sammy GC20... clean at 600mHz!! The core is "less good" lol, at like 455-460 (from 425)

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[GregP24]

I did the same thing for my bro a few months ago. I went up to BB intending to get an AGP 6600GT. But they were around $250. So, I grabbed an X700Pro for $200. It ran everything from Doom3 to WoW just fine. I even managed to OC it up to 480/525.

[crotale]

=']Yea people laughed at me when I bought an X600 yea they arent they great at 3dmark scores but hell it does a great job at BF2 paired with a venice @ 2.8. Plays alot better than an old P4 2.4 box I have sitting around with a X800XTPE. Ati really did a great job with their budget cards and keeping the prices pretty low.
What settings are you using then?
With a P4 630 @ 3.8GHz, 1 GB RAM and 6800Ultra I'm not satisfied @ 1280 with all high expect or lightning effects (medium)

[davidletterboyz]

$200 to spend at BB for a AGP card. That sucks considering their selection, but looks like you made the best choice possible. As always, thanks for the info. :)
:( At the time I was buying the 6200, there was a good bargain of X700PRO with Samsung 2.2n DDR3. It's only $130. :(

[texuspete00]

Yeah when I try a game at a friend's house, I already got the benches in my head and the tech specs... and I think to myself how a card might have half the power but it's not like the game looks half as good. Oh well... didn't stop me from ordering a 7800GTX. :hehe:

But then again my friend's aren't pimping a 24 inch widescreen monitor to use something like that card anyways. I think at home we have higher standards and for our own rigs. At home dropping something to medium, I feel like I notice it right away. So in essence I guess I'm saying the same as the openning post. I sure can appreciate the graphics the mid range spits out but feed the machine anyways.

[kromosto]

everybody has differenet expectations

[b0bd0le]

what's the difference from a 9800XT and a x700 pro?

[STEvil]

not much

[AMD-me]

x700pro is good. Think of it as a really high clocked 9800xt
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