Can we expect a price drop on the x800 range and less?

[shuRe]

With the sapphire x800gto² coming to the UK soon with the capabilities to be turned into something near the x850xt, i wondered whether or not to buy now or wait untill the new X1800 cards are released and hope for a price reduction of the old cards.

If anyone doesnt have any hard facts (i couldnt find any), then opinions would be appreciated.

[metro.cl]

on the high end x800 yes on the low end no

[Geforce4ti4200]

unless r580 comes out, I dont expect price drops

[-47-!]

There has been extreme price drops on the X850 Series as of latley.

[b0bd0le]

the sapphire x800GTO2 is practically an x850XT so... that's $205USD shipped. I think that's pretty cheap :)

[dqniel]

the sapphire x800GTO2 is practically an x850XT so... that's $205USD shipped. I think that's pretty cheap :)

what's the diff between x800gto2 and a x800xl?

*edit* nm, i see that it has 12pp rather than 16pp, newegg's description was wrong.

[aMp]

Pipelines and clocks are the same, but the GTO2 uses the same R480 chip as the X850 XT. It's just slowed down by using a different BIOS, which is easily flashable.

The XL uses the 110nm R430, which won't clock to nearly the same speeds.

-aMp-

[dqniel]

Pipelines and clocks are the same, but the GTO2 uses the same R480 chip as the X850 XT. It's just slowed down by using a different BIOS, which is easily flashable.

The XL uses the 110nm R430, which won't clock to nearly the same speeds.

-aMp-

so in other words, if you're on a budget...the gto2 is the card to get right now? :)

[aMp]

Sorry for the double post, just saw your edit. The X800 GTO is a 12-pipe card, but Sapphire's GTO2 runs 16. Looks like ATI is really trying to offload its supply of high-end chips.

-aMp-

[b0bd0le]

so in other words, if you're on a budget...the gto2 is the card to get right now? :)

without a doubt. you will have to flash the bios on it though.

this reminds me when ati started relabeling 9800XTs as 9800 Pro with 256MBs, just a quick flash of the bios and your 9800 Pro turned into a full fledged 9800XT

[shuRe]

i snapped up the radeon 9800pro with xt core and pcb, now i plan to do the same with the sapphire x800gto², but its dam expensive over here in the UK, £160, which is about $288 :slapass:

edit: i guess its a cheap x850xt tho :rolleyes: