I would if I had the dough, sadly im at a $50 deficit if I go with it and the system I'm planning. Maybe Ill go with 256MB ram and swing it :stick: Unless someone can find me ram really cheap
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I would if I had the dough, sadly im at a $50 deficit if I go with it and the system I'm planning. Maybe Ill go with 256MB ram and swing it :stick: Unless someone can find me ram really cheap
WAit for the X1300 Volt mod... :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by perkam
lol 2x 1300pros < x1600xt :p:Quote:
Originally Posted by bassv2
Leaves you ample cash to buy this and complete the combo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835118117 :slobber: .Quote:
Originally Posted by vapb400
LOL $160 X1600XT + $26 VF700 = $186 ... still $20 cheaper than GS :p:
Perkam
2x 1300 non-pros volt modded > x1600xt oced.Quote:
Originally Posted by sabrewolf732
price wise and preformacen wise
x1600xt is still cheaper and can also be volt modded :fact:Quote:
Originally Posted by bassv2
x1300 non-pro's xfired is cheaper by 10$ :) X1300 being crappier has more headroom for oc.
let time tell my friend.... the 6200 was supposed to be crap ;)
hehe I've already got a VF700 just sitting here!:fact: :fact: :fact:Quote:
Originally Posted by perkam
Hopefully will place my order this week. I need to do a little more xmas shopping before I treat myself :)
can anybody confirm the sapphire clocks is it the 600/1400 of the powercolor or the 590/1380 reference clock? Or is that not the reference clock anymore?
really? a x1600xt is $160. Where are you getting x1300's for $75?Quote:
Originally Posted by bassv2
Sapphire does not have X1600XTs with anything other than 1.4ns GDDR3.Quote:
Originally Posted by vapb400
Perkam
if I told you, then u'd start loading up on em, and price would go up. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by sabrewolf732
i'd still pick an X1600pro over the X1300 series... might as well run a 9700/9800 if you want to use an x1300
I totally agree. After playing with a couple X1300 pros, I have to say that the performance will not satisfy most gamers. They are fun to play with and interesting from a technology standpoint but that's about it.Quote:
Originally Posted by STEvil
On a positive note, they are a step up from the X300 / X550 / X600s.
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=28422
XFire X1600XT at stock beats stock X1800XL at 3dmark05 :)
8730 :)
71% increase. NB. So if you get both up to 6500 pt clocks you should be at around 11k, not too shabby. Of course thats not considering other bottlenecks. Im sure with water/volt mod you can hit 12k :fact:
Not bad at all. But quiet a few stock XL's can break 9k without to much fuzz ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Shadowmage
X1600XT is also at stock, remember ;)
SOMEONE HURRY UP AND GET ONE! :D
... I mean two ;)
huh? i dont think so...Quote:
Originally Posted by bassv2
and they are in no way cheaper!
a 1600pro here costs 125€ and a 1300pro costs 120€ and a 1300non pro costs 100€
theres the asus 1300 non pro wich is supposedly going to cost only 75€ but its out of stock and nobody knows when they finally arrive.
so those would be a better deal than getting a 1600xt...
but im not too sure... the 1300non pros from asus probably come with really crappy memory and wont oc a lot.
a 1600xt scores 9200 in 2k3 and 5200 in 2k5
can two 1300 no pros in cf oced beat that?
edit: althes got 4500 in 2k5 with 2 1300pros and 1.8ghz a64, the other scores i posted were with 2.4ghz a64... so i guess 2 1300 non pros score as well as a 1600xt.
BUT the xt isnt oced, AND this is only in fm benchmarks where crossfire scales very well... in games they wont be as fast.
so 1600xt > 1300 non pro crossfire
but i still think that 1600pro crossfire > 7800gt
lets see :D
according to the shop my cards arrive in 2 days :banana:
Just hold on boys saaya will be rocking and rolling with xfire shortly
ATI's x1k series aren't a dissapointment.
They now take the Best Bang for the Buck title away from the 6600GT's.
And the late arrival of the X1600 created much hype...
well if ati wouldnt have lowered the price on the 1600s they would have been a big failure i think... and theres a big gap between 1600xt and 1800xl, a price and performence gap... i hope the 1700 will close the gap soon, ati has always been good with performence-mainstream cards, 9500pro, 9800pro/x700 x800xl...Quote:
Originally Posted by bassv2
but it looks like its some months away, so ill have some fun with x1600 til then :D
if there would be widely available 6600 non gt cards with sli and good memory then they would beat the crossfire 1600 performence and price performence wise i think.
there are 6600 non gt cards that are sli capable at newegg for 100$!
they have really lousy memory though i think...
and tbh i think the x1000 series are a dissapointment, not a bog one though.
btw, im almost always dissapointed in new hardware :P
the 1000s helped ati to catch up with nvidia, but not beat them.
im still confused how a 16 pipe chip can have 2x as many transistors as the previous generation 16 pipe chip :D
i was sure its 32 pipes and would perform at least 50% faster than the x850, and even faster with aa and af, but its only around 30% faster, in some games only 10% in 1024x768, not in high resolutions...
they are good cards though, dont get me wrong, but i expected more since in the past ati has made big jumps with their new cards.
Two X1600XTs get 8,730 in 3dmark05 stock:
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=28422 (Btw, thats an X1800XT thats supposed to be mentioned, not XL --> Stupid Inq)Quote:
Originally Posted by TheInqy
That's 71% efficiency for the X1600XTs in crossfire relative to the X1800XTs w/ 50% efficiency in crossfire.
Perkam
ok well i just finished my WC loop and the 1600 is now idleing at 41c :) much better than 55 imho.
Scores to come later tonight as im leak testing and priming right now
:woot: Too many things Too fast...must buy !!! :p:
Perkam