Powercolor X800XT PE Adventures

[eva2000]

I managed to pick up a rare Powercolor X800XT PE AGP card locally It's stock speed is 520/560 according ATI Tool and idle and load GPU temps from ATI Tool = 36-39C idle and 64-68C load.




Front side has Samsung 419 GC16 chips, Backside has Samsung 422 GC16 chips heh

I used initially Omega 8.07 drivers then Cat 4.11 official. The Omega still was ~100pts faster in 3dmark2003 than Cat 4.11 for my card and faster in 3dmark2001 too. But here's a full set of 3dmarks using Cat 4.11 drivers at stock cpu speeds with my gaming OS image.


AMD64 3700+
DFI NF3 250Gb 05/10/04 4v bios
2x 512MB KHX3200/512 BH-5 @ 200mhz 2-2-2-6 1T
120GB WD 1200JB
LiteOn LDW-411s burner
580W Topower Adjustable PSU

Win2k SP4 fully loaded gaming OS image

Powercolor X800XT PE connected with OCZ VGA Enhanced power lead/molex

3dmark2001 = 29,147 vs Omega 8.07 score of 29,243
3dmark2003 = 14,033
3dmark05 = 6,704












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[spaceman]

Looks pretty good. Can you do us Powercolor VIVO owners a favor, and see what your stock vgpu is? Thanx. Setting a VIVO at your voltage probly won't matter, but still, it would let us know what normal XT PE voltage should be.

[eva2000]

Just took my DMM to it and if I'm reading it correctly it's 1.405v on GPU.

[spaceman]

Just took my DMM to it and if I'm reading it correctly it's 1.405v on GPU.

Thanx. Interesting, it seems they use the same vgpu for all cards, pretty much. If they don't pass testing @ 1.4v, they throw them in the VIVO pile.

[eva2000]

Well here's some results with cpu oc'd Room temps dropped 5C, so did GPU idle temps dropped from lowest 36C to 34C!

AMD64 3700+ @ 11x 246HTT = 2706mhz
2x 512MB KHX3200/512 BH-5 @ 246mhz 2-2-2-6 1T

Powercolor X800XT PE
@ 520/560 = 13,336
@ 602/605 = 14,563

3Dmark05
@ 602/605 = 6,766

3Dmark2001
@ 602/605 = 32,470

Aquamark3
@ 602/605 = 82,000

Okay screenies

34C idle

[FlyingHamster]

nice scores eva!

wut drivers have u found to be the best for your x800?? and do u use diff ones for say 2k1, 2k3, and 2k5?

[eva2000]

i haven't used X800 card in a few months last i used was 4.9 with X800Pro, and back then used different drivers for each bench but right now can't be bothered with ghost OS imaging each variation :O

Updated screenies above

[Kanavit]

Eva! you make me jeolous! so, between the x800xtpe and Asus 6800 ultra, which do you recommend for gaming, benchmarking, and overall experience?

[Playful_Buffalo]

wow that was a very nice find!


are those oc's with the stock cooler?

[eva2000]

yeah ocs on stock cooler

Kanavit, personally i prefer X800XT PE over 6800U

1. more control over managing GPU idle/load temps - you can do more to reduce these temps without extreme cooling i.e. zalman fan bracket + fan over card does wonders

2. X800XT PE much easier on my PSU than 6800U

3. Image quality on X800XT PE for me is better than 6800U

4. OCAU members 7 of us ordered from the same batch of Asus 6800U, only 2 or 3 of us came out with a good card, 4 or 5 buyers had to rma their Asus 6800U, and after a month or two some were sent back the same card saying they tested it fine with no problems - but the problems persist i.e. severe artifacting at stock speeds etc etc

[blinky]

oooo i love adventures

[eva2000]

Okay some FarCry v1.3 patched benchmarks

AMD64 3700+ 12x 200 = 2411mhz stock
DFI NF3 250Gb 05/10/04 4v bios
2x 512MB KHX3200/512 BH-5 @ 200mhz 2-2-2-6 1T
120GB WD 1200JB
LiteOn LDW-411s burner
580W Topower Adjustable PSU

Win2k SP4 fully loaded gaming OS image

Powercolor X800XT PE connected with OCZ VGA Enhanced power lead/molex

Using HardwareOC Farcry Bench v1.4 all benchmarks done with 4xAA and 4xAF

@520/560
HardwareOC Steam Demo results
HardwareOC Volcano Demo results
TechReport Regulator Demo results

@590/600
HardwareOC Steam Demo results
HardwareOC Volcano Demo results
TechReport Regulator Demo results

Would love to see some of the big FX53/55 boys with their X800XT @ 630+ core run Farcry v1.3 benchmarks for comparison

[saaya]

nice little mini review!

[eva2000]

thanks saaya

switched to dx8.1 and omega 8.07 drivers and so close to breaking 33k too.. managed 32,718 with car low bug @ 600/600 with cpu at 11x248 = 2728mhz heh

[arj]

I'll be getting my Powercolor XT-PE in a few days time, hope it overclock as high as yours eva.

BTW, you're running the XT-PE at stock voltage right?

[eva2000]

yeah it's all stock heatsink, stock volts

[Playful_Buffalo]

thats some really nice results for stock HS and volts

its a shame they are almost impossible to buy

[eva2000]

Thanks.. yeah they seem more rare than BH-5/6 ram hehe

Just some interesting driver comparisons

I get higher 3d2k1 with omega 8.07 than 4.11 with Powercolor X800XT PE

AMD64 3700+ @ stock speed

X800XT PE

omega 8.07 + DX8.1
@600/600 = 29,613

omega 8.07 + DX9.0C
@ 589/600 = 29,243

4.11 + DX9.0C
@ 602/605 = 29,147

cpu @ 2706-2728mhz

4.11 + DX9.0C = 32,240 with good car low run
Omega 8.07 + DX8.1 = 32,718 with poor car low run

[FlyingHamster]

sorry, kinda offtopic, but eva do u know where can I download that Smartguardian program (if thats the correct name) that shows you the temps, volts, etc? got a link? (does it show u your vid card temp too?)

[eva2000]

smartguadian is for DFI NF3 250Gb board or DFI's boards and is on the board's included driver cd - doesn't show GPU temps though for X800XT/PRO use ATI Tool

[FlyingHamster]

oh ok, I have ATI Tool. where do I go to see the gpu temps?

[eva2000]

ATI TOOL temp only for X800Pro/XT i think - settings -> monitoring temps

[Playful_Buffalo]

i dont think 9800pro's have temp probes

[eva2000]

I can smell 33k sniff.. sniff..

Powercolor X800XT PE @ 601/601 with Omega 8.07 drivers and DX8.1
= 32,963

[FlyingHamster]

haha.. congrats eva! the scores keep goin up and up. 33k seems like its only a mhz away...

sent u a PM too