gigantorebirdie
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I stumbled on this at newegg. Just ordered it. Should be a sweet upgrade from my 128 meg 9800 pro. Anyone have any details? I haven't seen anything about an agp aiw xl yet.
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Goat said:
Goat said:
SlasherDNA said:Hm, I guess.
The thing is, I went from 6800'GT' to 9800Pro, and in CS:S, I only needed to lower AA/AF in game to play it smooth. So I guess GeForce's really suck against Radeons in source.. and x800XL should really make a fine boost.
Otherwise I play on 1280x1024, everything max except shadows on Low, and AA/AF aint on full, as I could have with GT....
robberbaron said:Theres a non AIW that's only $350. Pretty good deal if you have a card older than or equal to a 9700, otherwise I personally wouldn't spend the money on it. It would be as good as the 6800GT you're planning to get, and about $20 cheaper.
SlasherDNA said:I'm just saying my experience with GF and Radeon.. I was 100% sure I will have to play on 1024x768 with medium/low settings with 9800Pro..
Tho I would like to play at higher res's, but my monitor doesn't allow me to..
Erasmus354 said:Please tell us about the image quality on the tv tuner...and if you can confirm whether or not it uses the theater550 pro.
LoneWolf said:Looks like the Remote Wonder isn't included...but I will be interested to hear what TV playback is like.
shoes said:i have a question but didnt feel like it was necessary to start another thread:
http://www.gecube.com/mbu/productCategory.php?proID=77
That is the X800XL AGP from GeCube
My questions is, that PCB looks HUGE. Is is the same size as a x800xl pci-e pcb? would that fit in a shuttle?
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Its a 200. I'm a little disappointed, but i was sick of waiting for a new vid card and this is the one I want, the AIW is just a bonus so save your flames.
Commander X800 said:im a little new at the Rage chip thing (mainly becuase i dont use video caping very much, but whats the main diff betwenn that 200 and the 550 chip?
Commander X800 said:have you gotten any resultes as far as the oc`n of the card goes? the reason im asking is becuase im thinking about getting that very same model from newegg.com and if the oc is ok (say some where around 440-450 for the core) i'll stick with getting it. info is greatly helpfull and thanks in advance.
lyying said:nice card.. i think i may order one as well
btw... i heard a few people mentioned that the x800 cards' original fans make a rather gentle but repeated "ticking" sounds at low fan speeds (say, around 30% the full speed)... do you have any experience with that?
Also, with your overclocked core and mem, how hot does the x800xl aiw card get when playing graphics-intensive games for a few hours? How fast are the fans spinning?
Please let me know, thanks
Erasmus354 said:not sure....but I know the 550 is definitely the better chip The 200 is like its little brother.
gigantorebirdie said:Order one, i find it hard to believe you'll be disappointed! The fan is not ticking, nor is it noticably loud. As far as temperature it's pretty hot. I wouldn't rest your johnson on it, but doesn't seem to cause any instability. I played cs:s for about 6 hrs straight without even so much as a hiccup. This is with the highest widescreen setting 1360x768, Model detail High, Texture Detail High, Water Detail Reflecty world, Shadow High, AA 4x, Aniso 8x, and Shader High. Maintains 115 FPS.
LoneWolf said:The Theater 550 adds hardware MPEG-2 encoding, and a 3D comb filter to improve the quality of TV/video, plus its 2D comb filter is a five-line filter as compared to the 200's 3-lind filter. It also supports PCI Express (the 200 apparently does not). It's mainly for PVR boards right now.
Best information can be found here:
http://firingsquad.com/hardware/ati_theater_550_pro/default.asp
Most reviews I've seen have so far ripped 550 Pro-based cards a new one, as the software is lacking in features, and the output doesn't improve that much over the Theater 200. If ATI gets its rear in gear with software (a problem they've had over time with the AIW and TV tuner cards) it'll be a good product. There's no reason to really be disappointed in having the Theater 200 though.
lyying said:Uhmm..... but how hot is "pretty hot"? Above 100C?
Also, when you mentioned that the fan speed is not noticably loud, did you mean that when it's rotating at low speed or high speed?
Thanks for your fast reply btw~~
PS.... If i really do order one, it'll be in the beginning of next month when i can get some cash on hand... T_T
gigantorebirdie said:the fan only spins at one speed so far as I've noticed. I can't tell if it has multiple settings, i'll have to see what the fan is up to. I'll also try to find out the temperature for you. Is there software that does that or do i need to go diggin around for a probe?