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Wed 19/01/05 at 22:44
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Hey all,

I'm back for some more of your PC wisdom :) More to the point, I'm going to buy a new GFX card and I was wondering if you guys thought it was any good. I'm getting the Sapphire Radeon X700 PRO PCI-Express 256MB:

[URL]http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=74654[/URL]

So is it any good? I'm asking since there are no reviews about it on E-Buyer and the X600XT seems to be much more popular. So should I stick with the X700?
Fri 21/01/05 at 09:04
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"l33t cs50r"
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ATi PCI & AGP Equivilents:

X300 = 9200
X600 = 9600XT
X700 = 9800XT/Pro

There's a good comparison chart over at ATi. From what I've heard the X700 is one hell of a card for the price and well worth the pennies
Thu 20/01/05 at 20:19
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"Bicycle"
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Doesn't matter.

Either way, Radeon have a two cards that are the same "distance" away...
Thu 20/01/05 at 20:19
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"+34 Intellect"
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Coin wrote:
> Not necessairily...

The x700 has double the pipelines of the x600. Yes, necessarily.
Thu 20/01/05 at 20:07
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"Just ram it in!"
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Coin wrote:
> Not necessairily...
>
> The 9700 actually performs worse than 9600XT in quite a few games,
> including Doom 3.

We arnn't talking about AGP.
Thu 20/01/05 at 17:08
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"Bicycle"
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Not necessairily...

The 9700 actually performs worse than 9600XT in quite a few games, including Doom 3.
Thu 20/01/05 at 11:47
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cookie monster wrote:
> The x700 will pwn the x600 all over the shop.

Right, well that settles it. Thanks :)
Wed 19/01/05 at 23:02
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The x700 will pwn the x600 all over the shop.
Wed 19/01/05 at 22:53
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Oh yeah I'm not worried about that. I know my card has a PCI-E slot (some of you might remember me. I bought the 9800 thinking I had an AGP slot when I actually had a PCI-E slot :P) All I want to know is which card is better? The X600XT has sold me while the X700 has no reviews so I just want to check before I buy :)
Wed 19/01/05 at 22:47
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I'm not entirely sure, but I believe that only the latest mobos support PCI-express.

Don't take my word for it though - I'm sure someone will clarify.
Wed 19/01/05 at 22:44
Regular
Posts: 11,373
Hey all,

I'm back for some more of your PC wisdom :) More to the point, I'm going to buy a new GFX card and I was wondering if you guys thought it was any good. I'm getting the Sapphire Radeon X700 PRO PCI-Express 256MB:

[URL]http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=74654[/URL]

So is it any good? I'm asking since there are no reviews about it on E-Buyer and the X600XT seems to be much more popular. So should I stick with the X700?

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