X800 Pro vs. X800XL

[Groovy Guru]

Is there any reason for someone to choose a X800Pro over a X800XL, assuming
they were both available at roughly the same price?

Thanks,
Groovy Guru

 

[Hawkeye]

Pro is the faster of the two

 

[Groovy Guru]

Not according to this review:
http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=NzAwLDE=

 

[Augustus]

Pro is the faster of the two

X800XL has 400/500 clocking with 16 pipelines, bandwidth 32.0 Gb/sec. X800
Pro's 475/475 clocking, 12 pipelines and 30.4 Gb/sec bandwidth. From what I
can see the X800 Pro has more overclocking potential, but out of the box
it's not faster than the X800XL.
http://www.ocforums.com/archive/index.php/t-368061.html

 

[Hawkeye]

"Radeon X800XL is PCI-Express The Radeon X800XL is positioned
comparatively to the X800Pro AGP with a small performance increase".

You either have an AGP or PCI-express board your looking to put it in.
your reference is comparing a PCI card to an AGP try comparing AGP
to AGP and PCI to PCI

 

[maniac]

You either have an AGP or PCI-express board your looking to put it in.
your reference is comparing a PCI card to an AGP try comparing AGP
to AGP and PCI to PCI

You don't know you're writing about.

XL is 16 pipe card clocked at 400 MHz for the core
Pro is 12 pipe card clocked at 475 MHz....

Because there is no difference in performance between AGP or PCI-E cards so
I would buy XL...

 

[Kirby]

Is there any reason for someone to choose a X800Pro over a X800XL, assuming
they were both available at roughly the same price?

The first (Pro) is an AGP card, the latter a PCI-Express card. You are
ultimately tied to what your motherboard graphics slot is (AGP or PCI-E).

If you do go for the agp X800Pro, make sure you get the VIVO version, as i
did. This card has the same chips as its big brother and thus, doing a minor
soft mod will open up the remaining 4 pipelines and set the default clock
speeds to XT PE speeds. All it takes is a small amount of reading, 1 x
1.44mb floppy and a ton of balls (What balls ? you just paid £300 for a
graphics card, why mess with it ? - Them balls) Then hey presto, you now
have a X800XT PE, as i do )

G'luck.


Kirby

 

[Glitch]

Kirby wrote:
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Or he could just buy an AGP version of X800XL that's due out in March.

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[Kirby]

Kirby wrote:
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Or he could just buy an AGP version of X800XL that's due out in March.

There's always that )


Kirby