X800XT vs X800XT PE

[GLeger]

I'm getting one of these cards, but trying to decide which one. I've
noticed the XT cards are just becoming
widely available. I noticed the PE's are fairly scarce, and quite a bit
more expensive.
I see the PE is a little faster as far as numbers are concerned, however,
how much do you guys really think
you'll be able to see on screen? I know there are so many variables to make
these numbers, but overall,
is the PE really worth that much more money? And how many FPS difference
would I see, all things being equal???


thanks

 

[Andi Cole]

My XT runs at PE clocks with no additional cooling.

Andi.

 

[andyw]

My ASUS XT is running quite abit higher than a PE.

It is water cooled though, although saying that it did come with a
massive great fan /copper heatsink which should be excellent at cooling
on its own.

I used ATItools to do the overclocking.

 

[First of One]

The framerate increase going from a XT to XT PE would be proportional to the
clock speed difference, under the most optimistic conditions (i.e. not very
much).

Grab the X800XT. And if the speed in games is insufficient for you,
overclock it.

**** ATi and nVidia with their paper launches. 4 months after the "launch"
and the flagship cards are still nowhere to be seen.