A look at the Radeon X800XL 512Mb

Addis · 06-05-2005, 04:38 PM

Anandtech has the new ATi X800XL 512mb video card in benchmarks. This new card has twice the onboard VRAM as the normal x800XL (256mb).

See for yourself the performance differences between the 256 and 512 versions.
Not that great and for the price ($449) not worth it really. A card like the Geforce 6800GT/Ultra or Radeon X850XT will get you better performance for the money,

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Exfoliate · 07-05-2005, 03:20 AM

That's an odd thing for ATI to do, you'd think they'd leave the 512MB stuff for their new chipsets really, not use a medium highend card. Doubling the ram makes the card a lousey deal as you said, normally it's priced very resonably, coming just under $300 @ newegg.

zRoCkIsAdDiCtInG · 07-05-2005, 03:35 PM

its awesome because theres a trick of gettin an XL to act as an XT Platinum, this is great

ninja fetus · 07-05-2005, 07:45 PM

but those often only work for months, not even a full year. Or they fry the card on the spot. Very risky.

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Addis The King Join Date: Jan 2004 Age: 18 Male Posts: 5,255 Times Helpful: 403 My Mood: Drunk Status: Offline My Computer	A look at the Radeon X800XL 512Mb Anandtech has the new ATi X800XL 512mb video card in benchmarks. This new card has twice the onboard VRAM as the normal x800XL (256mb). See for yourself the performance differences between the 256 and 512 versions. Not that great and for the price ($449) not worth it really. A card like the Geforce 6800GT/Ultra or Radeon X850XT will get you better performance for the money, Full Benchmarks __________________ Never trust a program you don't have the source code for. My website \| Powerful Desktop Linux \| Linux for human beings \| Linux for power users \| Linux for ricers

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Exfoliate Captain Dial-up Join Date: Jan 2005 Age: 19 Male Posts: 4,258 Times Helpful: 223 Status: Offline My Computer	That's an odd thing for ATI to do, you'd think they'd leave the 512MB stuff for their new chipsets really, not use a medium highend card. Doubling the ram makes the card a lousey deal as you said, normally it's priced very resonably, coming just under $300 @ newegg. __________________

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zRoCkIsAdDiCtInG HWF Guitar Freak Join Date: Apr 2005 Gender: Male Posts: 1,487 Times Helpful: 101 My Mood: Amused Status: Offline My Computer	its awesome because theres a trick of gettin an XL to act as an XT Platinum, this is great __________________

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ninja fetus I'm a thugged out gangsta Join Date: Mar 2004 Age: 18 Male Posts: 3,525 Times Helpful: 70 Status: Offline My Computer	but those often only work for months, not even a full year. Or they fry the card on the spot. Very risky.

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