Whats the difference between XT and XTPE

[cobra454]

I know the PE is for the platinum edition on the x800 xt but what is the difference between the 2? Is the platinum edition just clocked higher or is it a different chip? I just recently order an x800 xt non plat and a ati cooler rev 4 for it. I was wondering if I will get PE scores with this combo?

[Spyd3r]

The XT's are supposedly XT-PE's which didn't make Platinum speeds. But you may get lucky and have a card which will do XT-PE speeds. Both are based to the same R420 chip just like the Pro's.

[cobra454]

Thanks thats what i kinda figured. Like I said I'm gonna put an aftermarket cooler on it and clock it up. I ordered a sapphire vivo x800 xt. A friend of mine at work said gigabyte cards have a bad reputation of dying and visiontek went out of business so avoid those.

[*jj]

well I think also the PE's have 1.6ns ram versus the 2.0ns in the xt..could be wrong though, might be the pro with 2.0

[OBLIVIONLORD]

Not all Xt's use 1.6ns but, 2.0ns ram instead. The Saphire Xt uses 1.6ns ram but, the VisionTek Xt does not.

[cobra454]

Do you know how to identify which type of ram it is? I once found a link that had the numbers and brand of ram to identify what ram was what but I have long since lost it.