Asus ATi AX800XT....anything good?

[giga_dude]

Here's a review from Asus' latest card:

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/asus-ax800xt-tvd.html

I don't know much about ATi but this sure looks pretty good to me...although the pricetag is quote hefty...http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-121-517&depa=1

Is there a 3rd party cooling solution that you can install on these Ati cards???

:)

[Avg]

I quess this one would although it doesn't state if it is for a pro or xt, so I'm guessing it is for both.

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=35-186-116&depa=1
By the way the card is great.

[*jj]

You are looking at 2 different cards. The one in the review is the AGP version. It is called an X800XT/TVD and has clock speeds of 520/560. Newegg kind of has the model wrong If you go to the ASUS website you can see that their PCI-E version doesn't carry the XT/TVD badge it's different. It's almost like newegg combined the model numbers but the card pictured is the PCI-E version known as the EAX800XT/2DTwhich has the slower speeds of 500/500. Kind of confusing but they are different none the less.

[somekid617]

You cnat go wrong with asus.... or can you? :D

[FIZZ3]

You are looking at 2 different cards. The one in the review is the AGP version. It is called an X800XT/TVD and has clock speeds of 520/560. Newegg kind of has the model wrong If you go to the ASUS website you can see that their PCI-E version doesn't carry the XT/TVD badge it's different. It's almost like newegg combined the model numbers but the card pictured is the PCI-E version known as the EAX800XT/2DTwhich has the slower speeds of 500/500. Kind of confusing but they are different none the less.

I believe the first is the PE flavor, while the PCI-express card is the XT _ kind. Confusing indeed, as the labeling system isn't consistently used.

AGP PE:

http://www.asus.com/products/vga/ax800xt/overview.htm

PCI-express 1) vanilla:

http://www.asus.com/products/vga/eax800xt/overview.htm

2) PE:

http://www.asus.com/products/vga/eax800xt-pe/overview.htm

There's even a third PCI-E flavor that says XT in one paragraph and XT PE in another. Confused yet? :)

[*jj]

You cnat go wrong with asus.... or can you? :Dmy card has worked flawlessly since day one..I use a mild oc but i don't push since I'm on stock air cooling

[giga_dude]

Hmm. No the card I was looking at was the AX800XT/TVD/256 wich is the AGP version.

AJUMP
http://www.ajump.com/ajump/product.asp?pf%5Fid=9440150&dept%5Fid=2730

NEWEGG
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?submit=property&DEPA=1
(first card is the AX800XT, AGP version)

:D

[giga_dude]

It seems like these cards are hard to find...no?

I'm just looking for a card that can hold me over for 1-2 years or more.....until my next major upgrade....

:D