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Which brand of X800XL?
- Thread starter ap673
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Connect 3d is the best overclocker, its the only one with an extra molex connector and everybody assumes thats why.
At stock they are all the same, everyone besides MSI I think follows the refferance design.
At stock they are all the same, everyone besides MSI I think follows the refferance design.
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My vote goes for the Sapphire Ultimate x800XL. Sapphire has always been known for their build quality of ATI products, and it also comes with a Zalman VF700-Cu installed 
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adriana said:
No way, you can always add 3rd party cooling but you can't add the molex connector that has been proven to aid OCing this card.
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Sapphire Ultimate 4 teh winz0r
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Sapphire screwed me over and gave me a verision with slow memory. the stock speeds were 250mhz while many other 9600XT owners have it running at 300MHz stock. The advertized speed was 300mhz. Dont tell me its because its 256mb version because my friend bought one too and his runs at 300MHz. 
I dont know if they do the same scam with their x800's
I dont know if they do the same scam with their x800's
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Gabkicks said:Sapphire screwed me over and gave me a verision with slow memory. the stock speeds were 250mhz while many other 9600XT owners have it running at 300MHz stock. The advertized speed was 300mhz. Dont tell me its because its 256mb version because my friend bought one too and his runs at 300MHz.
I dont know if they do the same scam with their x800's
Did you ever try RMAing it or contacting Sapphire about it? Maybe it's just some manufacturing error.
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well i dont know if u care but if u want a good overclocker o dont want a xl u want something with a r42x or a r48x core id get ither a x850 xt or a x800xt the pros are good overclockers too and can even give a xt a run for their money even though they only have 12 pipes
btw both the x800 xt and x850 xt can easly mod into a xtpe
here is a x850 xt for 398$ http://www.gogocity.com/product_details.asp?dept_id=331&pf_id=CO02VDO0318
and here is a x850 pro http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=320841&affiliate=yahoo
cheers
btw both the x800 xt and x850 xt can easly mod into a xtpe
here is a x850 xt for 398$ http://www.gogocity.com/product_details.asp?dept_id=331&pf_id=CO02VDO0318
and here is a x850 pro http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=320841&affiliate=yahoo
cheers
If you're set on an X800XL get whichever one is cheapest. They pretty much all use the reference design (with a few exceptions) and the vivo cards haven't been getting any superior overclocks to the non-vivo. The main thing is to get some good cooling you'll be fine (aftermarket that is, you don't want to stay with stock cooling for any reason). I've got an el-cheapo Rosewill X800XL and I'm very satisfied with it's overclockability.
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Great, you'll be more then happy.
Post OC speeds!
Post OC speeds!
