411 on the X850??

[MisterChief]

Hello, world!😀

Down to buisness. I've been frequenting ATI's website, and read about the X850. What they fail to disclose is a release date or any realtime comparisons to current hardware or timedemos. Anybody have any idea as to when it will be released, how many types there will be, or how it stacks up to current GPU's? Any info would be appreciated.

 

[JBT]

Anandtech did a review on them a week or so ago check the main page... I don't know about a release date though.

 

[MisterChief]

Thanks much🙂

 

[sleepeeg3]

Ad on eBay says they will not be sold until February.

 

[shabby]

Originally posted by: sleepeeg3
Ad on eBay says they will not be sold until February.

Heh didnt ati say it should only be 4 weeks from launch to retail? Guess not.

 

[Malak]

Well Alienware is putting an x850 PE into my rig as I type this, so I'll be getting it here in a week or so.

 

[mwmorph]

i dont know. i havent even seen 1 yet.(besides engineering samples) your pc might be delayed.

 

[Corporate Thug]

Originally posted by: malak
Well Alienware is putting an x850 PE into my rig as I type this, so I'll be getting it here in a week or so.

please dont tell me you combined a x850 PE with a P4 3.0 ....

 

[Malak]

Originally posted by: shady06

Originally posted by: malak
Well Alienware is putting an x850 PE into my rig as I type this, so I'll be getting it here in a week or so.

please dont tell me you combined a x850 PE with a P4 3.0 ....

Yes I did, and it's not going to be a problem.

BTW, you can't get the x850 from alienware anymore either. As far as I can tell, I'll be getting one before anyone else can.

 

[JBT]

I would think a 3GHz would be a bottle neck for a x850 XT PE but I donno....

 

[Corporate Thug]

Originally posted by: JBT
I would think a 3GHz would be a bottle neck for a x850 XT PE but I donno....

yes, its going to be a huge bottleneck in most cases

 

[Corporate Thug]

Originally posted by: malak

Originally posted by: shady06

Originally posted by: malak
Well Alienware is putting an x850 PE into my rig as I type this, so I'll be getting it here in a week or so.

please dont tell me you combined a x850 PE with a P4 3.0 ....

Yes I did, and it's not going to be a problem.

BTW, you can't get the x850 from alienware anymore either. As far as I can tell, I'll be getting one before anyone else can.

its not a problem per se, but a 3 ghz p4 kinda defeats the purpose of the X850

an A64 3200+ with a 6800 GT will prolly be a faster combination.

btw, there are several website where you can get a x850 if you are willing to pay $1000

 

[Malak]

Well I'm thinking I'm going to be OCing the 3ghz anyway.

 

[LTC8K6]

Better to have more video card than you need, imo.

 

[nitromullet]

http://www.anandtech.com/trade...c.aspx?i=2317&p=16

...update in ATi X850 & X800 XL avaiability in AT's coverage of CES in case anyone missed it.