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Warm? Hot? ATi Radeon X850 Pro = $225.00 OTD @ BB

Well it does kick ass (especially the vivo.) Oh well, guess I just haven't been up to date on which card is which these days.

Another bump for a still good deal.
 
actually, yesterday, I was at a best buy shop in salem NH and I noticed that they had ATI Radeon X850 XT PE's for 300 bucks so I'm going back today

This might not be true at all stores, but they are certainly mixed up.

I think it might be that their ATI Radeon X850 XT PE image is somehow digitally linked with their label ATI Radeon X850 PRO and so if you buy a ATI Radeon X850 XT PE, it'll show up at the register as a ATI Radeon X850 PRO with the appropriate discounts. This is only a theory which demands further research 🙂
 
Originally posted by: BlackPear1
The XL's 16p gives it an edge.
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Im looking on ATI's website and the specs show that the X850 Pro has 16 pipelines also and a higher clock rate than the XL.
 
I think they must have noticed as the link windows do not open. You may have some luck going to the store though.
 
The Pro only has 12 Pipes, but is clocked some 140MHz higher than the XL. I also think it has some OC headroom above that, but I'm not sure (the XL doesnt OC much). I personally liked the x800Pro because it was a real nice OCer, so, I really wouldnt mind having an x850pro over an xl (however, I do have an XL..)
 
well that x850 xt pe was gone...the guy I talked to (who was really cool and let me get 2 sticks of ram yesterday and today) said that they do sometimes get the x850 xt pe's and they only come in rarely. I asked to see if any were coming in soon and he said no, so I guess someone got a good deal. Good for them 🙂
 
Originally posted by: SilverMirage
well that x850 xt pe was gone...the guy I talked to (who was really cool and let me get 2 sticks of ram yesterday and today) said that they do sometimes get the x850 xt pe's and they only come in rarely. I asked to see if any were coming in soon and he said no, so I guess someone got a good deal. Good for them 🙂
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Today I picked up the BB paper only after they closed at night and my eyes come near bursting :Q when I saw an X850 XT PE picture and a a sub $ 300 price tag next to it I got of bed, then sat down when I saw X850 pro written below it, i was like BB Y FCKN DPSH!TS then again I might be lucky and get my hands on one Y the F not !!
 
I got one yesterday and flashed the XT Bios.

I now have 16 pipes and the faster core / memory and no artifacts with ATITool.

Aquamark

63,779 - Stock (500/500)
66,265 - XT Bios (520/540)
 
I went to my local BB today and they had one of those "We made a mistake" things next to this item. SO no joy here 🙁
 
xybertron,
Can you please provide a link on the article how to flash the bios?
From googling all I found was negative remarks that is does not work.
Thanks!
 
Originally posted by: xybertron
http://www.techpowerup.com/articles/overclocking/vidcard/100

I did have one blue screen later the next day. I'm going to play around with the setup and see what speed I get from the default bios and the higher clock speeds. ATI Tool didn't see problems even with higher than the tweaked bios speeds. So YMMV on the stability of it.

Currently I just play WoW so it isn't a big deal if it OC's or not.
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Thanks for the info.
 
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