Whats the Difference between a X800XT & X800 XT Platinum Edition?

[thatsright]

Just saw on eBay, the X800 XT selling for anywhere between $500-600, but what really blew me away was the X800XT Platinum Edition was selling for around $900!!!!

My god man, what the hell do you get extra that makes it worth an extra $300-400?? I can't believe that the premium is just for the extra crap in the second box they give you; T-shirt/Demo CD/ Letter/Coupon?




(Thought not as bad as an eVGA nVidia 6800 Ultra that sold for $1400 a few days ago.)

 

[otispunkmeyer]

think the XT is 500mhz core and the XT PE is simply an overclocked version at 520Mhz core and maybe a bit higher memory too

 

[Regs]

Clock Speeds.

 

[thatsright]

So folks are willing to pay an extra ~$300 or so, just for an extra 20mhz! :Q


What A Country!!!

 

[Regs]

Actually, not too many are willing to pay an extra 100 dollars for 20 mhz.

 

[SilentRunning]

X800 XT is the upcoming PCIe card which has an MSRP of $450

X800 XT Platinum Edition is the AGP card which has limited availability. MSRP is $500

I would guess that the XT's you see are really platinum editions.

If they are built by ATI the part number is 100-435210 for the platinum edition.

 

[SickBeast]

Originally posted by: thatsright
So folks are willing to pay an extra ~$300 or so, just for an extra 20mhz! :Q

Thatsright.

 

[GeneralGrievous]

It has much faster memory speeds also, 560 vs 500 mhz.

 

[caz67]

Clock and mem speeds only. Its the equivalent of Nvidia's Ultra Extreme.

 

[Safeway]

Yep, I wouldn't have paid that much more for an XT PE, but I got in on the GW deal. Paid $434.95.

 

[Brian48]

Originally posted by: Safeway
Yep, I wouldn't have paid that much more for an XT PE, but I got in on the GW deal. Paid $434.95.

Bah, Gateway. I cancelled my order with them a while back. The way they're going, by the time they get around to sending it to you, the price would have already fallen to around that range anyway.