Which AGP card is better X1650 or X800GTO?

[Zenara25]

There's a rebate deal for a AGP x1650 at newegg for $71 shipped after $20 rebate. http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814102085
Or an open box AGP x800GTO for $68 shipped. http://www.newegg.com/Product/...?Item=N82E16814102609R

Which is the better deal?

 

[imported_Kiwi]

The X800 will be slightly faster, I believe, although it omits functionality for Pixel Shaders of the SM 2 level. It also has old drivers available for Window9x, which the X1xxx's do not. I would say that the convenience of skipping the mail-in effort and waiting for it to be honored is worth an extra consideration.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Comparison

Don't look at the fact that the top card is an X1600 pro, it has the exact same specs as the X1650 u listed.

 

[Munky]

The gto is slightly faster, but keep in mind that you're buying an open box version of a card than was known to be a modder's toy for unlocking and overclocking. So there's slightly more risk than usual of you getting a damaged card.

 

[f4phantom2500]

IIRC, the most recent x800gto's from sapphire are unlocked from the factory so have 16 pipes by default...that could just be for the pci-e ones, plus this is open box so i dunno, and if it's not r480 (might not be), it won't OC well...but that x1650 has a low memory clock and only a 128 bit bandwidth so would have very poor memory bandwidth relative to that x800. i would just look around in the fs/ft forum for a better deal on like a high end gf6 or x800 part, you could probably get a better one there.

 

[Zenara25]

What's the difference between these X800GTO cards besides the price and one letter in the model name?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...?Item=N82E16814102609R
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...?Item=N82E16814102002R

 

[f4phantom2500]

Originally posted by: Zenara25
What's the difference between these X800GTO cards besides the price and one letter in the model name?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...?Item=N82E16814102609R
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...?Item=N82E16814102002R

probably a different revision. possibly the more expensive one has the 16 pipes already unlocked? even so that's too much to pay for that card.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

The $89 one is an R430 based card with 16 pipes enabled. The other is an R420 X800 pro with 12 pipes.

 

[Fenixgoon]

X1650pro ~> 7600gs ~> 6600GT ~ x800GTO

 

[f4phantom2500]

Originally posted by: Dazed and Confused
The $89 one is an R430 based card with 16 pipes enabled. The other is an R420 X800 pro with 12 pipes.

in that case i would just pass.