X850XT, X800GTO or 6800GT?

[DonS1mpson]

Hi all

Well, two weeks ago I came hone from school and saw something horrible - a metal fan grille on the back of my 6600GT and distorted images on the monitor - my 2 year old brother had gotten into my bedroom, took off my side panel and put the grille on the back of my card and killed it

Well, I've been working hard and have saved up a bit of cash to get myself a new video card - Yippie!

My budget is £150 (I'm english ) which will get me more than a 6600GT or X800GT but not enough to get me a X1800XL.

I did want to get a X800GTO2, but it seems like the only place in the UK that seels them have sold out, which leaves me which three main options

1) Get a X850XT which has just gone on sell and into my price range
2) Get a 6800GT (also in my price range), a friend said the 6800GT is faster than a X850XT which I disagree with
3) Get a Connect3D X800GTO and hope to unlock the pipelines (a lot cheaper than getting the X850XT or 6800GT)

Thanks

 

[Goi]

I'd say you have them ranked pretty much in terms of performance. #1 is the fastest and #3 is the slowest.

btw welcome to the forums.

 

[DonS1mpson]

Thanks for the welcome

So I should go for the X850XT for sure then?

The lack of P.S 3.0 is kind of worrying me with the X850XT - Surely it will affect the performace of future games and may even make the 6800GT faster in the long run?

 

[theMan]

heres a really cheap x850xt. http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0217999

 

[Meuge]

But why? The GTO2 is only $200 on newegg!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102634

And the success rate for unlocking them is 100%.

 

[xanis]

Originally posted by: theman
heres a really cheap x850xt. http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0217999

That would be nice, but in case you didn't notice, he appears to be living in england, and Microcenter doesn't ship internationally...

 

[theMan]

Originally posted by: Meuge
But why? The GTO2 is only $200 on newegg!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102634

And the success rate for unlocking them is 100%.

Originally posted by: DonS1mpson

I did want to get a X800GTO2, but it seems like the only place in the UK that seels them have sold out, which leaves me which three main options