Sapphire x800xt platinum

[JANER]

Thinking of replacing my 9800pro 256mb with one of these babies, have to say the 9800 pro ran HL perfectly but guess I am just a nerd now that wants the best :P

Read reviews and this one was good as well
http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=NjExLDEw

One thing that did scare/confuse me was this on Sapphires official site

ADDITIONAL POWER CONNECTION REQUIREMENTS

The RADEON™ X800 XT must be connected to the computer? power supply to meet its performance and high-speed memory requirements.
In order to supply the ATI Graphics Accelerator card with the necessary power, we have included the Power Extension Cable.
Use the Power Extension Cable to connect the Radeon X800 XT to the computer? hard Drive power connector.
1. Remove the power cable from the hard drive.
2. Connect the 4-pin connector of the Power Extension Cable to the RADEON™ X800 XT power connector.
3. Connect the Power Extension Cable to the power supply connector.
4. Connect the Power Extension Cable to the Hard Drive connector.


I can fit cards but I would be scared of frying my card if | got this power thing wrong

I use a 3.0gig pen 4 with 1024 memory, not sure what my power is but it was specifically picked by [RFC]Jay and runs my current set up excellently

Any help/tips appreciated

Rav/Archangel etc

[Badger]

Even you couldnt screw it up.
Im supprised your current Radeon doesnt have a power supply connector on it? Mine does.
All you have to do is plug a standard molex psu connector into the graphics card. Cant put it in backwards and fry it and it just wont turn on without it. No risk at all :D

[Momitsu]

If i were you id go for a x800 pro vivo which can be softmodded to an x800 xt platinum. Saves ya 100 quid me thinks. (i got mine 2nd hand xtra cheap)
I did it and it worked :D

[Badger]

But if it doesnt work you've stuck with a shit card.

[c0rr0d3dm0nk33]

About the only feasible way you could screw it up was if you rewired the molex connector tbh.

It's just like connecting up a hard drive tbh

[JANER]

I don't do harddrives :|

Badger I did'nt say my 9800pro did'nt come with a power supply connector?
I am just double checking everything etc
So the power supply I got with the 9800 pro will also do the x800?
Or shall I just sue the one that comes with the x800xt?

and Momi I don't overclock or take drugs :mad:

[c0rr0d3dm0nk33]

Whats your PSU rated too?

Most PSUs should be alright, though nVidia recommend at least 380w for a 6800 GT.

[JANER]

Thats what I forget (I have no memory)
I am sure it's an enermax or something or an other
It may be over 400
Is there a way I can find out?
ta ta

[c0rr0d3dm0nk33]

Should be on the outside of your PSU, most likely inside the case.

[Gully Foyle]

That's a coincidence - Inspector-71's just bought himself a Connect 3d VIVO X800XT-PE

[Kryten]

I think I know what it means, I bought this (http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Tagan.html) PSu the other day (although it doesn't work but thats a different story ) and theres a seperate lead direct from the PSU thats a lot thicker and better shielded than the rest marked video/hdd. Its just a better quality one than normal hdd connectors but its exactly same size

[INspECtoR-71]

if your 9800's ok, then the x800xt will be. I know the 9800xt uses similar power than the x800xt http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/ati-powercons_7.html

Your system isn't overclocked, so you shouldn't have abything to worry about unless you have a piss poor psu.

[[ITV]bom]

let me know if u wanna sell the existing one :)

[SirPsychosexy]

what do u want for the 9800 janet? xxx

[JANER]

if your 9800's ok, then the x800xt will be. I know the 9800xt uses similar power than the x800xt http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/ati-powercons_7.html

Your system isn't overclocked, so you shouldn't have abything to worry about unless you have a piss poor psu.
MY psu is fine and thats what I wanted to hear, the similiar power thing , so basically I will just have to insert the card and not mess around with the power?

Boivier tis already sold :monkee:

[[ITV]bom]

lol okay m8 :) thanks 4 letting me know :)

[INspECtoR-71]

yep janer, just stick it in! Maybe worth a reinstall though.

[alba]

Hi.

[JANER]

WTF!!!
Reinstall what?
Havn't got the card yet so er, of course I will uninstall old card/drivers/ati panel etc

I would ssay drop into irc but can't get in at the moment :0

[INspECtoR-71]

forgot to add. clocked it to 560/600 no problems.

[JANER]

Bought it :D
I now have quite a spinkee comp :E (spent a fortune last few months upgrading) The well is now dry :|

I won't overclock mine
Also George have u everything up to max ya?

[INspECtoR-71]

on single player I have max at 1600x1200 but i put aa on 2x and friltering on trilinear so that I could have vync on. Not really played around too much to see which is best yet

[Boris]

no more animal blood for gfx cards! :P

[JANER]

mmm not sure, must do more messing around cos I have AA @ 4 and AF at 8 but I don't seem to have any performence rise over the 9800pro, infact donno if it is my imagination seems worse at times
On the overwatch map there is a part of the map were it hits 38ish
average is 80 ish at a guess?
I know Hl has a sep recommendation section in options where it tells u etc and I have followed that to a T to the settings....

On the plus side in CS stress test was getting 68 with old card with the new got 110+ :)

[INspECtoR-71]

on the overwatch map is it on a lan or on servers. servers may be limiting it. Sometimes when you get to the top floor there are drops and no matter what you do with your settings the fps will still drop. Are you still on the 3 gig p4? That will also limit you on occaisions. i have 3.6 and 257 fsb and I get cpu limitation (that's why I'm gettong a 3500 amd64 in the next few weeks)

I just startd playing hl2 from th beginning again, even though i was near the end. Just want to see it in it's glory and it looks mint!

[c0rr0d3dm0nk33]

ah, so im not the only one to get massive frame drops when i get to the drop (literally just on turning the corner :|)

[JANER]

Ya still pen4 3.0
Anyway I added a command to the advanced options
-heapsize 512000 -refresh 75
and that helped
Have to say though alot of money for issues/perform ratios etc

[JANER]

What I just noticed lol is no more jagged edges in games!!!!
wow fcking wow!!!!
Went to Bootie tried every angle at poles and none, the jags used to do my fking head in, esp my snooker game and the cues

:)

also HL is running smoother at 60fps on my tft then my 100fps on my old crt......
I did read that TFT's use a diff type of refresh rate so the fps are not telling the real picture etc that u see on a tft.....

Anything else to test out my card besides the CS stress test?

[INspECtoR-71]

run 3dmark 2001SE, 2003 and 2005.

[JANER]

4690 on 3Dmark 05 with 1st go and that is with pc on last 24 hours
Comparing to other scores I am quite impressed really
Yesterday too I placed too much emphasise on FPS and ignored the cards otehr features, games are running soooooo smoothy and no jags
;]

[WindyMiller]

That score seems low for a Platinum Edition Janet?

[INspECtoR-71]

i'll run it on mine when i get home. atm only doe 2001se (24k) and 2003 (13.2K)

[INspECtoR-71]

6059

[WindyMiller]

Seems more like it tbh, tho what settings Janer ran it on is anyones guess tbh :P

[INspECtoR-71]

6099 @ 3.66 ghz 261 fsb 1:1. card at 547/591 (2005 exposed some flaws in the previos clock)

[JANER]

The site I compared mine too Georges beats everyone elses lol
Remember Windy mine rig out is not OC'd in the slightest :)
MIne did excellent against comparable btw

[JANER]

4749 on 2nd attempt with overdrive switched on my x800xtp pe
(4690 was 1st score)

Can I leave overdrive on or is that risky, and explain abit about it plz :)

[WindyMiller]

er you running in 1280 res btw Janer for the tests?

[INspECtoR-71]

overdrive is perefectly safe, it's a kind of built in overclcok option wehe the card monitors it's own temps and overclocks itself. btw no guarantee is given for any damage that occurs etc etc. (but it will; be ok)
24406 in 2001se
13297 in 2003

[JANER]

d/l 4.11 drivers with new spinkee control panel and got diff results
btw Windy tests are in 1024x768 as it is the trial version and not the paid one.....my native is 1280x1024

5392!!!!

[JANER]

mmm 4.11 drivers obvioulsy not geared up towards hl2 as much as the 4.12's lol
Now If I uninstall the 4.11's will I lose my spinkee new ati panel?

[JANER]

I left out that the fps dropped without the 4.12's when I used the 4.11's

[JANER]

5415 this morning with overdrive on!
Damn I am becoming a nerd :(

[[ITV]bom]

becoming ....... don't u mean .... BECOME!!!