X800GTO or X800GTO2

2nd November 2005, 16:46

Hey guys, Currently have a Nvidia 6600 which is good but is not that great at OC'ing and can't unlock pipelines. I was thinking of going for an ATi X800 GTO or GTO2 but there seems alot of discrepancies between them and the different manufacturers. I was going to go for an X800 GTO but then saw the GTO2 could be garanteed to do X850XT speeds. Theres a £50 difference so am wanting to make sure I get it right. Could do with some extra help deciding on model and maker

jmke · 2nd November 2005, 17:38

Sapphire GTO² has 100% modding chance afaik

search the forum a bit (the webnews section)

OCZ PC4000 2GB EB Platinum Ed
Intel-Based Multi-Processor Servers Get Dual-Core Chips

jmke · 5th January 2006, 00:57

not worthy of a new thread.. but still

bought me a Sapphire X800GTO² (limited edition).. since I've read about unlocking more pipelines.. default should be 12, moddable to 16.

so I used this guide: http://www.techpowerup.com/articles/...ng/vidcard/127

and when I was checking to see if the card was indeed moddable.. my eye fell on the field "Active Pipelines"..

[attachment]

well.. no unlocking for me, as this card comes shipped UNLOCKED

jmke · 5th January 2006, 16:26

stock speed GPU:400 MEM:490

Got it all the way up to GPU: 540 MEM: 590

that's X850XT PE speed on the GPU, and X850XT speed on the MEM !

http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/radeon/r480.html

jort · 5th January 2006, 17:05

Yeah GTO² is the best bang for teh buck atm.

just a tad more voltage and its flying like hell.

Did this yesterday for a friend

jmke · 5th January 2006, 17:07

extremely nice looking voltmod. seems almost like it's been shipped like that in retail

do you have any data on that?

temps GPU stock vs Zalman
OC GPU/MEM stock vs Zalman

temps GPU before/after voltmod
OC GPU/MEM before/after voltmod

?

Sidney · 5th January 2006, 17:12

Detail + detail + detail + detail

Mem + core + voltage rails + resistance change

jmke · 5th January 2006, 17:14

there's a complete voltmod article hidden in that one pic from Jort

Sidney · 5th January 2006, 17:34

That is; if he wants to share

jmke · 5th January 2006, 19:17

[g]ATI+Tray+Tools[/g] is great to work with! Easy and much faster than ATI's Control Panel; and more versatile than ATITool.

ATI Tray Tools has a nice benchmark option

I'm running on A64 Opteron 1.8Ghz

[attachment]

when I start the system with this card; the screen shows

R480 X800XL BIOS

hmmm.. retail card from Sapphire
X800GTO²

2nd November 2005, 16:46	#1
Makaveli7 Posts: n/a	X800GTO or X800GTO2 Hey guys, Currently have a Nvidia 6600 which is good but is not that great at OC'ing and can't unlock pipelines. I was thinking of going for an ATi X800 GTO or GTO2 but there seems alot of discrepancies between them and the different manufacturers. I was going to go for an X800 GTO but then saw the GTO2 could be garanteed to do X850XT speeds. Theres a £50 difference so am wanting to make sure I get it right. Could do with some extra help deciding on model and maker

2nd November 2005, 17:38	#2
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	Sapphire GTO² has 100% modding chance afaik search the forum a bit (the webnews section) OCZ PC4000 2GB EB Platinum Ed Intel-Based Multi-Processor Servers Get Dual-Core Chips __________________

5th January 2006, 00:57	#3
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	not worthy of a new thread.. but still bought me a Sapphire X800GTO² (limited edition).. since I've read about unlocking more pipelines.. default should be 12, moddable to 16. so I used this guide: http://www.techpowerup.com/articles/...ng/vidcard/127 and when I was checking to see if the card was indeed moddable.. my eye fell on the field "Active Pipelines".. [attachment] well.. no unlocking for me, as this card comes shipped UNLOCKED __________________

5th January 2006, 16:26	#4
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	stock speed GPU:400 MEM:490 Got it all the way up to GPU: 540 MEM: 590 that's X850XT PE speed on the GPU, and X850XT speed on the MEM ! http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/radeon/r480.html __________________

5th January 2006, 17:05	#5
jort Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: mechelen(belgium) Posts: 2,037	Yeah GTO² is the best bang for teh buck atm. just a tad more voltage and its flying like hell. Did this yesterday for a friend __________________ watercooling, chilled water,direct phase change, cascade, custom modding

5th January 2006, 17:07	#6
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	extremely nice looking voltmod. seems almost like it's been shipped like that in retail do you have any data on that? temps GPU stock vs Zalman OC GPU/MEM stock vs Zalman temps GPU before/after voltmod OC GPU/MEM before/after voltmod ? __________________

5th January 2006, 17:12	#7
Sidney Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,738	Detail + detail + detail + detail Mem + core + voltage rails + resistance change __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

5th January 2006, 17:14	#8
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	there's a complete voltmod article hidden in that one pic from Jort __________________

5th January 2006, 17:34	#9
Sidney Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,738	That is; if he wants to share __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

5th January 2006, 19:17	#10
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	[g]ATI+Tray+Tools[/g] is great to work with! Easy and much faster than ATI's Control Panel; and more versatile than ATITool. ATI Tray Tools has a nice benchmark option I'm running on A64 Opteron 1.8Ghz [attachment] when I start the system with this card; the screen shows R480 X800XL BIOS hmmm.. retail card from Sapphire X800GTO² __________________

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