Help! Video card question ATI RADEON X80 ...

I am thinking of buying an ATI RADEON X800 XL 256bit video card. I want it to run at least age of conan or another great game that might come along. Also for $80 is it a good deal? Please help thanks! Oh and I have one gig of ram with Vista OS.Help! Video card question ATI RADEON X80 ...
[QUOTE=''whoowhoo'']I am thinking of buying an ATI RADEON X800 XL 256bit video card. I want it to run at least age of conan or another great game that might come along. Also for $80 is it a good deal? Please help thanks! Oh and I have one gig of ram with Vista OS.[/QUOTE]NO! That thing is old now and won't run that game well. Get atleast a geforce 7600 gs.
Help! Video card question ATI RADEON X80 ...
Thanks El_carl! I have a 100 dollar limit...so is that the best for the price? And does it work on any computer? Sorry I don't know much about hardware :\
[QUOTE=''whoowhoo'']Thanks El_carl! I have a 100 dollar limit...so is that the best for the price? And does it work on any computer? Sorry I don't know much about hardware :\[/QUOTE]Do you know if you have AGP or PCI-Express? The card comes in both and it is about $100.

[QUOTE=''el_carl''][QUOTE=''whoowhoo'']I am thinking of buying an ATI RADEON X800 XL 256bit video card. I want it to run at least age of conan or another great game that might come along. Also for $80 is it a good deal? Please help thanks! Oh and I have one gig of ram with Vista OS.[/QUOTE]NO! That thing is old now and won't run that game well. Get atleast a geforce 7600 gs.
[/QUOTE]El_Carl, an X800XL would kill a 7600GS. Thinkbefore you open your mouth. I'm sorry if I came of slightly rude, but if you are going to suggest anything. At least Suggest the 7600GT, even them, he would be better off with a X800XL even though it lacks Shader Model 3.0. I recommend an X1950pro [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102061[/url]Don't go any less.
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[QUOTE=''el_carl'']GEt this if you have pci-express: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130075If you have agp get this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125039[/QUOTE]Please stop suggesting him a weaker card.

[QUOTE=''WhiteSnake5000''][QUOTE=''el_carl''][QUOTE=''whoowhoo'']I am thinking of buying an ATI RADEON X800 XL 256bit video card. I want it to run at least age of conan or another great game that might come along. Also for $80 is it a good deal? Please help thanks! Oh and I have one gig of ram with Vista OS.[/QUOTE]NO! That thing is old now and won't run that game well. Get atleast a geforce 7600 gs.
[/QUOTE]El_Carl, an X800XL would kill a 7600GS. Thinkbefore you open your mouth. I'm sorry if I came of slightly rude, but if you are going to suggest anything. At least Suggest the 7600GT, even them, he would be better off with a X800XL even though it lacks Shader Model 3.0.
Don't go any less. [/QUOTE]The x800xl is better? Thats odd.

Erm I don't know, where could I check to see if I have a AGP or PCI-Express? I still have the box that came with my computer (Emachine)
[QUOTE=''el_carl''][QUOTE=''whoowhoo'']I am thinking of buying an ATI RADEON X800 XL 256bit video card. I want it to run at least age of conan or another great game that might come along. Also for $80 is it a good deal? Please help thanks! Oh and I have one gig of ram with Vista OS.[/QUOTE]NO! That thing is old now and won't run that game well. Get atleast a geforce 7600 gs.
[/QUOTE]The x800xl is a faster card by far when compared to the 7600gs... dont suggest stuff if u have no idea what your talking about... a cards speed isnt always based on its age
[QUOTE=''el_carl''][QUOTE=''WhiteSnake5000''][QUOTE=''el_carl''][QUOTE=''whoowhoo'']I am thinking of buying an ATI RADEON X800 XL 256bit video card. I want it to run at least age of conan or another great game that might come along. Also for $80 is it a good deal? Please help thanks! Oh and I have one gig of ram with Vista OS.[/QUOTE]NO! That thing is old now and won't run that game well. Get atleast a geforce 7600 gs.
[/QUOTE]El_Carl, an X800XL would kill a 7600GS. Thinkbefore you open your mouth. I'm sorry if I came of slightly rude, but if you are going to suggest anything. At least Suggest the 7600GT, even them, he would be better off with a X800XL even though it lacks Shader Model 3.0.
Don't go any less. [/QUOTE]The x800xl is better? Thats odd.
[/QUOTE]Not at all. X800XL is still has a 16 pixel pipelines, it may be clocked a bit slower than a 7600GT, but the extra 4 pipes make up for it. Architecturally the 7600GT is the better card, but the X800XL still holds more power. But both those cards are far too old now to recommend either of them. If this was a year ago, then yeah go for a 7600GT, but now? X1950 pro at least, plus he mentioned the new Conan game.

[QUOTE=''whoowhoo'']Erm I don't know, where could I check to see if I have a AGP or PCI-Express? I still have the box that came with my computer (Emachine)[/QUOTE]cpuz is a good way to check (link below)http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php
[QUOTE=''uncle-tank''][QUOTE=''el_carl''][QUOTE=''whoowhoo'']I am thinking of buying an ATI RADEON X800 XL 256bit video card. I want it to run at least age of conan or another great game that might come along. Also for $80 is it a good deal? Please help thanks! Oh and I have one gig of ram with Vista OS.[/QUOTE]NO! That thing is old now and won't run that game well. Get atleast a geforce 7600 gs.
[/QUOTE]The x800xl is a faster card by far when compared to the 7600gs... dont suggest stuff if u have no idea what your talking about... a cards speed isnt always based on its age[/QUOTE]Ok now I'm confused, should I get the Radeon X800XL or the one from newegg that whitesnake suggested?
The X800 XL is not a bad card .. I'm sure it would run the Conan game on Medium settings or somewhere around there.
[QUOTE=''whoowhoo''][QUOTE=''uncle-tank''][QUOTE=''el_carl''][QUOTE=''whoowhoo'']I am thinking of buying an ATI RADEON X800 XL 256bit video card. I want it to run at least age of conan or another great game that might come along. Also for $80 is it a good deal? Please help thanks! Oh and I have one gig of ram with Vista OS.[/QUOTE]NO! That thing is old now and won't run that game well. Get atleast a geforce 7600 gs.
[/QUOTE]The x800xl is a faster card by far when compared to the 7600gs... dont suggest stuff if u have no idea what your talking about... a cards speed isnt always based on its age[/QUOTE]Ok now I'm confused, should I get the Radeon X800XL or the one from newegg that whitesnake suggested? [/QUOTE]Definitely the one I suggested, the X1950pro has much more power than both of them and is based on a newer architecture. It would be a much more efficient solution for a game like Conan.

[QUOTE=''whoowhoo''][QUOTE=''uncle-tank''][QUOTE=''el_carl''][QUOTE=''whoowhoo'']I am thinking of buying an ATI RADEON X800 XL 256bit video card. I want it to run at least age of conan or another great game that might come along. Also for $80 is it a good deal? Please help thanks! Oh and I have one gig of ram with Vista OS.[/QUOTE]NO! That thing is old now and won't run that game well. Get atleast a geforce 7600 gs.
[/QUOTE]The x800xl is a faster card by far when compared to the 7600gs... dont suggest stuff if u have no idea what your talking about... a cards speed isnt always based on its age[/QUOTE]Ok now I'm confused, should I get the Radeon X800XL or the one from newegg that whitesnake suggested? [/QUOTE]If you can afford a X1950 Pro, go for that one .. but if you're stuck on a low budget at about $100, the X800 XL would be fine I'd think. I could run BF2/BF2142 near High settings and C%26C 3 on Medium settings and FEAR with many things turned up to Medium/High .. I don't see how it couldn't run the Conan game well on Medium.
[QUOTE=''THA-TODD-BEAST'']The X800 XL is not a bad card .. I'm sure it would run the Conan game on Medium settings or somewhere around there.[/QUOTE]Ok now I'm reading that niether card supports dx 10 (Directx10 I'm guessing) And Dx10 is used on vista and Conan? (or should I shut my noobish mouth? :P )
[QUOTE=''whoowhoo''][QUOTE=''uncle-tank''][QUOTE=''el_carl''][QUOTE=''whoowhoo'']I am thinking of buying an ATI RADEON X800 XL 256bit video card. I want it to run at least age of conan or another great game that might come along. Also for $80 is it a good deal? Please help thanks! Oh and I have one gig of ram with Vista OS.[/QUOTE]NO! That thing is old now and won't run that game well. Get atleast a geforce 7600 gs.
[/QUOTE]The x800xl is a faster card by far when compared to the 7600gs... dont suggest stuff if u have no idea what your talking about... a cards speed isnt always based on its age[/QUOTE]Ok now I'm confused, should I get the Radeon X800XL or the one from newegg that whitesnake suggested? [/QUOTE]First find out what type of graphics slot u have (pcie or agp) then we can help u make a decision based off that... also, it would help if u knew information concerning your power supply (max wattage output, how many amps it has on its 12v rail) this can be found on the sticker on the side of the powersupply inside the case
[QUOTE=''whoowhoo''][QUOTE=''THA-TODD-BEAST'']The X800 XL is not a bad card .. I'm sure it would run the Conan game on Medium settings or somewhere around there.[/QUOTE]Ok now I'm reading that niether card supports dx 10 (Directx10 I'm guessing) And Dx10 is used on vista and Conan? (or should I shut my noobish mouth? :P )[/QUOTE]I'm not sure if Conan is Vista-only, but DX10 is only available on Vista so if you're on XP those cards won't give you DX10 capability and even a DX10-capable card won't.With that said, if you're stuck with AGP for the time being, you'll need a new motherboard/PC all together to get DX10, as the only cards supporting DX10 right now are the Nvidia 8800 series and ATI's 2900 series.
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type of graphics slot u have (pcie or agp) then we can help u make a decision based off that... also, it would help if u knew information concerning your power supply (max wattage output, how many amps it has on its 12v rail) this can be found on the sticker on the side of the powersupply inside the case[/QUOTE]Where do I find out my graphics slot? I can't find it under system information