ATI RADEON X850 XT - Your opinions?

[marick626]

if the card can run more than 40fps at dusk in fs then it a good card ok.

I didnt say the x850 was a bad, infact, its a great card but if you can buy the x850, you can waist a few dollars more for the Geforce and really. The video card is for fs.
I really dont care about the other games. If it runs well in FS, Im happey


cheers

[GunnerMan]

Well isint Nvidia bit bit cheaper? Yeah I belive MSFS was deved on Nvidia as is BATTLE FIELD 2

[marick626]

Well isint Nvidia bit bit cheaper? Yeah I belive MSFS was deved on Nvidia as is BATTLE FIELD 2

I cant wait for batlefield 2
and I cant wait for fs2006 either

[GunnerMan]

Hehe June 26th.  ;D

[the_autopilot]

The x850 xt Pe is the best single card solution. it can beat an 6800 ultra in all games at the highest resolutions with max AA and FSAA. The only game where nvidia has an edge is doom 3 in which the 6800 ultra does around 10 fps better.

If your only concerned with fs2004, then get this card. It will beat a single AND a dual 6800 ultra config.

I have this card in all but 2 of my computers. This card is the best single card solution out there. There is no better card.

[C]

Just got mine today.

Heathrow, Dense scenery, dense AI, I was happily getting 25fps in the Captain Sim 707...

[marick626]

Just got mine today.

Heathrow, Dense scenery, dense AI, I was happily getting 25fps in the Captain Sim 707...

Thats a little low for the x850 dont you think?

[GunnerMan]

Depends on the rest of his system. Graphics is not the end all solution like its hyped to be. I had 6800U, 2.2 Ghz AMD 64, 512 PC-2100 ram I was getting crap FPS crap lag. New ram now im sailing. That X850PE is much faster in than the cpu.

[C]

Thats a little low for the x850 dont you think?

I've quite happily set it at 25fps for starters, might go up to 30-35 next time I have a go

[4_Series_Scania]

The x850 xt Pe is the best single card solution. it can beat an 6800 ultra in all games at the highest resolutions with max AA and FSAA. The only game where nvidia has an edge is doom 3 in which the 6800 ultra does around 10 fps better.

If your only concerned with fs2004, then get this card. It will beat a single AND a dual 6800 ultra config.

I have this card in all but 2 of my computers. This card is the best single card solution out there. There is no better card.

So, why is your overkill pc (in your sig) powered by a 6800Ultra then? j/k
[quote]AMD Opteron 252 (Troy core, 2.6 ghz, 1 ghz FSB) X2
Tyan Thunder K8WE (S2895) motherboard
eVGA eGeforce 6800 Ultra (modified with pure copper water block) X2
Crucial CT25672Y40B 2 GB (DDR PC3200

[ctjoyce]

I've quite happily set it at 25fps for starters, might go up to 30-35 next time I have a go

heh ive got my X800 PRO at 37 and its smooth as glass

[GunnerMan]

I set mine to unlimited. Myse well crank it for all its worth lol.

[C]

I set mine to unlimited. Myse well crank it for all its worth lol.

I just did that - 60ish FPS!

[ctjoyce]

I went with unlimited, and started to notice a bit of a longer load time on things, so I bumped it back to good old 37. However I get 87FPS in HL2 and CS-S. And BF Vietnam I get around 75ish. It may not be the best card on the market anymore, but it sure as hell acts it.

Oh and I cant wate for BF2 its gonna be a long break from flight sim ill tell you that right now