ATI Radeon X850 XT Platinum Video Card

ATI Radeon X850 XT Platinum Video Card

Strengths: Dual DVI. High performance. GDDR3 RAM.

Weakness: Two slots needed to install. Lack SM3.0(Shader Model 3.0)

This graphic card (16 pipes) is very powerful. (actually outperform Radeon X1600XT(12 pipes) except SM3.0) The downside is that you need two slots to install this card and it will limit your future addition of other PCI card. The fan can be controlled using ATI tray tools (google it) but only in Windows.

Excellent value for money

Strengths: 256MB GDDR3 RAM, PCI-E, 16-pipelines offers excellent performance for less than $200.

Weakness: Loud stock fan, runs hot.

Card is an excellent performer for its price range. Runs hot straight out of the box with GPU temps hovering in the lower 80C range under load. Fan is noticeable at 50% power and annoying at 100% power unless speakers are cranked up to drown out fan noise. Recommend purchasing Arctic Cooling aftermarket cooler to replace stock hs&f. This will quiet down unit significantly as well as drop GPU/mem...

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Very nice card and it worth the money

Strengths: High performance; Perfect for gaming.

Weakness: Loud and hot

The card it excellent. I like it very much. 256MB GDDR3 RAM, dual DVI etc. The only bad thing about it is that it easily gets hot and you might need a cooler for it. And a little bit noisy. Overall, it is a very good one and I recommend it.

Still a great card for the money

Strengths: Fast 256MB GDDR3 VRAM, 16 pipes, Dual DVI inputs with DVI-to-VGA adapters for both, newer PCI-E x16 connection, (now) low price for performance, can be run in a CrossFire configuration.

Weakness: Doesn't support Direct3D 9.0c (no SM3, HDR, etc.), stock cooling seems inadequate under load, dual slot configuration can block an adjacent open slot, limited gains and options in CrossFire setup.

If you're looking for a medium- to high-end card on a budget, you'd do well to consider this one. While it's a bit outdated (as far as cutting edge graphics cards go), the X850XT Platinum Edition has what it takes to make the great games of yesteryear scream, and performs quite well on newer ones, as well. The top-of-the-line card from ATI's X8xx series is still a great performer, and now a great...

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ATi Radeon X850XT PE Review

Strengths: Fast and cheap

Weakness: Not the fastest anymore

This is a great card for anyone looking for the best card for around $150. While it doesn't have SM 3.0, it has all other features that most recent games take advantage of. You won't be the king of the hill with this card, but at least it won't break the bank. Highly recommended.

Nice card for the money

Strengths: Fast speed, low noise

Weakness: size (takes up PCI Express slot and another open slot)

This has been a nice card for me. I was upgrading from a really old card so I noticed a great speed boost. The only complaint I have is that the card is rather large and takes up more room than a standard PCI express card. I had the extra room so it was not a big deal but if you are cramped for space you might be out of luck.

Radeon X850 XT Platinum Video Card A worthy Upgrade!

Strengths: When you can get one for around $200 it's a great deal.

Weakness: Paying the $500 they wanted for this.

There's always a newer better card and always at a price too. The abilities of the card made it a Great upgrade over the oem dell 300. Plug and play installation-load the drivers and you're done in 10 minutes. No conflicts with anything even an fm-tv card still works as it should. The fan noise everyone notices is just as loud as the others. It also blends in to the background noise from the...

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x850xt

Strengths: PCIe, Dual DVI, Powerful

Weakness: No SM 3.0, no HDR, loud fan, takes 2 slots

I upgraded this card from an x800 128MB. Was a nice performance improvement in most games. 256 MB is ample for most of the games. This was the most powerful card in it's generation for ATI. Dual DVI is a nice feature for my 2 LCDs. The fan on this is quite audible. My first card had a defective fan or temp sensor because the temp always stayed at about 80°C, and caused crashes and beeping. The...

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One of best in its time

Strengths: fast, vivo , dual dvi

Weakness: loud fan, needs power connector, sucks up mega power on full load

got this card for my silent pc but it turned out to be not so silent so i bought a zalman heatpipe cooler to quiet it down but then i decided i want to conserve more energy and bought a 7600gt with no fan.

Radeon X850 XT Video Card

Strengths: Powerful video card

Weakness: LOUD FAN

I upgraded this video card from my old Gefore 6200, I can set the highest effect and detail for BF2, graphics is extremely sharp and smooth and it still runs flawlessly. Only thing is the noise from the fan is louder than old one.