ATI RADEON X800 Pro 256 Graphics Card (100435200)

 (14 customer reviews)

... but did you also know you need it? Why? Because on a top end machine the following games have settings that go way past the limitations of even this card - Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004, Doom 3, FarCry and the soon to be released Half-Life 2. These are all new engines that will drive the games of tomorrow, meaning that I will probably be trading this one in for Xmas 2005 when the 512 line should make its mark. Anyway how does this card pan out?

First of all it is a nightmare if you setup your card on a television and then forget to change it back for use with a monitor. So learn a lesson well about these monitor/television compatible cards. Make sure to change the Display Properties to whichever type you are using next because if you don't then you will not see anything and thus can not change it back. Next you need to know that these cards are top of line and make quite a great deal of noise. We are talking about listening to something like a 50cfm fan in your box...Read more

As you can see, I have purchased this card much later than everyone else who has reviewed the card here. Upgraded from a 9600xt 128mb and the change in graphical prowess is defnitely worth it. Here's a hint: if you're still buying an AGP card then your pc more-than-likely does not have what it takes to push cards like the x800xt pe, x850xt pe or the 6800 ultra (let's not even talk about the 7800s and the x1800s) to their full potential. The only cards that will run better on your system than this one and your pc will still be able to use the card to the full potential are the X800xl and the 6800gt. Their difference over this card (in my opinion) is not warranted another $100, especially since your next pc with be PCI-E.

Anyways, this card runs Half-Life 2 on everything on max, save filtering and anti-aliasing and those are still on the higher settings. Runs FEAR on high settings (just one below max) and FEAR is a video card resource hog. And, if it can run these...Read more

This card will give you unbelivable frame rates in games. It Also gives very nice renderings of the scenery. I am a Flight Sim 2004 player, and got this to go with a somewhat super computer...
X800 Pro
1Gb OCZ PC-3200 RAM
AMD Athlon 3000+ XT
Asus A7N8X
120Gb Hard Drive
DVD burnerThis thing is unbelivable, What ever you do you shouldn't have a bottle neck procesor, mother board, or RAM, as this will decrease preformance. If you have the money and other good components I highly recomend it!