ATI's Radeon X800 XT Platinum Edition GPU

[Rys]

I don't think ATI count transistors in the way that NVIDIA do. I'd imagine R420's real transistor count is a lot closer to the 222M on NV40 than you might think.

Rys

[Zak33]

transistors.....pah.....I dont care if its made of Gaffa tape....so long as its POWERFULL

[Platinum]

ATI Gaffer XT Ultimate DIY Edition?

[DR]

Each of the XT cards were hand made by Celstica [iirc] this is why there was a fluctionation in the clocks - look at the clocks of ExtremeTech, HardOCP, HEXUS, and other sites - they all vary a lot. We had to clock ours down to the real clocks

[Zak33]

down

now that IS good news nice core then?

[hibby]

btw, the yellow connector next to the molex is not for audio, whatever it may look like. apparently its for video input from an external jack (see Tom's Hardware Guide review).

[DR]

Interesting...

.... I dont think there is as much headroom in this core as others.

[TiG]

But then again it doesn't look like you need much core room at this sort of quality!..

TiG

[DR]

Well look at it this way - NVIDIA are running a lot slower, if they can (sorry when they) get the clocks up...

[Hansfragger]

Where can I order one lol

Directly from ATI!

[hatsumi]

Where can I order one lol

tekheads have em for pre order at £350 or so inc VAT!

X800Pro there too for £300inc VAT

I wonders, hmm, which one to buy!

[hatsumi]

Oops, it just says its a X800XT, does not say if its the Platinum one