Sapphire Radeon X800 PCI Express

**MIG-31** · Mar 30, 2005, 03:57 PM

Recently I looked at a PCI Express version of nVidia's GeForce 6800 Ultra from Leadtek. While not a new card, the availability of a PCI Express version was reason enough to take a look at it and the same applies to this Sapphire Radeon X800.

When the X800 originally launched, there was actually no vanilla version – just the X800 Pro. Based on the R420 this was a 12 pixel pipeline card built on a 0.13 micron process. The X800 however, is an R430 - a 12-pipeline card produced on a 0.11 micron process. While this enables clock speeds to be ramped up, the X800 is actually lower clocked, at 390MHz for the GPU and 350MHz (700MHz effective) for the memory. Instead consumers can enjoy the benefits of greater availability and lower prices and it’s still higher than the 325/700MHz specs of the regular GeForce 6800.
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Mar 30, 2005, 03:57 PM	#1
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,854 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	Sapphire Radeon X800 PCI Express Recently I looked at a PCI Express version of nVidia's GeForce 6800 Ultra from Leadtek. While not a new card, the availability of a PCI Express version was reason enough to take a look at it and the same applies to this Sapphire Radeon X800. When the X800 originally launched, there was actually no vanilla version – just the X800 Pro. Based on the R420 this was a 12 pixel pipeline card built on a 0.13 micron process. The X800 however, is an R430 - a 12-pipeline card produced on a 0.11 micron process. While this enables clock speeds to be ramped up, the X800 is actually lower clocked, at 390MHz for the GPU and 350MHz (700MHz effective) for the memory. Instead consumers can enjoy the benefits of greater availability and lower prices and it’s still higher than the 325/700MHz specs of the regular GeForce 6800. _______________ Review: Trusted Reviews __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here