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ATI Radeon X800SE 128MB - Good Choice?
Is the 128MB ATI Radeon X800SE video card a good choice to be able to play the latest games and edit video on my PC?
I've needed a new PC for a LONG time and haven't been able to play ANY of the good games that have come out in the past few years. I ordered a Dimension 8400 a few days ago. I selected the X800SE upgrade (over the X300SE) thinking that the upgrade would provide good performance with the newest games. After reading through some of Dell's forum posts, I'm beginning to have buyer's remorse! Several posts seem to indicate that the X800SE may not be the way to go.
Should I have selected a different card? The 256MB Nvidia GeForce 6800 GTO was another upgrade option for an additional $130 (approx.) over the X800SE upgrade. I really don't know much about video cards. I just want to be able to play the new games with good performace.
Any advice or input would be appreciated. I may have time to resubmit my order with a different card.
Thanks!
mark327
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November 14th, 2004 21:00
My PC was built on 11/2. Out of the box I hooked up the internet and installed the latest Video drivers and the latest soundcard drivers.
Everything was wonderful..
I installed the online game i am playing Dark age of Camelot. Worked perfectly I was thrilled.
Then...
Installed Doom 3. Downloaded and installed the latest patch. Ran game and it froze at the menu screen.
Ditto for Far Cry, Jedi Knight3, and Sacred.
I have tried every thing to get these games to run, to no avail. Firewalls, patches, blah, blah, blah.
This is my 3rd PC. I know a little about computers. Enough to know there is something wrong with this one. It might not be the video card. Reinstalling Windows has solved a lot of problems in the past. I'll try that next.
1Bowtie
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November 14th, 2004 21:00
Hi Half
Yes the x800se is a good upgrade over the x300se, kinda like nite and day. Despite what mark had to say if the card is set up properly with the latest drivers and the the games up to date with the latest patches you should be fine. You can't blame Dell for games not working if you don't read because alot of these new games were released with bugs so you have to be ready to make the nessary adjustments.
mark327
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November 14th, 2004 21:00
mark327
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November 14th, 2004 22:00
Well It's my opinion that if I spend almost 3,000 dollars on a "gaming" PC, I shouldnt have to jump through hoops to play games.
You do that on PC that are 2 or 3 years old. Ive done it lots of times.
You dont do that on a brand new PC built on 11/02/04.
1Bowtie
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November 14th, 2004 22:00
AdrianD
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November 15th, 2004 03:00
puter man
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November 15th, 2004 04:00
8400 3.2 p4
x800se
1 gig 533 ram
1801 fpd
Halfbuck
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November 15th, 2004 05:00
Blankenship
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November 15th, 2004 16:00
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November 25th, 2004 07:00
It seems some of you may have bad cards. Call Dell to troubleshoot (they'll make you reinstall drivers, etc), and failing all that, they will overnight you a new card.
I have the same dilemma. In the process of ordering, and I can't decide whether to get the GeForce GTO (NOT the same as GT) and try to open the extra shader and 4 unused pipes, or just get the 800SE and see what happens. Could always upgrade after-market in a year when prices are down for the X800XT or the GeForce 6800 Ultra.
mark327
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November 26th, 2004 05:00
An update to my situation: I finally got a tech person (Brian in Texas) who would listen and he sent a new card, and lo and behold that was the problem. A bad X800SE shipped with the XPS.
It now works as it should and I am happy.
This is an awesome system.