I purchased a Connect 3D X800GTO PCI-E off the internet around 2 months ago for £100. Best £100 i have ever spent. The specs are as follows :
400MHz Core speed
490MHz Memory speed
256 Bit memory bus
256MB GDDR3 Memory
12 Pipelines
PCI-E 16X
I got this card expecting it to be good, ... Read review
Advantages: Power, cost Disadvantages: Pathetic fan
I purchased a Connect 3D X800GTO PCI-E off the internet around 2 months ago for £100. Best £100 i have ever spent. The specs are as follows :
400MHz Core speed
490MHz Memory speed
256 Bit memory bus
256MB GDDR3 Memory
12 Pipelines
PCI-E 16X
I got this card expecting it to be good, but not great. I was wrong. There is no game available that i cannot play on maximum. I don't know why people ... ...does the job perfectley. The only flaw with the entire graphics card specs wise, is the fact it only has pixel shader 2.0 although this isn't a problem unless you want HDR in your games. As mentioned in the 'disadvantages' section, the fan is rather pitiful looking. I suppose it does the job and keeps the card at around 60 degrees when playing games and 35 degrees when idle. For those wanting a silent gaming pc, don't choose this card. When the fan ... more
I purchased a Connect 3D X800GTO PCI-E off the internet around 2 months ago for £100. Best £100 i have ever spent. The specs are as follows : 400MHz Core speed 490MHz Memory speed 256 Bit memory bus 256MB GDDR3 Memory 12 Pipelines PCI-E 16X
I got this card expecting it to be good, but not great. I was wrong. There is no game available that i cannot play on maximum. I don't know why people bother going for £300 graphics cards when my £100 X800GTO does the job perfectley. The only flaw with the entire graphics card specs wise, is the fact it only has pixel shader 2.0 although this isn't a problem unless you want HDR in your games. As mentioned in the 'disadvantages' section, the fan is rather pitiful looking. I suppose it does the job and keeps the card at around 60 degrees when playing games and 35 degrees when idle. For those wanting a silent gaming pc, don't choose this card. When the fan hits maximum speed it sounds like your PC is about to take off. The 256MB dedicated GDDR3 memory is plenty for any game, realistically it is overkill for most games. Connectivity on the card is very good too, one VGA slot, one DVI slot and a TV VIVO (video in/video out) slot. It comes with all the cables needed to connect it to your TV also.
Installing it was a breeze, simply plug the card into the PCI-E slot then boot up your pc, put in the cd. It installs catalyst and the drivers. Done.
Here are a few examples of my framerates in games, all tests are run at 1280x1024 - Oblivion on maximum - 30-60 FPS Doom 3 on ultra - 60FPS Half life 2 - 200FPS FEAR - 40-70FPS
The user guide is a little vague, and i got the AGP guide for some reason that goes on about connecting the power supply to the card which i assume is an AGP thing. The card itself came very well packaged, a fairly big box filled with foam and an anti static bag.
Just a word of warning, if you are going to have this graphics card, remember you need a MINIMUM 350W PSU.
Overall i believe this is a briliant card for gamers and regular users alike because of its tiny price tag, plus it can be crossfired! For those that don't know, crossfire is an ATI technology where 2 graphics cards are plugged in ( a master and a slave ) and they work simultaneously to produce even more power. For this you would need a minimum 500W PSU.
Advantages: Speed, 2 monitors, Vivo, PCI-e, Best bang for buck Disadvantages: Runs hot, needs extra connector, loud when fan is on 100%, no SM3.0
I was in your position a while back, I had a relatively small budget to buy a graphics card. The I came across this card, very cheap but goes like hell. Like the price of a small asian car but with the power of a Ford GT! With 256MB it has enough memory to handle the newer operating systems. Along with 1GB or more memory this card will chew up and spit out any game you throw at it. Two monitors mean you can have one in theater mode so you can watch ... ...other!!
I have even had two of these cards, one came with the older R423 core and the samsung 2.0ns memory chips which are rated at 1GHZ, the newer one came with even more cooling and the R430 core, even the memory now has a big heatsink. The card comes with an additional connector (6-pin PCI-e) to power the card. However I found if you try to play games stright off it will overheat. Unless you download a third party application to use with it (such ...
Lewis_UK 11.06.2006
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Advantages: Great value for money, awesome overclocking potential, extra power for the card via a connector Disadvantages: A bad fan at first
This card is an excellent buy, and perfect value for money. For under £100 you can get a card that can reach speed of an X850 XT when overclocked - I have reached 580Mhz core speed and 560Mhz memory speed, from the default 400Mhz core 490Mhz memory, and it still runs very well. Some of the older versions of this card can also have their pipelines unlocked to make them even more powerful, but it is unlikely to find one of these now. The packaging ... ...looks good enough inside a computer. It has a VGA and DVI output, and the vivo feature works very well with earlier ATI drivers, but any higher than 6.2 can cause problems with it. The only other problem I had, though this may be particular to my motherboard as it is a micro-ATX motherboard, is that this graphics card obscured one of my pci slots and did not allow me to use it. This is an excellent card and will still play well any game out there ...
mwaddoups 31.08.2006
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Product Information for "Connect3D Radeon X800 GTO" »
Processor / memory
Graphics Processor / Vendor
ATI Radeon X800 GTO
Clock Speed
400 MHz
RAMDAC Clock Speed
400 MHz
Video Memory Installed
256 MB
Technology
GDDR3 SDRAM 256-bit
Memory Clock Speed
980 MHz
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Manufacturer's product description
The RADEON X800 series offers a future-proof solution by fully adapting the newest PC architecture standard - PCI Express to support current and upcoming game titles, operating systems and multimedia applications. ATI's PCI Express graphics have the ability to send and receive data simultaneously at twice the speed of current AGP 8X solutions with reliability and better power management by offering a one-chip PCI Express solution. The RADEON X800 series of products deliver frame rates that surpass any previous graphics processor making it the world's fastest and most powerful VPU. With twice the performance of the acclaimed RADEON 9800 PRO, the RADEON X800 series provides an extremely smooth, responsive HD gaming experience, putting capable gamers in complete control of even the most demanding game titles. A radically new architecture based on the latest .13 micron, low-k manufacturing process with ultra fast and efficient GDDR3 memory combine to produce extreme data rates and unbelievable acceleration in a quiet, cool, single-slot solution. The RADEON X800 series defines a totally new High-Definition Gaming experience for the avid gamer by maximizing performance and image quality in higher detail and at higher resolutions than ever before. ATI's new and revolutionary 3Dc image enhancement technology brings characters to life and scenery to greater realism by enabling significant improvements to the image detail of character art with increased performance and lower memory usage. 3Dc is slated to become the industry standard to support more complex high-definition visual effects in real time. The RADEON X800 GTO features SMARTSHADER HD, the most advanced pixel shader engine with 12 parallel pixel pipelines capable of over 8 gigapixels/second fill rate in full precision! With six programmable vertex shader pipelines, capable of over 750 million vertices per second and an overall capability of over 200 billion floating point operations per second (GigaFLOPS), the RADEON X800 series delivers the most beautifully rendered high-definition 3D animation for the ultimate in intense, interactive game play. The RADEON X800 series gives you more than just a great gaming experience. It also has sophisticated video processing, filtering and acceleration features that make multimedia applications more efficient, inspiring and fun. With VIDEOSHADER HD, the RADEON X800 takes advantage of its advanced shader processing engine for user programmable video effects, video quality enhancement, and encoding and decoding of many video standards, including MPEG1/2/4, Real Media, DivX and WMV9. The RADEON X800 GTO sets a new standard in graphics performance and visual realism. With 12 pipelines, higher clock speeds and breakthrough image enhancement technology, the RADEON X800 series ushers in a whole new gaming category called High-Definition Gaming. The RADEON X800 series also supports the latest high-definition and wide display formats, giving users bigger and more vivid movie, gaming and Internet experiences. Over the past several years ATI has established a legacy of providing the highest performing Microsoft DirectX graphics card solutions. The RADEON X800 offers the latest DirectX 9.0 and OpenGL 2.0 shader support to ensure that current and upcoming games look and play brilliantly, especially in high-definition. ATI's award-winning CATALYST software driver suite optimizes the graphics processor performance of ATI's desktop products while ensuring maximum stability and user control. CATALYST provides frequent driver updates backed by ATI customer support, to ensure complete satisfaction.
silent, amazing picture quality 
