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Old 08-19-2006, 07:37 PM   #1
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Radeon X850XT or Radeon X1600XT for my new pc???

so i was told to buy this card by people on here:
newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102657

then someone on a Battlefield 2 forum told me to buy this card:
newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102688


which card is better?

the 2nd one has 16 pixelpipelines compared to the 12 on the first one...

which one shoul di get for my new pc???
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Old 08-19-2006, 07:49 PM   #2
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X850XT is more powerful but X1600XT will age better as it has more shaders, better IQ and shadermodel 3, i.e HDR. And the ability to do aa+hdr.

I would pick X1600XT
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