Xerxes Posted March 3, 2005 Posted March 3, 2005 i got the bba x800xl partially because it has a 3yr warranty also because it was at msrp i wouldnt buy sapphire again, their rma dept can be a pain plus they only have a 1 yr warranty. The times i've delt with ati's tech support/rma they've been very helpfull Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViperJohn Posted March 3, 2005 Posted March 3, 2005 i got the bba x800xl partially because it has a 3yr warranty also because it was at msrp i wouldnt buy sapphire again, their rma dept can be a pain plus they only have a 1 yr warranty. The times i've delt with ati's tech support/rma they've been very helpfull BbATI's generally cost a little more but their RMA process is about as painless as it gets if you ever need it while Sapphires can be a real pain in the rear end. Viper Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparx Posted March 3, 2005 Posted March 3, 2005 Myabe later I head back to Fry's and get the BB ati x800XL. I had the BB ATI 9800 Pro never had problem with it, wanted to stay all Nvida this time because of drivers but I have not read about any ATI driver issues of late. Peeps have said ATI drivers are hard to kill if you want to go from ATI to Nvida. Speaking of drivers what is the current choice for X800XL drivers? Appreciate the inputs guys. sparx Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViperJohn Posted March 3, 2005 Posted March 3, 2005 Myabe later I head back to Fry's and get the BB ati x800XL. I had the BB ATI 9800 Pro never had problem with it, wanted to stay all Nvida this time because of drivers but I have not read about any ATI driver issues of late. Peeps have said ATI drivers are hard to kill if you want to go from ATI to Nvida. Speaking of drivers what is the current choice for X800XL drivers? Appreciate the inputs guys. sparx Other way around. Going from nVidia to ATI can be a nightmare sometimes when it comes to getting ATI card to work right afterwards. I noticed that everytime I did an NV card and tried to go back to ATI. Fortunately I dual boot here with Win98 so I just used it to Zip up my entire WinXP install before contaminating it with the NV drivers. When I was done with NV cards I just deleted the dirty XP install and then replace it with the saved Zip file backup. I have been using the Cat 5.1's here on a DFI NF4 for testing PCIe cards and they have worked well. Viper Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
idrobnjak Posted March 3, 2005 Posted March 3, 2005 Hey - first I have a question - what does BB stand for before ATI? Second - I bought an ATI X800XL 256MB DDR3 PCIe from Microcenter for $299 plus $10 shipping and no tax (since they don't have a store in KY but there is one 15 miles north of me in Cincinnati). I called them up and they charged my cc $309.99 and I had it at my doorstep the next day - retail packed with all accessories, etc. Mine is straight up ATI (i.e. not made by ASUS, MSI, etc.) with Samsung memory chips on it - is that maybe what BB stands for? or is it brown box? thanks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
idrobnjak Posted March 3, 2005 Posted March 3, 2005 bump. i really want to know what bb is? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparx Posted March 4, 2005 Posted March 4, 2005 bump. i really want to know what bb is? bb= "Built By" sparx Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparx Posted March 4, 2005 Posted March 4, 2005 Other way around. Going from nVidia to ATI can be a nightmare sometimes when it comes togetting ATI card to work right afterwards. I noticed that everytime I did an NV card and tried to go back to ATI. Fortunately I dual boot here with Win98 so I just used it to Zip up my entire WinXP install before contaminating it with the NV drivers. When I was done with NV cards I just deleted the dirty XP install and then replace it with the saved Zip file backup. I have been using the Cat 5.1's here on a DFI NF4 for testing PCIe cards and they have worked well. Viper Thanks for the info on the Cat's. This "Zip" of the OS is interesting. Would this be the equivalent of my making a Ghost image or is this a ZIP of a seqment of the OS? sparx Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViperJohn Posted March 4, 2005 Posted March 4, 2005 Thanks for the info on the Cat's.This "Zip" of the OS is interesting. Would this be the equivalent of my making a Ghost image or is this a ZIP of a seqment of the OS? sparx Hmmm. It's not really a ghost (I had never used Norton Ghost) as I believe that is just a copy of your existing OS on another drive. With Ghost you can restore the system while you are using the same OS I think. You can't do that using the Zip file method. You have to have a dual or tri boot setup so you can zip up and then restore one OS install while operating from different OS install. For me that is very easy as I tri boot Win98se, an install of WinZP with APIC and APCI enabled at setup and another WinXP install with APIC and APIC disabled at setup. Viper Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparx Posted March 4, 2005 Posted March 4, 2005 Ok I follow your system basically, thanks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparx Posted March 5, 2005 Posted March 5, 2005 Got the ATI X800XL. Since I had an Nvidia 6600gt in the rig I did a complete Windows XPsp2 install. I installed the 5.2 cat drivers and found the included Control Center is NOT compatable with the X800XL so I deleted them. Another problem, which concerns me more, is that 3Dmarks2003 will not run since I installed the X800XL. I receive the "Must close" Windows XP error message box with the "Send Report " "Don't Send" buttons at the bottom. So, I deleted the 5.2 cats and installed them again no change. I deleted the 5.2 cats installed the 5.1 cats with no change. 3Dmarks03 ran fine with the 6600gt card. I am at a loss. I did run 3dMarks2001 complete, got 26,582; you guys were right better than the 6800gt! In additon ATI's website suggests owners of X800XL cards use Control Center from the video card CD. You cannot install only the Control Center, the driver box will not uncheck. If you can help with that it would be appreciated as well. sparx Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparx Posted March 5, 2005 Posted March 5, 2005 Now I find Prime95 won't run with 100% CPU usage it is possible Windows is corrupted. I hate going backwards like this. sparx Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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