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The x800 uses the new manufacturing process (0.13 micron in think) which means that the chip should run cooler than 9800 so is therefore more efficient meaning that less power is wasted and it can run on the same wattage (or lower) psu as a 9800.

you can flash the bios with a gigabyte x800xt bios which opens the 4 pipelines making it 16, then you can clock like you would a normal card. Its what i've done and works great

The only thing that will happen is the computer won't boot as there isn't enough power for it to do anything. The x800, according to ATi, requires 300watts, just like the 9800

No. (Unless its a Shuttle system with shuttle psu in which case, yes it should work)

I dropped my shiny new coolermaster case down the stairs.Luckily it didnt have any components in it but it still pissed me off. Forgot to plug the cpu fan in after spending about 15 minutes getting the thermal paste exactly even. Luckily my computer realised and shut down immediately but the...

Seeing as you have an AMD processor and the fans seem to be not moving when the computer is idle it could be the motherboards Cool n Quiet system kicking in.

I haven't heard great things about the codegen psus, apparently the 12v is prone to fluctuations so will make your system unreliable if you plugged in a 6800 requiring at least a good quality 350watt psu. You can upgrade to a decent brand like antec for not that much if you look around.

The nvidia 6800 (not gt or ultra) is very good value its £180 in Uk (about $300) and performs better than the 9800pro and 9800xt.

just go into the ati control panel (right click, properties, settings) Then click advanced and go to options it should have the driver name there. The current drivers are 4.8s.

No probs, Is it just me or does the sea monster on page2 look like the one the BBC have been using for it's olympic campaign?? Oh and apparently the systems that are scoring 12000+ on 3dmark 03 will get about 1200-1500 in 04/05

I think the recommended specification means what it the software needs to run at a decent frame rate on medium detail. I always take the recommended spec to be the minimum required as anything lower will usually only just run it.

http://www.tcmagazine.info/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=6564

There's a global shortage of x800xts as apparrently ATi are struggling with yields and 1.6ns memory or something plus ATi not expecting such high demand. Anywhere at themoment where they are available they are often overpriced. Over the coming months XTs should slowly start to appear but if you...

Only one brand include the HL2 voucher. But from my research you pay over the odds for the voucher and might as well just buy it when it comes out.

Do you want a guide of how to build your own computer? In which case www.buildyourown.org.uk For how components actually works have a look at http://computer.howstuffworks.com

Acrylic cases aren't really considered to be very good. They break easily and don't look all that good. The Thermaltake case is good and the thermaltake power supplies are also excellent though antec are considered the best for psus

Use Driver Cleaner. http://www.driverheaven.net/cleaner/ After uninstalling wit Cats uninstaller run DC and it will delete any remaining fragments of the previous driver.

Now that would be impressive

Viruses? I reformatted 2 days ago and in minutes my comp was ridden with the bastards. But anyway use Mozilla Firefox, best browser out there.

Paddy's Guide That guide there is all you need as long as you have a Pro vivo, i have modded my pro to an xt successfully and just added an arctic cooler from added stability but other than that no problems