SAPPHIRE X800 GTO² to X850 XT Mod

Post by **shadd_** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 5:27 pm

looking for the BEST bang for your buck? check out the 800gto2 cards that use the r480 chip(850xt).

so far the mod rate(12pipes to 16 pipes) is 100% with a simple bios flash and is reversable.

if i didn't have an 800xtpe already i would jump on this.

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 9:48 pm

do you have a link for the flash?

Post by **shadd_** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 11:10 pm

ahh shit sorry forgot.

http://www.techpowerup.com/articles//ov ... card/127/1

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 6:36 pm

wow, i cant find a retailer for these.. Canada or US...

Maby some local stores have it?

Post by **shadd_** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 6:45 pm

should be hitting the stores soon in big volumes.

i think this is the card they are using to dump all their 850 cores on before the new sm3 parts come out next month.

they should go for 200-250 cnd.

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 6:49 pm

woah, now that i would buy in a heartbeat..

But remember, this is a limmited Card.

Post by **shadd_** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 6:56 pm

i dunno there should be alot but will probably go quick. you might even see the big firesale on the 850 in the next few weeks.

they really do rock hard, i play bf2 1280 everything maxed, 4xaa, ultra smooth all the time.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 5:07 am

Are they available in PCI-E?

Post by **Psyche911** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 7:17 am

Only PCI-E, I think. None are out yet, so it's hard to say for sure.

Post by **shadd_** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 2:38 am

the way w1zzard talks about the card i just assumed it was readily available.

should be buyable in canada shortly though i would assume.

Post by **Psyche911** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 2:19 pm

It's not in stock, but Newegg now has the card listed:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814102595

Apparently it's already unlocked to 16 pipes, just needs overclocking to XTPE speeds.

Post by **Deathshroud** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 3:09 pm

I would be skeptical O/C'ing that card to XT PE specs without a larger heatsink and fan on it.

Post by **Psyche911** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 3:13 pm

Yeah, but you could throw an ATi Silencer on there. They have one for the X850 XT PE. That's another $30. So for $230, you could have a $460 card. Not bad...50% off.