Ah... It's a shame they had to go the Dual Slot route with these cards. I really dislike having the graphics card take up two slots. And makers of SLI motherboards will hopefully space the slots with this in mind.
Are these available in AGP editions, or will they be PCI Express only cards? Perhaps now the X800XT will see better availability and may drop in price? :) I'm not ripping out my motherboard for a PCIe solution at this point. -Gel -----Original Message----- From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Well - there are finally some pics of the ATI 850 buzzing around, here's one: http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=19813 It looks like the ATI was unable to maintain a single slot design for these - but: 1) They've added dual DVI (which was the main reason I bought a 6800 Ultra) 2) They're obviously venting that dual slot cooling out the backplane - something the 6800 Ultra's inexplicably (at least the ones I've seen) failed to do. 3) I think that little yellow socket is for extra power, but it may not be. If it is it's definately a smaller (three pin) plug and requires one (not two full molex connectors like the 6800 Ultra). All told with those (relatively minor) improvements I think I would have definately gone with this card over the 6800 Ultra given equal choice (and assuming that the 850 will even be available in AGP). However just from the PCB I'm not lamenting the fact that I did go with the 6800 Ultra - the card has been running beautifully for me. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:137454 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
