Sapphire X800GTO²: The good, the bad and the ugly?

Nosada · Mar 4, 2006

Hey everyone,

I recently purchased a Sapphire X800GTO², obviously with the idea of unlocking the additional pipes and slightly overclocking the core and memory. Reading up on the relevant articles and forums on this site however, it has come to my attention that there may be 2 completely different versions of this card in circulation. The "good" one, dual dvi, no TVout, 1.6ns samsungs, great overclockers. And the "bad", dvi/analog, TVout, 2.0ns samsungs, mediocre overclockers at best.

Now I'm one of the sad few who's stuck with the second sort of card, and my question is this really: Is it worth even bothering with trying to overclock anymore, or should I just unlock the pipes and be happy with that? I have a Zalman 700 cooler standing by to be mounted, and a very well ventilated case in which to mount it.

Regards,
Nos

PS: One final question from an unknowing layman: how do I know what kind of memory my video card is sporting? Reading the core is easy enough, but does the memory say "1.6" or "2.0" anywhere?

hb904460 · Mar 4, 2006

The memory usually has markings and the last two numbers usually indicate the speed i.e 16 at the end is 1.6ns
If the markings are clear you can type the code into google or check on the manufacturers website and that should show the specs.
I think there are 3 versions of the GTO2. 1 has dvi and analog with r480core and 1.6ns on a red pcb with 6 pin power, 1 has dual dvi r480 and 1.6ns on red pcb with 6 pin power and the final is r430 2.0ns with dvi and analog on a blue pcb with no extra power.
The best OC are the two based on r480 with 1.6ns RAM and extra power connector. Your card will unlock to 16pp and will probably OC a bit but not that much i.e. 440/450mhz on the core and 510/520mhz on the memory.

zekrahminator · Mar 4, 2006

yeah, try flashing the BIOS and just be glad. Ironically the X850XT, which you would theoretically be modding to, is actually a bit cheaper then the GTO2 last time I checked :roll:

. No wait, put the zalman cooler on first. If you're going to mod the thing at all, make sure you have enough cooling to support it lol.

Processor	AMD A6-5400K
Motherboard	Asus A88XM-Plus
Cooling	Thermalright True Spirit 120
Memory	2x4GB Crucial Ballistix Elite 1866mhz
Video Card(s)	APU
Storage	250gb Crucial MX500
Display(s)	Viewsonic 1600 x 900
Case	Silverstone PS07B
Power Supply	Antec NeoEco 620W
Mouse	Logitech mx518
Software	Windows 10

Processor	AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Brisbane @ 2.8GHz (224x12.5, 1.425V)
Motherboard	Gigabyte sumthin-or-another, it's got an nForce 430
Cooling	Dual 120mm case fans front/rear, Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro, Zalman VF-900 on GPU
Memory	2GB G.Skill DDR2 800
Video Card(s)	Sapphire X850XT @ 580/600
Storage	WD 160 GB SATA hard drive.
Display(s)	Hanns G 19" widescreen, 5ms response time, 1440x900
Case	Thermaltake Soprano (black with side window).
Audio Device(s)	Soundblaster Live! 24 bit (paired with X-530 speakers).
Power Supply	ThermalTake 430W TR2
Software	XP Home SP2, can't wait for Vista SP1.

Sapphire X800GTO²: The good, the bad and the ugly?

Nosada

hb904460

zekrahminator

McLovin