Gigabyte X800 XL Silentpipe!

v3n · Post by **v3n** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 12:52 pm

Just came across this when i was looking at Tekheads.co.uk

Im tempted at only £250

Tzupy · Post by **Tzupy** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 1:40 pm

I think it would be wise to find a picture of the back first. The cooling solution may be the same as on the 6800 GT, and you wouldn't want that. It's a PCI-E card anyway, the rest of your system looks AGP to me. By the way, you have the same monitor as me - does yours buzz a bit?

v3n · Post by **v3n** » Sun Feb 06, 2005 3:40 am

Its the Silent Pipe version which has no fans

Yeah the monitor does humm

Tzupy · Post by **Tzupy** » Sun Feb 06, 2005 4:04 am

Thanks for the answer, I am relieved that mine is not the only one...
For the card, it says Out-of-stock (pre-release). I'm going for nVidia anyway (for programming reasons).

v3n · Post by **v3n** » Sun Feb 06, 2005 4:46 am

I really would like to go Nvidia (they support stereo 3d in drivers which i use when gaming) but Gigabyte dont make the Nvidia silentpipe model in PCI-X

The ATI model is faster and cheaper than the 6800 anyway

EasyRaider · Post by **EasyRaider** » Mon Feb 07, 2005 9:13 am

Niiice!

Too bad I probably won't be able to buy this in Norway.

jonasy · Post by **jonasy** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 12:14 pm

Nice!

Gigabyte seems to be a really nice friend for anyone who wants a silent computer, and still running decent components without voiding the warranty. It's very possible that I'm going to purchase this graphic cards and their nForce4 SLI motherboard (the only Nforce4 with a passiv stock NB cooler iirc). Thumbs up for Gigabyte!

The only problem I can see, it seems to be a quite small heatsink for such a hot card? I've got a Zalman HP80a, and it looks as Zalman's has a larger heatsink, and that baby gets fairly hot on my slightly OC'd Ti4200.

Lifecycle · Post by **Lifecycle** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 3:36 am

Just wanted to bump this, as although it's not quite the same card, I found this review of the Gigabyte X800 Silentpipe yesterday. A standard X800 with fanless cooling.

It's typically only a few frames behind the faster X800XL but it is currently available in the UK and quite reasonably priced (at around £180 inc VAT). To me, this looks to be better bang-for-buck than the X800XL but is still only PCI-E

(Aside, I am quite disappointed as I noticed that Scan were stocking this card yesterday for £175 but it's now gone from their site and they are only offering the X800XL at around £250 on pre-order - perhaps they are going like hotcakes

).

madman2003 · Post by **madman2003** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 6:05 am

Keep in mind that not all Gigabyte Nforce4 boards come with a passive chipset cooler. Some do come with fans, just be carefull.

Wraith · Post by **Wraith** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 5:33 pm

I read that neoseeker article on the X800 today. It's selling for $265 US at ZZF. Which is less than Gigabyte's passive 6800 is going for. Supposedly ATI's MSRP for the X800 is $200 US, though none of them are selling for that yet.

Lifecycle · Post by **Lifecycle** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 2:22 am

I'm quite surprised at how fast the X800 really is - seems great value for money. In absolute terms, the performance delta between the X800 and X850XT PE is so small there is no justification for the large increase in cost - it's very rarely the difference between playable and unplayable.

Bolt on a passive heatpipe cooler and this seems like a winner.

REMF · Post by **REMF** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 1:41 pm

the gigabyte x800xl is everything i want in a video card technically:
16 pipes @ 400MHz
256MB 256bit memory @ ~1GHz
quiet
only problem is its an ATI card, and i dual boot linux.

halcyon · Post by **halcyon** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 10:57 pm

Now apparently shipping within EU:

"We spoke about this graphic card early January. Almost two months later, the Gigabyte X800 XL fanless is finally available. The manufacturer just announced the GV-RX80L256V availability for 380 €."

http://www.behardware.com/news/lire/28-02-2005/

soultaker · Post by **soultaker** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 8:16 pm

Any estimates on when this card will be available in north america?

grahamstewart · Post by **grahamstewart** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 5:41 am

Can anyone confirm whether this card supports video-in (VIVO) or not?

Scan says that it does, but the card looks like it just has the usual DVI, D-Sub and S-Video Out connections to me.

The Gigabyte UK site doesn't mention it and currently only supplies a manual in Japanese!

I've trawled about for reviews of this card but I can't find any either.

nici · Post by **nici** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 9:21 am

My guess is that it doesnt support VIVO... If you manage to find decent PCD pics of it then it should be easy to check if the PCB has the "Ati Rage Theater" chip. It clearly says it on the chip. I just got a Club 3d x800XL, the cooler looks better than Sapphire or Connect 3D, and it has Dual-DVI and VIVO for the same price as Sapphire and Connect 3d

I paid 339€ for it.

halcyon · Post by **halcyon** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 12:48 am

Review:

http://www.hothardware.com/viewarticle. ... icleid=653

It apparently even overclocks (!). Quite a feat for a passive card, imo.

poohbear · Post by **poohbear** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 6:00 am

v3n wrote:I really would like to go Nvidia (they support stereo 3d in drivers which i use when gaming) but Gigabyte dont make the Nvidia silentpipe model in PCI-X

The ATI model is faster and cheaper than the 6800 anyway

They do actually. I realize your post was in February but take a look at this thread ..
http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=20310

Further down, you'll see some reference to the PCI-e version, GV-NX66T128VP is the model you are looking for.

In stock at Canada Computers, and out of stock at NCIX for those of you in Canada.

http://www.canadacomputers.com/cc/index ... id=999.243
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php? ... &promoid=0

piotrgurin · Post by **piotrgurin** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 3:16 pm

yea too bad the gigabyte x800xl doesn't have dual dvi.
I would get it but instead i'm gonna have to go with the MSI x800xl.

piotrgurin · Post by **piotrgurin** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 6:22 pm

well i decided to give the gigabyte a go in the end.
Should be comming in by the end of this week from zipzoomfly.

I'll let you guys know how it goes!

Green Shoes · Post by **Green Shoes** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 8:06 pm

Yeah, let us know, I'm watching this one closely...you can even PM me if the thread dies. As always, thanks for being our guinea pig

piotrgurin · Post by **piotrgurin** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 8:48 pm

hahah, yea no problem.

I figure i there is chance i might have to put another nexus to blow on it, but otherwise shouldn't be any problems.

Rather have an extra nexus running than anything else i figure too!

piotrgurin · Post by **piotrgurin** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 8:52 pm

anyone agree?

vahagn · Post by **vahagn** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 3:37 am

This card has got my attention! and i'm thinking seriously hard about buying it tomorrow when my paycheck comes in... ugh... this will eat into my food costs.

piotrgurin · Post by **piotrgurin** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 5:42 am

heheh, buy it! I don't want to be the only one! lol

poohbear · Post by **poohbear** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 11:52 am

How does this compare to the fanless 6600GT in terms of performance in HL2? What about power consumption? All the reviews I've come across so far only compare against other ATI video cards.

rpsgc · Post by **rpsgc** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 11:57 am

poohbear wrote:How does this compare to the fanless 6600GT in terms of performance in HL2? What about power consumption? All the reviews I've come across so far only compare against other ATI video cards.

The X800XL compares to the 6800GT

poohbear · Post by **poohbear** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 12:12 pm

Guess you're right. No wonder why it's $459.00 here in Canada (Canada Computers).

rpsgc · Post by **rpsgc** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 1:07 pm

It only loses to the 6800GT in some games,... in HL2, Far Cry, etc it rules.

piotrgurin · Post by **piotrgurin** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 8:33 am

Well i got the card installed in my new system.

It runs cool during everything except gaming.
After gaming its hot to touch.

It think it was affecting performance when i had the case open, but when i closed it played for an hour and didn't notice any problems.

I think closing the case impoves the airflow over the card.

I'm still trying to figure out how to measure temps on the card.

I will post a more in depth review in a couple weeks, but untill then if anyone has any quesitons I can try and answer.