"But ATI doesn't seem to have a "pe" version"
"Just XT and XT Platinum Edition for AGP"
Yeah as vnf4ultra says the PE is platinum edition.
I used to run the nvidia 5950 ultra card before this and i would say that nvidia cards are very good cards, it served me well for 12 months or so.
The only reason i went for the x850xt is that it is the best card out there for AGP but like i say you can get cards that come very close and will save you 100 pound or so. Just depends if you have the money to burn i suppose.
The HIS version is very good and a quick search on google will bring it up.
I think the main difference with the HIs is that it features an Arctic Silencer 5 cooler silk-screened with HIS' artwork mounted on it.
Here's the specs:-
HIS Excalibur ATI Radeon X850 XT PE ICEQII 256MB DDR3 VIVO TV-Out/DVI (AGP) - Retail (RX850XTPE-AGPVICEQ) (GX-033-HT)
The HIS X850 series advances High-Definition Gaming with blockbuster features, including SMARTSHADER™ HD, ATI's highly advanced pixel shader engine. With up to 16 parallel pixel pipelines and up to 43 billion shader operations per second, the HIS X850 series delivers the power serious gamers need. SMOOTHVISION™ HD combines advanced texture filtering with ATI's revolutionary 3Dc™ image enhancement technology to deliver brilliant image quality without comprising performance. 3Dc™ has quickly become an industry standard for supporting complex, high-definition visual effects in real time. With its sophisticated board design, the HIS X850 series is the ultimate technology for today's newest and most demanding games. Power throttling technology together with the complex fan control system vastly improves overall stability and performance. The HIS X850 series also features ATI's incredible display architecture, now with dual-DVI support. With output to HDTV capability, big screen multimedia and gaming is now larger and sharper than ever before. Users can simultaneously view on analog and digital monitors, including TV or HDTV, for the ultimate gaming, multimedia and applications multitasking experience. The IceQ cooling system draws cool air from inside the case and exhausts warm air outwards. This prevents the fan from recycling warm air to cool the VPU, which increases cooling performance and lower the air temperature inside the case significantly.
- Powered by ATI Radeon X850 XT Platinum Edution VPU - 540MHz
- 256MB-256bit quad-channel GDDR3 memory - 1.18GHz
- 16 parallel pixel pipelines
- 6 programmable vertex shader process engines
"But ATI doesn't seem to have a "pe" version"
