radeon x800gt 256 mb vs radeon x1600 256mb

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get a 6800GS they are the same as the 6800GT in alot of benchmarks and beat it in most situations also they overclock further and if u get one on the NV41 core u can unlok its vertex shaders and pixel pipelines, i just bought a 6800GS with 512mb Vram it owns up, i got 5500 on 3dmark with P4 3.0ghz and 512 mb ram, which is considered a good score for such a low spec system 😀
 
We're talking AGP, dude.
AGP 6800 GS' are much slower than their PCIe counterparts, and are nowhere near as fast as a 6800 GT.

The PCIe 6800 GS' are based on a different core with a smaller process that can overclock like crazy, but the AGP 6800 GS' are just rebranded 6800's, NV40s and they don't overclock well.

They might unlock mind you, but no guarantee for that.