Worth the upgrade?

[Mooney]

So right now I have a Powercolor Radeon X1600 PRO (PCI-E, 512MB) video card. Today when I was looking at some specs, I noticed the ATI Radeon X1800XT is significantly better. So my question: Is it worth it to upgrade? Here is some info I found:

 

Core Type

- X1600 PRO: RV530

- X1800XT: R520

 

Die Process

- X1600 PRO: 90nm

- X1800XT: 90nm

 

Clocks (MHz) (Core/RAM)

- X1600 PRO: 500/390

- X1800XT: 625/750

 

Core Config

- X1600 PRO: 4:12:4:5

- X1800XT: 16:16:16:8

 

MTex/s

- X1600 PRO: 2,000

- X1800XT: 10,000

 

MTri/s

- X1600 PRO: 625

- X1800XT: 1,250

 

Memory Interface

- X1600 PRO: 128-bit

- X1800XT: 256-bit

 

Memory Bandwidth

- X1600 PRO: 12.5 GB/s

- X1800XT: 48.0 GB/s

Of course, If I decide to go through with the upgrade, my X1600 PRO will be up for sale immediately.

[Gryph]

What do you think would be the total cost of this upgrade (as in price of X1800 minus the price of the x1600)? If the price isn't much then yeah go for it. If not, then save up and get a much better one.

[Mooney]

Well, it looks like I could get a Connect3D Radeon X1800XT for around $250, so if I can sell my current gfx card for about $150, I'll only need $100.

[ken_cinder]

Given that on average (From what I can see) you could pick up a retail x1600 Pro (ATi brand) for 1/3 what a x1800XT goes for, it's certainly a waste of money.

This is precisely why I'm going with dual x1600 Pros, which will set me back roughly $200 + shipping. 1 X1800XT would set me back roughly $300.......

[Ghosty]

Tom's hierarchy chart says yes:

And being equivalent to the GF7950's yeah!