As some of you know i'm working as a reseller so here are some infos:
The 850 XT is better then the 850 pro
The 850 series:
1.Radeon X850 XT-PE
2.Radeon X850 XT
3.Radeon X850 Pro
The 850 pro usually has only 12 Parallel Pixel Pipelines
I think that's why the wrote on their website "Up To 16 Parallel Pixel Pipelines" and not it has 16 Parallel Pixel Pipelines
The 850 XT has 16 Parallel Pixel Pipelines a better Fill Rate and can handle mor Number of Polygons Per Second.
They also have usually the same Clock Speed of Video Memory (520/540) but looks a bit strange on the website too
Only the 850 XT PE <-(platinum edition) has a faster Clock Speed of Video Memory (540/590)
But to be honest they are not really much faster then the 800 series.
The 800 Series:
1.Radeon X800 XT-PE
2.Radeon X800 XT
3.Radeon X800 XL
4.Radeon X800 Pro
If you can get a cheaper one from the 800 series you can save some money
In some benchmark tests (Unreal Tournament 2004 1600x1200x32 4xFSAA 8xAF) the X800 XT-PE !!! was faster then the X850 XT-PE

(but this shouldn't be after ATI's product name philosophie (but it is

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Hope i could help ya