My 1st Build :)

[mullered07]

its a one man band afaik, ive been in a few times just to pick up sata cables and other bits, the guys ok most probably just a one off mistake

 

[InnocentCriminal]

Arrh fair enough.

 

[MitchMan31]

Ahhhh Thanks for the help mate, he's probably scared to answer the phone lol Anyway I'll think about getting that Mobo..... Speak to you later guys

 

[tkpenalty]

there is no point in getting an X1950 the 8600GT keeps even with it in EVERY test and has DX10 compatability yeah i know there is no way to know how it will do in actual DX10 gameplay but why spend ANY money on something that wont do it at all if you can get what can run it maybe at lower settings but still run it?

STOP BEING A FANBOY you have said this in every thread i mention the 8600GTS the card is not worse than a X1950PRO it pulls almost identicle numbers i have posted several synthetic and real numbers for both cards and the 8600GTS leads in synthetics by ~10% and pulls DEAD even in DX9 gameplay stop trolling...

You're the fanboy...

The X1950PRO stamps all over the 8600GTS, Synthetic benchmarks have become useless these days with the driver optimisations... :shadedshu

 

[LiveOrDie]

instead of getting the Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe go for a Asus M2N32-SLI Deluxe nForce 590SLI full Dual PCI-E x16 i had this board about 6 mouths ago its a good board the nForce 570SLI chipset hasn't go full 16x PCI-e speeds my mate has one if your goin to go intel the board i think you should look in to is ASUS P5N32-E-SLI PLUS nVidia 650i SLI some think like that

 

[tkpenalty]

Mitchman, I would save a tiny bit more just to get a 8800GTS 320MB. Would do you WAY better.

 

[mullered07]

You're the fanboy...

The X1950PRO stamps all over the 8600GTS, Synthetic benchmarks have become useless these days with the driver optimisations... :shadedshu

TK the X1950pro doesnt stomp all over the 8600gts or at least not all over mine unless mines special i should no my last card was a x1950pro. ok i have to oc the snot out of my 8600gts to rival the x1950pro but it keeps up with it in all my games . however i agree with your comment below about saving the xtra for a 8800gts, really what i should have done but hey im not too bothered ill get one next payday.

Mitchman, I would save a tiny bit more just to get a 8800GTS 320MB. Would do you WAY better.

 

[LiveOrDie]

the X1950pro is crap only just bets the geforce 7900GT the 8600GT kicks it ass

 

[mullered07]

the X1950pro is crap only just bets the geforce 7900GT the 8600GT kicks it ass

x1950pro is crap? i think you should do some homework mate the x1950pro is an excellent card and a 8600gt does not beat anythings ass especially not a x1950pro

 

[LiveOrDie]

comes pretty close http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=2107&page=4

 

[MitchMan31]

Hi guys,

I'm definitely confused about the graphics card I should get now.

I've found a X1950 Pro card for £71 here: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-063-OK

Please can people straighten things out for me. I want a graphics card which can handle the games I have mentioned at a reasonable price and preferably run a game like BF2142 at Mild graphic setting...... So let me know which is the best Radeon or Nvidia. I Ideally want to spend around £150, so only compare Radeon and Nvidia Cards if they are of an equal price. Thanks

 

[Darknova]

£150?

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=619508

'nuff said.

 

[InnocentCriminal]

No offence Dark, but I suggest that Mitch should go with the £70 Pro. Don't forget he'll be replacing it at a latter date (hopefully when DX10.1 & OpenGL 3 cards hit the market) and the Pro will easily OC with decent air flow in the chassis.

For that price Mitch you can't go wrong, but it'd be a better idea to get the 512MB card.

 

[cdawall]

No offence Dark, but I suggest that Mitch should go with the £70 Pro. Don't forget he'll be replacing it at a latter date (hopefully when DX10.1 & OpenGL 3 cards hit the market) and the Pro will easily OC with decent air flow in the chassis.

For that price Mitch you can't go wrong, but it'd be a better idea to get the 512MB card.

very little improvment with the 512mb as the ram tends to not oc as well as the 256mb will (same thing happened back in the good ole'days with the 64mb ti4200s beating out the 128mb versions)

as for the mobo look into the evga 650i boards they oc very well and are user friendly to boot. go for the cheaper PRO it will have no issue in any of todays games it works plenty well and when you have the money upgrade to a newer higher end DX 10 or whatever M$ decides is the new load o shite they want to put out

You're the fanboy...

The X1950PRO stamps all over the 8600GTS, Synthetic benchmarks have become useless these days with the driver optimisations... :shadedshu

if you cal 2-7FPS stamping then yes your right man the 8600GTS gets killed from that POV too bad your eyes wont be able to see the difference now thats fanboism

also read the WHOLE DAMN POST after i said it win in synths i also mentioned REAL WORLD BENCHIES

 

[InnocentCriminal]

very little improvment with the 512mb as the ram tends to not oc as well as the 256mb will (same thing happened back in the good ole'days with the 64mb ti4200s beating out the 128mb versions)

Fair enough on the OC malarkey, but it is still very capable of being pushed faster (if needed) and the extra 256MB will help with displaying higher quality textures. Something the 256MB would suffer at.

Reason why the 512MB AGP version is able to rub shoulders with it's PCIe brethren. The even though it has a lower overall OC it still manages to keep up, with only a few frames difference.

Joking aside, the biggest surprise to us was just how well the AGP fared, we were expecting some decent results, but the fact that the AGP card stands shoulder to shoulder with its PCIe counterparts kind of makes you wander what the point of the PCI Express technology is. While AGP is still pretty decent by today's gaming standards it lacks the headroom needed by other GPU intensive applications such as media encoding. The extra 256MB of memory also helps to bolster the AGP cards results and keep it going toe to toe with the other cards.

Full article here.

Say Mitch wanted to play something like Dark Messiah which uses great looking high quality textures. An OC'd 256MB would work wonders but it wouldn't be able to cope as well as the 512MB with OC'd RAM speeds (albeit ~ a slower OC). The extra speed on the 256MB isn't going to help as much as the extra RAM would, and for £10 more I think that's the better option.

 

[cdawall]

Fair enough on the OC malarkey, but it is still very capable of being pushed faster (if needed) and the extra 256MB will help with displaying higher quality textures. Something the 256MB would suffer at.

Reason why the 512MB AGP version is able to rub shoulders with it's PCIe brethren. The even though it has a lower overall OC it still manages to keep up, with only a few frames difference.



Full article here.

Say Mitch wanted to play something like Dark Messiah which uses great looking high quality textures. An OC'd 256MB would work wonders but it wouldn't be able to cope as well as the 512MB with OC'd RAM speeds (albeit ~ a slower OC). The extra speed on the 256MB isn't going to help as much as the extra RAM would, and for £10 more I think that's the better option.

and this also all depends on what res gaming is done @ yeah you will get A LOT better FPS @1600X1200, but none @640X480 (no one games there i kno) i assume like most you are either going to play 1440X900 (widescreen LCD) or 1280X1024 neither of which cause a tremendous difference between 512mb and 256mb untill massive amounts of textures and such are added

 

[InnocentCriminal]

My point is... wouldn't it be better to have it if he is going to be playing at a higher resolution with the massive amounts of high quality textures. Plus we're only looking at £10 ($20) difference in price.

 

[cdawall]

My point is... wouldn't it be better to have it if he is going to be playing at a higher resolution with the massive amounts of high quality textures. Plus we're only looking at £10 ($20) difference in price.

yeah i kow and i agree go for the 512mb card