Which Card ?? ATI Radeon X1900GT or NVidia GeForce 7900GS

AshenSugar · Dec 25, 2006

oh as to brand, check but i think they both use 1 year warr, maby 3 for one or the other at most.

i would say grab the cheaper one and a good 3rd party cooler like

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835118116
vf700 the mixed alu/cop unit acctualy works better then the all coper one in most cases.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835118001
vf900, this thing rocks, my xt is flashed to xtx and overclocked way past xtx clocks and its rock stable!!!

or a couple heat pipe "waffle iron" coolers that work VERY well.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835124006
15bucks for kingwin heatpipe that comes with 3-4 fans and such, its good, abit of work to install but hey it takes less time to instal then it takes to remove the stock cooler!!!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835999001
logisys ver of the above cooler, 1 large fan insted of a few small ones, its 18bucks.

any of them are heads and shoulders above stock cooling

Zubasa · Dec 25, 2006

The Arctic Cooling Accelero X2 is also good.
I am getting a cooler tomorrow and is considering it.

tkpenalty · Dec 25, 2006

Dude, think about HDR & AA. Id say the X1950 PRO would be the way to go.

tkpenalty · Dec 25, 2006

Zubasa said:
I will say the sapphire 1, the two cards are basically the same and the Sapphire is cheaper.
The one on newegg looks like its rev 2
and the one on zipzoomfly looks ike rev 1.

In terms of warranty, I get 2 year warranty from Sapphire in Hong Kong. (Depends on where you live I guess)

Get the rev 2 (X1950 Pro) if you don't want to mess with your card.

x2'ed. X1950 Pro makes a damn fine physics card when the DX10 GPUs come out though

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Zubasa · Dec 25, 2006

tkpenalty said:
x2'ed. X1950 Pro makes a damn fine physics card when the DX10 GPUs come out though .

I say a X1600Pro will be enough

AshenSugar · Dec 25, 2006

u mean x1300xt dont you

(renamed x1600pro/1650pro=x1300xt)

and dx10 cards wont be needed for another year at least, what is peoples fixation on dx10 and vista? gonna run you 300+ for a decent copy of vista just so you can play the few dx10 games that come out with it!!!

DOM · Dec 25, 2006

so what about a X1950XT for $250 well that last for 2 years ??

DOM · Dec 25, 2006

okay this is the ? is

$150 For a X1900GT or $250 For a X1950XT

I dont plan on buying one untill i cant play games with good FPS

Or wait until ATI comes out with there new line of cards and just get one around the $250 range? :confused:

Boneface · Dec 25, 2006

DOM_ATI_X800XL_PCI-E said:
okay this is the ? is

$150 For a X1900GT or $250 For a X1950XT

I dont plan on buying one untill i cant play games with good FPS

Or wait until ATI comes out with there new line of cards and just get one around the $250 range?

I just got rid of my 1900gt rev1 for a 1950xt. The 1900gt oced to 1900xtx speeds and a little more but i wanted to upgrade so i got the 1950xt and it blows the gt away i love it so i would say go for the 1950xt

DOM · Dec 25, 2006

Boneface said:
I just got rid of my 1900gt rev1 for a 1950xt. The 1900gt oced to 1900xtx speeds and a little more but i wanted to upgrade so i got the 1950xt and it blows the gt away i love it so i would say go for the 1950xt

did you ever run 3Dmark06 GT with your E6400 ?

Zubasa · Dec 25, 2006

DOM_ATI_X800XL_PCI-E said:
okay this is the ? is

$150 For a X1900GT or $250 For a X1950XT

I dont plan on buying one untill i cant play games with good FPS

Or wait until ATI comes out with there new line of cards and just get one around the $250 range?

$250....
I will rather buy 2 X1950Pro and Crossfire them and pawn/own/kick ass/crush/smash/torn apart/"Yes it Blends" the XT....

Zubasa · Dec 25, 2006

AshenSugar said:
u mean x1300xt dont you (renamed x1600pro/1650pro=x1300xt)

and dx10 cards wont be needed for another year at least, what is peoples fixation on dx10 and vista? gonna run you 300+ for a decent copy of vista just so you can play the few dx10 games that come out with it!!!

Sure, but there are still X1600Pro out there. (All that is different from a X1300XT is the bios

)

DOM · Dec 25, 2006

Zubasa said:
$250....
I will rather buy 2 X1950Pro and Crossfire them and pawn the XT....

then im going to need a new mobo cuz mine is 16-4 pci-e slots and it would cost more cuz would'nt i need a crossfire card ?

Zubasa · Dec 25, 2006

DOM_ATI_X800XL_PCI-E said:
then i going to need a new mobo cuz mine is 16-4 pci-e slots and it would cost more cuz would'nt i need a crossfire card ?

Thatz whats cool about the new X1650XT and X1950 Pro, all you need is two normal cards to set up crossfire.
And I believe that 2 X1950 Pro will pawn/own/kick ass/crush/smash/torn apart/"Yes it Blends" even an XTX.

DOM · Dec 25, 2006

$400 for 2X1950PRO wouldnt a 1950XTX beat them and for less

Zubasa · Dec 25, 2006

DOM_ATI_X800XL_PCI-E said:
$400 for 2X1950PRO wouldnt a 1950XTX beat them and for less

Performance wise, the X1950 Pro CF will win and a XTX cost $400 :laugh:

X1950 Pro X2 = $356

Well, X1950 Pro is really one of those cards that worth setting up Crossfire and cost effective.

DOM · Dec 25, 2006

okay for 2xASUS EAX1950PRO"189.99" the lowest for $379.98 with out S/H for one HIS X1950XTX for the same

hold up lest me find some benches i know i saw some of the 1950PRO in CrossFire see if it worth it

Zubasa · Dec 25, 2006

I don't even know if the driver fully support X1950Pro in CF yet....
The Performance gain of two cards in CF is upto 80% I believe. (The new CF bridge design on X1950 Pro will be the most efficient)

Of cause you will need a fast CPU to not bottleneck the cards.

DOM · Dec 25, 2006

Zubasa said:
I don't even know if the driver fully support X1950Pro in CF yet....

have you seen some test of them on CF? 1950PRO's
cuz so i can compare since you say they can beat a X1950XTX
cuz i cant find them so start looking

Zubasa · Dec 25, 2006

I couldn't yet find a review on that also =.=
But mind you that the preformance gain on CF depends on application support.

DOM · Dec 25, 2006

so theres none :laugh:

cuz i still cant find one i saw review with a pic of them in CF but it wasnt tested like that fugers

Zubasa · Dec 25, 2006

But you can use the reviews for the other X1900/X1950 series as a reference.

v-zero · Dec 25, 2006

The 7900gs overclocks loads and is very quick when overclocked, but an x1950pro would last longer into the shader intensive future. The X1K architechture will fill a lower resolution picture better - since it doesn't have the pixel pushing power but kicks ass with shader ops, and since you wont be doing anything high-res(16x12/19x10) that seems to be a sensible reason to go ATi.

DOM · Dec 25, 2006

well i found this review on
X1950XTX VS X1900XTX CROSSFIRE
SLI 7900GTX AND 7950GX2
PERFORMANCE BENCHMARK

http://xtreview.com/review141.htm

Zubasa · Dec 25, 2006

Well I find some good Benchs in the magazine I am reading.
http://www.filesend.net/download.php?f=c5a204e9347478d8e1f4222fd1c5b933

Processor	Athlon64 3500+(2.2gz)@2.94gz(3.03gz)
Motherboard	Biostar Tforce550 (RMA) (m2n-sli delux)
Cooling	PIB cooler
Memory	2gb ocz 533 +1gb samsung 533 4-4-4-12
Video Card(s)	x1900xtx 512mb+zalman vf900 cooler(kicks stock coolers arse)
Storage	80gb,200gb,250gb,160gb
Display(s)	20.1 in dell 2001fp + KDS visual sensations 19"
Case	Codegen briza seirse
Audio Device(s)	ADI SoundMax HD audio onboard,using Ket's driver pack
Power Supply	FSP 400watt SAGA seirse w/noise killer
Software	Windows 2003 ent server as workstation(kills xp in perf and stab)

Processor	Core i7-12700k
Motherboard	Z690 Aero G D4
Cooling	Custom loop water, 3x 420 Rad
Video Card(s)	RX 7900 XTX Phantom Gaming
Storage	Plextor M10P 2TB
Display(s)	InnoCN 27M2V
Case	Thermaltake Level 20 XT
Audio Device(s)	Soundblaster AE-5 Plus
Power Supply	FSP Aurum PT 1200W
Software	Windows 11 Pro 64-bit

Processor	Core i7-12700k
Motherboard	Z690 Aero G D4
Cooling	Custom loop water, 3x 420 Rad
Video Card(s)	RX 7900 XTX Phantom Gaming
Storage	Plextor M10P 2TB
Display(s)	InnoCN 27M2V
Case	Thermaltake Level 20 XT
Audio Device(s)	Soundblaster AE-5 Plus
Power Supply	FSP Aurum PT 1200W
Software	Windows 11 Pro 64-bit

Processor	Athlon64 3500+(2.2gz)@2.94gz(3.03gz)
Motherboard	Biostar Tforce550 (RMA) (m2n-sli delux)
Cooling	PIB cooler
Memory	2gb ocz 533 +1gb samsung 533 4-4-4-12
Video Card(s)	x1900xtx 512mb+zalman vf900 cooler(kicks stock coolers arse)
Storage	80gb,200gb,250gb,160gb
Display(s)	20.1 in dell 2001fp + KDS visual sensations 19"
Case	Codegen briza seirse
Audio Device(s)	ADI SoundMax HD audio onboard,using Ket's driver pack
Power Supply	FSP 400watt SAGA seirse w/noise killer
Software	Windows 2003 ent server as workstation(kills xp in perf and stab)

Processor	Intel i7 4770K
Motherboard	Asrock
Cooling	Water
Memory	Team Xtreem LV 16GB (2x8GB)
Video Card(s)	EK Full WB HD7970
Display(s)	CROSSOVER 27Q LED-P 27"
Case	Danger Den Torture Rack
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	CORSAIR Professional Series Gold AX1200
Software	W 10 Pro

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