7950GT? or x1950 XT ?

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Ruhl

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I have been doing some research on these for the last few days, and now I am trying to get some feedback from those who have used them.

Which do you guys mainly prefer, I know about the new gen, with dx 10 coming soon, but I want something now to pull me through next year first. any feedback would be great thanks.
 
The X1950XT will probably be more future-proof, and it has better image quality. I'd go with that one.
 
Just wait till you see the image quality on the 8800's. It just blows away the x19x0 series cards. ;)
 
fireluxx said:
Just wait till you see the image quality on the 8800's. It just blows away the x19x0 series cards. ;)
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Quite true, but that doesn't answer the OP's question :).
 
the x1950 out performs the 7950 with higher AA and AF settings, with a single core....
 
Yeah, but he could spend a little less on a 7900GT instead of wasting it on the 7950 series. Factor in the power requirements of the x19xx series as well. Their power/performance ratio is not exactly that spartan.
 
Well

What resolutions do you plan to play?
Eye candy maxed out?


comparing a 7900 GT to a 7950 ? can you unlock anything in the 7900Gt to make it a GTX ?
 
MrGuvernment said:
comparing a 7900 GT to a 7950 ? can you unlock anything in the 7900Gt to make it a GTX ?
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The days of being able to unlock cards, even with some physical modifications, is over...no luck there!
 
If you don't want to wait for the lower price cards in the nVidia 8 series go X1950 XT or X1900 XT 256mb. Better AF and the ability to use HDR + AA.

On a side note, the nVidia 8 series allows HDR + AA and has better AF than ATi cards like the X19xx Series.

http://www.legitreviews.com/article/413/3/
 
thanks for the feedback so far.

So the 1900 XT you think higher end than the 7900 gt?
 
hey buddy, i had to make the exact same choice.

I picked up the 7950GT as my local store had it in stock. I played around with it for a little while, and it fell massively short of my expectations, especially in Oblivion.

So i returned the card and ordered a HIS X1950XT from an online retailer. Should be better for future games as it has 48 pixel processors, and fast 1.8Ghz GDDR3 ram.

It should arrive in a few days. Ill keep you posted.

BTW the fan on the 7950GT was horrendous, very loud. ( Point of View 7950GT with nvidia reference fansink)
 
Ruhl said:
thanks for the feedback so far.

So the 1900 XT you think higher end than the 7900 gt?
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I believe it has better AF and is more feature rich. Its shader power in games like Oblivion in dense foliage areas really show off.

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If you want to bring the 8800GTX into this things are drastically different. That's what mine does in Oblivion in heavy foliage with HDR + 4 x AA|16 x AF @ 1680x:



I am using a distant LOD pak and a custom config file that actually makes it harder on the card as well.
 
MrGuvernment said:
the x1950 out performs the 7950 with higher AA and AF settings, with a single core....
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A 7950 GT is a single core card. You are confusing it with a 7950 GX2, which a X1950 XT is no match for. Only a X1950 XTX comes close to a GX2.

To the OP:

You should consider a X1900 XT 256 MB or a 7900 GTO. Both are excellent cards and they can be bought for about $250. A X1950 XT has good value, but it is more expensive than the two I recommended.
The 7950 GT is probably the slowest of the three above (though not by much), but it is HDCP ready and the XFX model is passively cooled, which is a plus.
 
Wow, thanks guys!

I'm in the same boat as the original poster as I was also looking at these two same exact cards this season. I kept going back and forth in my decision and couldn't figure out what to do.

I'm still leaning towards the X1950XT but the 256MB does worry me. Assuming that I don't play in high resolutions (I still play at 1152x864), that's still good for another year, right?

I was leaning towards the 7950gt for a while, because it's a single slot solution and it has 512MB. But as someone mentioned before, the X19** series has better HDR and I almost forgot about that.

I thought about the X1900XT 256MB for a while, but it's sold out in most places. Plus, it's only like a $20-30 difference between the two.
 
KungFu-tse said:
Wow, thanks guys!

I'm in the same boat as the original poster as I was also looking at these two same exact cards this season. I kept going back and forth in my decision and couldn't figure out what to do.

I'm still leaning towards the X1950XT but the 256MB does worry me. Assuming that I don't play in high resolutions (I still play at 1152x864), that's still good for another year, right?

I was leaning towards the 7950gt for a while, because it's a single slot solution and it has 512MB. But as someone mentioned before, the X19** series has better HDR and I almost forgot about that.

I thought about the X1900XT 256MB for a while, but it's sold out in most places. Plus, it's only like a $20-30 difference between the two.
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At 1152x864, you'll be fine with 256 MB of Video RAM. I play at 1280x1024 and my 7800 GTX 256 MB is more than enough, in most games.
 
X1900XT has 1.3GHz ram, X1950XT has 1.8GHz ram. That's a pretty substantial difference, even considering it's "only" 256megs of ram. That just means you can't use the "massively unnecessarily giant sized textures" setting. if the texture resolution exceeds the resolution of your monitor, it's not gonna look any better. lol

Okay, so I might be exaggerating a little. But I got the Sapphire X1950XT for $290 CAD from NCIX, and it runs great at 1680x1050, my 21" widescreen LCDs native res. So I'm happy. Honestly, at that res, AF and AA don't matter as much, at least not to me anyway. I just wanted the bad stutters to go away that my x800xl was giving me... :)
 
X1950XT over 7950GT any day. They're quite similar in performance in just about everything, except for Oblivion where the X1950XT crushes the 7950GT.
 
yeh, I have decided to go with the x1950 XT, Seems the card will last me for quite a while.

I do have another question though, With all the next gen games coming out, will they still be optomized to run well on Dx9 platform now that dx10 is out? on a card like the x1950
 
You probably won't see a big difference in dx9 vs dx10 in games for probably 6 months or so... Since DX10 is so new, most games being worked on now have already been written for dx9 and may have a few features ported to dx10 just so they can claim it's a "dx10 game" but will still be largely dx9.
 
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