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I'm trying to decide between a X1900XT or a 7900GTX for 50 bucks more. Which is a better performer?
 
sorry, I wasn't talking to you personally...I was just warning people who come into this thread looking for a battle
 
they're both pretty comperable. Depending on your motherboard and SLI or CF compatable may make a difference on which way you go but I'd simply save a few bucks and go with the cheaper one.

Now, depending on what games you play the most may make you sway in a different direction. Games like BF2 and Quake like Nvidia. Oblivion likes ATI. If that's a factor, well then it may be worth relooking at your purchase. Still, the difference in framerates even if one card is better than the other is minimal at best.

Save a dollar or two and put in somewhere else in your machine is my bottom line answer.
 
back a few months ago before i upgraded to my 7950 i came across the exact same deliema.. I will share my reasons for going with the 7900GTX, perhaps you will find them to be good, perhaps you wont.

1. Ive been with ATI for a few years (i always bounce back in forth) and I was getting very tired of their drivers, especially CCC. it's awful.

2. 7900GTX performs better than the 19000xtx in all the games I cared about.

3.Its much quieter.

4. It consumes much less power.

5. SLI is far more advanced than CF.


although ATI Does have the ability to do HDR+AA in oblivion (yay for ATI on that one)


I mostly play games off the hl2 engine so it was pretty much a no brainer for me to go nvidia after some simple reasearch on both companys offerings.
I hope this helps.
 
are you joking? The HIS ICEQ3 which is the best x1900xt imo is only 390 off of newegg. So its not an extra 50 $, its an extra 100 $. More like an extra 110 4. Get the x1900xt and put that an extra 110 $ into a a bank account for a dx 10 card
 
The only issue I have with HiS is this: the only way to contact them without calling Japan (or was it Taiwan?) is via their online support form, which, consequently, they never seem to respond to. I have no idea if anyone at their overseas contact number speaks English - I've never bothered, since that's a fairly expensive phone call. I've filled out and submitted their online form on three occasions, and they've simply never responded.

If you want to go with ATi, go with a built-by-ATi (which is actually built by Sapphire, I believe) retail box card and register it for the warranty as soon as you get it running.

-please no flame wars-
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You know it will eventually devolve into this. I have no idea why you've started this topic; a HardOCP review is, literally, three clicks away. I can explain what those three clicks are, if you'd wish.

EDIT: Figured I'd put my money where my mouth is. Here's the procedure:

- Scroll to the bottom of this page and click "Community Site to Hard|OCP"
- Click "[H] Enthusiast" at very top of this page
- Click "Main Menu" near the top of this page, just to the right of the "The Planet" logo. Click "Video Cards" from this drop-down menu
- Click "Next" and "Previous" to find the most applicable article and click on its title

More like five or six clicks, really. Or, you can click the following link: MSI High-End Video Card Comparison, and be instantly transported to the article.
 
I think that I"ll save myself the money and get a X1900XT


how will this card be able to last me for gaming in the next 2 years?
 
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