nVidia 7950 x2 in one

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TeeJay

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Hi everyone...

My brother has an nVidia Gefore 7950xx(I think GX, not sure) x2 in 1 slot, as in two cards one up on the other, working together using a single slot.

I was thinking of getting one like it since he was saying it was good, but I thought I'd take your opinion too...

Thanks
 
TeeJay said:
Hi everyone...

My brother has an nVidia Gefore 7950xx(I think GX, not sure) x2 in 1 slot, as in two cards one up on the other, working together using a single slot.

I was thinking of getting one like it since he was saying it was good, but I thought I'd take your opinion too...

Thanks
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depends how much you are willing to pay.

if you're budget is under $100, i would suggest buying a newer generation card. you can easily pick up an 8800GTX 320/640MB for around $75, and it will out perform a 7950GX2
 
7950GX2 is ancient old tech that is not all that fast anymore and has horrible driver support an 8800\9800GT would be better.
 
7950gx2 was absolutely terrible. Horrible driver support and was outdated by the 8800gtx within a few short months. The 8800gtx has probably been the best card since the old 9700 pro.

The 9800gx2 was a little better, but has large amounts of microstuttering and was quickly outshined by the gtx 280. the gtx 280 was and is much smoother of an experience due to its 1gb of graphics memory, high memory bandwith, and no use of dual cards.

The 4870x2 is probably the best implementation of any dual die on gpu card to date, but scales relatively poorly and costs quite a bit more than the gtx 280 for just a bit more performance in some (most) games.

If you want high end, go gtx 280. If you want midrange, get a nice 1gb 4870 or gtx 260 (or core 216 model).
 
i was very happy to upgrade from my 7950gx2 to a 8800gts 320mb. games just run much more smoothly and consistent.
 
PsychoFanatic said:
7950GX2 is ancient old tech that is not all that fast anymore and has horrible driver support an 8800\9800GT would be better.
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It's only as horrible as SLI in general. The 7950GX2/9800GX2 does not have any worse or any better driver support than any other system running 2 seperate cards and has the ability to provide non-SLI chipset owners the ability to run SLI.

I keep seeing this said about GX2 cards in general and it is incorrect.
 
Thank you guys for all the support :O...I'll see what happens and what I decide to get...I need to take a look at the prices...Thanks alot, anyway :D
 
If your not going to buy another graphics card for 2 years then getting something which cant do SM4.0 is a really bad idea. This new unified architecture was a really smooth move. Usually a move from 1 series to another represents an increase of ~2x the performance by the end of it (excluding the 9 series). The move from the 7900GTX or even 7950GX2 (which is the name of that card btw), to the 8800GTX was well over 2x. I mean if the G80 (core of the 8800GTX) was static in the same way the G71 (core of 79XX cards), it would still outperform by 2x, but the G80 has a much more dynamic load balancing system where one "stream processor" can do whatever function is needed. As such efficiency per clock sky rockets and you end up with an incredible performer per clock and per watt.

This was actually key to the R600's bail-out. If the engineering team had been able to get another year in on the R600 (HD2900XT, turned out to be a significant failure). ATI couldnt get their ROPs to do their damn job, dispite their best efforts, so rather than get them working they just ran everything back to the start of the pipe and go the general purpose (stream processors) to do the rasterization. It was horribly in-efficient and the instant you flipped on AA (which dramatically increases the ROP's workload), the card simply committed suicide. All of that said the R600 was still significantly faster than the X1900.
 
Thank you, MrWizard6600...Out of all what you said, I'm after a new graphics card, and I'm thinking of an nVidia one. which one do you think is the best?
 
Your budget? The best card right now is from ATI and it is the HD4870 X2. GTX280 is cheaper and it is slower than the HD4870 X2 in most games, it comes in second place. Third place is a close fight between GTX260 core 216 and HD4870 1GB. HD4850 is the winner in term of best bang for the buck.
 
wrangler said:
It's only as horrible as SLI in general. The 7950GX2/9800GX2 does not have any worse or any better driver support than any other system running 2 seperate cards and has the ability to provide non-SLI chipset owners the ability to run SLI.

I keep seeing this said about GX2 cards in general and it is incorrect.
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I think people get confused with one gx2 and 2 of them in quad sli, it was/is really only quad sli that tanked but people seem to remember it performing horribly as a single card as well.

Okay, it was a 7 series which is bad enough but it wasn't as abad as a single slot solution as many will recall, still bad though.
 
alg7_munif said:
Your budget? The best card right now is from ATI and it is the HD4870 X2. GTX280 is cheaper and it is slower than the HD4870 X2 in most games, it comes in second place. Third place is a close fight between GTX260 core 216 and HD4870 1GB. HD4850 is the winner in term of best bang for the buck.
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Around how much would the HD4870 X2 be?

EDIT: If this is the card we're talking about...http://hardwaretechreview.com/wp-content/uploads/ati-radeon-hd4870-x2.jpg

Then, I don't see a slot where it could fit in my Motherboard :O
 
TeeJay said:
Around how much would the HD4870 X2 be?

EDIT: If this is the card we're talking about...http://hardwaretechreview.com/wp-content/uploads/ati-radeon-hd4870-x2.jpg

Then, I don't see a slot where it could fit in my Motherboard :O
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This is the card:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102768

All of the cards I mentioned above use the same slot on the motherboard, the PCI-E slot. The only difference is the length. You can see the cards' length relative to the motherboard here:
http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTU1OCwxLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA==
 
alg7_munif said:
Your budget? The best card right now is from ATI and it is the HD4870 X2. GTX280 is cheaper and it is slower than the HD4870 X2 in most games, it comes in second place. Third place is a close fight between GTX260 core 216 and HD4870 1GB. HD4850 is the winner in term of best bang for the buck.
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TeeJay said:
Thank you, MrWizard6600...Out of all what you said, I'm after a new graphics card, and I'm thinking of an nVidia one. which one do you think is the best?
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The GTX 260 or HD4850 are probably the two candidates for best/dollar, Id say with MSI's GTX260 going for a little over $200 before an MIR it beats out the HD4850, which can be found for what $150? $170 if you want a decent warranty.

aZn_plyR said:
What are your computer specs man? You can't just throw in a high end card and expect it to work or even fit....
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hah, if he's low profile hes in trouble that's true.

We do need the rest of your system specs, particularly power supply information.
 
MrWizard6600 said:
The GTX 260 or HD4850 are probably the two candidates for best/dollar, Id say with MSI's GTX260 going for a little over $200 before an MIR it beats out the HD4850, which can be found for what $150? $170 if you want a decent warranty.



hah, if he's low profile hes in trouble that's true.

We do need the rest of your system specs, particularly power supply information.
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or if he has an agp rig
 
Thank you

My power supplier is normal, not any good for games and that...It's a 300W -_-

Anyway,

Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600)
System Manufacturer: INTEL_
System Model: D946GZIS
BIOS: Default System BIOS
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Duo CPU E4500 @ 2.20GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory: 3070MB RAM
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c(4.09.0000.0904)

Motherboard:

Manufacturer: Intel Corporation
Model: D946GZIS
Version: AAAD83227-401

North Bridge: Intel 946PL/GZ Revision C1
South Bridge: Intel 8280 1GB (ICH7/R) Revision C1

Cpu Socket: Socket 775 LGA

System Slots 7 PCI

Memory Summary:

Maximum Capacity: 8192 MBytes
Memory Slots: 4(Lies...There are only 2 that I can see on my mother board http://img.ncix.com/gif/20225.JPG)
Error Correction: None

Warining!: Accuracy of DMI data cannot be guaranteed.

Alright...That's it, I don't know, some of the info there that you might not need but I think I've thrown in everything I could get :|

Thanks
 
The NVIDIA Geforce 7950GX2 was a powerful card in the day that got terrible driver support and frankly anyone who bought one probably got ripped off in the long run. The card has a long line of cards that came after it that kick its ass. The 8800GTS 320, 8800GTS 640MB, 8800GTX, 8800GT, 8800GTS 512MB, 8800Ultra, 9800GTX, 9800GTX+, 9800GX2, GTX 260, GTX 280 etc. Some of these cards are even upwards of two years old now. In short, there is no reason to purchase one. Ever.
 
Starcrossed said:
To tell ya the truth, I liked my 9800GX2 just as much or more than my GTX 280.
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Well that's the 9800GX2 isn't it? That's a bit different than the 7950GX2 which I think was a POS. As for the me I prefer the GTX 280 hands down to the 9800GX2. I felt like the 9800GX2 was a step back from the 8800GTX in a couple of ways.
 
What you guys are saying about the 7950 GX2 being outperformed by the 8800GTS is only true untill you hit 1980x1200 then the 7950 GX2 takes the lead in most cases, so if the OP has a huge monitor or dual monitor setup the 7950 GX2 may be faster.
 
Can you back that up, in recent titles the 7 series' flaws all come out of the woodwork and it fails badly, two of them ain't going to do much.

Can you provide links, i will happily be proven wrong but cannot see it. How about a comtemporary game, say oblivion at max details...oh wait.
 
Hard and Confused said:
What you guys are saying about the 7950 GX2 being outperformed by the 8800GTS is only true untill you hit 1980x1200 then the 7950 GX2 takes the lead in most cases, so if the OP has a huge monitor or dual monitor setup the 7950 GX2 may be faster.
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The 8800GTS 640MB should be faster most of the time. It has a faster GPU and It has more memory than the 7950GX2 does. The 7950GX2 only has 512MB per GPU. Add to that the fact that the Geforce 8 series offers better image quality and there is no contest in my mind. The 8800GTS 640MB also doesn't have to deal with SLI scaling in various games either.
 
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