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so i have a 485watt PSU.
my 12v rails are rated @ 18a each
but people are saying you need 22a each
to use the x1950pro agp card.
so i shouldn't bother with the upgrade then correct?
i dont want to buy another PSU since the one i have now is
barely 4mos old.
Long story short...the new PSU blew out.
I have to wonder if the "three +12V rails" are not, in fact, one for PCIe connector #1, one for PCIe connector #2, and one for everything else. Naturally, the Sapphire AGP X1950 Pro doesn't use PCIe power connectors and it probably overloaded a single rail. Awesome.
Then, ya know, just 'cause...one of my SATA cables had its connector break while I was moving PSUs around. Luckily I had a spare. A single spare.
Do I have a backlog of bad karma I'm working my way through, or something?
Anyway...
Has anyone seen a 1xPCIe power to 2x4-pin Molex adapter? That'd be the reverse of the usual. I'd *like* to power the card off the PCIe lines once my replacement PSU gets here.
NCIX is listing the HIS Turbo X1950 Pro 512MB AGP at $434.99.
Is this the price range we can expect?!?
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=22154&vpn=H195PRQT512DDA-R&manufacture=HIS
Also, if you live in UK, they're having the cheapest deal i've ever seen on the 256 HIS card
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-071-HT
It comes out to be 220-250!! Thats pretty incredible.
I hope they have some type of deal like that here in the US
Damn, if you didn't have bad luck, you wouldn't have any at all. Don't think what your saying about how the rails break down is correct. I would head over to the Power Supply Hardforum and ask JohnnyGuru. He is Mr.PSU and has a review site on PSUs. As far as the PCI-E to Molex, I don't think such a beast exists and can't be done. I think ....
http://www.hardforum.com/forumdisplay.php?f=93
I joined the ranks of AGP x1950pro users!!!
After so much research I thought that the HIS 512 would be my best bet, but after the price of the 256 on new egg, it is not worth the wait and the extra money. I got so caught up in finding the best that I forgot I didn't need the best for now. I will be building a computer from scratch late 07/early 08 and that will be uber, this is to get me by until then. I couldn't justify another $90 to get the HIS version (thats ~2 games right there).
I newegged it with no extended warranty as the advice of people on this boards. It should come in early next week, so I'll post my benchmarks when I get them.
Also, if you live in UK, they're having the cheapest deal i've ever seen on the 256 HIS card
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-071-HT
the 512mb variants are now on offer at this store. "this week only" deals run thursday to next.... um thursday.
they are £165 reduced from £188.
I'm sorry, I got so excited that I kind of made my post misleading
In the end I decided to stick with SAPPHIRE over HIS for 2 reasons
1) the 512 is cheaper than HIS 256
2) The 512 (which is what I need) is actually available
I dont have any good benchmarking programs, so I'll be running the games I do have (most are old)
NWN
FEAR
DOOM3
BFME
Fable
UT2k4
Oblivion
Rise of Legends
CoH
and I plan on enjoying NWN2 soon, hopefully the patches have made the game better from its inital launch
Do US residents have to pay the VAT, never ordered overseas, thanks.
sorry, i have no idea. but ocuk do ship abroad. i saw someone on their forums shipped over a gainward 7800gs+ to the usa. they have all sold out now but they were selling for well in excess of £250....
you can contact the shop with a pre-order enquiry here....
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/webnote.php
Just did that. Thanks. They only have 10 so snoozing may lead to losing. On the fence at the moment. Without the VAT, tthat's a nice price.
I live in the USA so the price may be nice but I think that would be offset by the extra I pay in shipping.
heh, you're on mission to have owned every x1950pro agp card in existence. you're doing well so far.
and i've just seen a post by the guy in charge of pucrhasing @ ocuk. he says they definitely have enough cards to last the whole week at sale prices.
edit: just to add, a few people with HIS cards already are having a few problems attaching pci-e cables to them. apparently the connections are dodgy and people are having to file down the plastic to get them to fit. see here....
edit2: removed links. i think the problem is not the cards at all but rather people using molex-pcie connectors. people with native pci-e power connectors on their psus aren't having any problems.
sorry for the confusion.
The HIS is sweet, but a little too much for the extra heatsink (512MB version). I'll just crank my Sapphire up 100% or installed the VF900 on my own.
Has anyone seen a 1xPCIe power to 2x4-pin Molex adapter? That'd be the reverse of the usual. I'd *like* to power the card off the PCIe lines once my replacement PSU gets here.