Thoughts for 1950XT upgrade

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dpoverlord

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Long story short, my little brother needs a new graphics card so I am giving him my 1950XT. This leaves me with no card so I am looking for a good upgrade in the 150-200 range.

I have been looking for graphs and charts but nothing seems to compare the 1950XT to anything anymore. What are your thoughts? My system:
MOBO—DFIInfinity 975 Rev B
CPU—E6600 L649G984 Prelim @ 3.45GHZ
Heatsink/NB Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme/HR-05SLI
RAM—OCZ Plat. Rev 2 2x1gb
GPU—Sapphire X1950XT 256MB
PSU—OCZ POWERSTREAM 600W
DVD—Sony, PX-760A
Bios 12/06


Thanks!
 
How much of an increase in performance do you think I would see? Also would this last me for another yr or two?
 
good card, trades blows with the gtx260 and gtx260 216, much better cooler then referance also.
 
there just seem so many GTX260s and 4870's. My goal was to spend no more than 200$ So I am looking for one thats below 200...

The GTX 260 (192 Core) @ 199 but I hear the 4870 is better. What are your thoughts?
 
Do you think a GTX260 with 192 cores thats $179 is just as good as the 216? or compared to 4870 1GB @ $219?
 
Most of the reviews on this site show that the 192 is pretty close to the 216 so if the 200$ is a hard limit, the 192 is probably good enough, especially compared to a 1950XT. The 4870 1GB compares well to the 260-216 and beats the 260-192 slightly but is over your price limit.

Depending on your resolution, if you really want ATI, then the 4870 512MB might be an option but again the reviews on here show the 512MB version lagging behind as resolution/AA/AF gets scaled up since games are starting to get more memory hungry. In general, the 4870 and 260 trade blows so you might want to research which games you play and see which card will suit you better.
 
I upgraded from a X1900XT to 4850 back when the 4850 just launched. the difference is well worth the $200 i spent on the card. since the price has dropped to $120~$150, there's really no reason not to upgrade.
 
any of the 3 options will be large increase over x1950xt card for sure. I would do 4870 or gtx 260 if ceiling is 200.
 
You have a Crossfire mobo, get an ATI card, maybe you will add another one later. Btw get more RAM because they are cheap right now.
 
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