Which would hold up better in CSS?

[Prentice]

I have a X1900XTX 512 saphire made and also have a EVGa 7900GT 256 on the way in the mail. One of the 2 cards I will not need and will be selling with an E2200 combo that I bought extra. My XTX was getting like 80-120 FPS in CSS but without my new HDDs.. I am running an old 80gb wd.

Which of these 2 cards would run CSS the best?



My setup

22in ws LCD ( 1680x1050 )
E2200 Retail
ECS 945GCT/1333
2Gb DDR2 OCz Plat
36GB Raptor(In the mail!)
300GB SATA 150 Seagate(In the mail!)
Antec NEO HE 550

 

[kaiweiler]

I would stick with the x1900xtx

 

[cthulhuiscool]

the xtx, however, for css you would not notice the difference AT ALL. It would be like 8msaa vs 8csaa and 120fps vs 110fps, you would never notice the difference. Your call, I would sell the more expensive one and keep the cheaper if css is all you play

 

[defaultluser]

the xtx, however, for css you would not notice the difference AT ALL. It would be like 8msaa vs 8csaa and 120fps vs 110fps, you would never notice the difference. Your call, I would sell the more expensive one and keep the cheaper if css is all you play

Agreed. Another reason to use the 7900 GT: it uses HALF the power the x1900 XTX uses. If you don't like wasting electricity, and CS:S is really all that you play, you'll be better off with the 7900 GT. 2/3 the performance with half the power consumption.

* I went with the 7900 GT over an x1900 XT two years ago because of this, and the much lower price ($300 vs $425).

 

[ihira]

For raw performance 1900XTX is significantly faster than 7900GT.
Just beware or the power consumption (if you care) and the noise the stock fan makes.

personally I would stick with the X1900XTX, incase you ever want to boot up something other than CSS plus the 512MB of VRAM will help you with your resolution.

 

[-=Antimatter=-]

Also remember that changing to new hard drives won't increase your FPS at all, but it might give you faster level loading times and fewer dips when paging data to RAM.