X1900XT or 8800GT?

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polonyc2

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I currently have an HIS X1900XT card and was thinking about upgrading to an 8800GT (G92)...is the performance difference worth it?...I know the 8800GT is DX10 and will be the faster card but my X1900XT has been an amazing card for me and the performace is great (I can pretty much run any game at 1920 X 1200, with most graphical settings on 'High')...I'm just worried about messing with a good thing...worth it or no?
 
Have the opposite experience with my x1900xt so I'm waiting for my 8800gt. Never buying anything from ATi again after the treatment they gave me.
 
polonyc2 said:
I currently have an HIS X1900XT card and was thinking about upgrading to an 8800GT (G92)...is the performance difference worth it?...I know the 8800GT is DX10 and will be the faster card but my X1900XT has been an amazing card for me and the performace is great (I can pretty much run any game at 1920 X 1200, with most graphical settings on 'High')...I'm just worried about messing with a good thing...worth it or no?
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For you? Not worth it. When you finally feel you need a new card you can pick up a better card that you'll get a longer use out of of than the 8800GT.

Only upgrade when you feel it's time to do so.
 
save your buy-itis for a new cpu and board (intel until amd has something worth buying). then all of your computing will be faster, not just your gaming.
 
but my X1900XT struggles with Crysis and was thinking that I might gain some FPS with the 8800GT
 
Yeah, I have an X1900XT (2 years old!) and have video card $$$ burning a hole in my pocket ... but to me the 8800GT doesn't feel like enough of a boost. Frankly, the X1900XT still handles pretty much everything I throw at it which is pretty impressive (except Crysis of course but nobody can handle that). Maybe I'll spring for one of the single slot dual GPU cards like the 3870X2 or the 9800GX2 once they are both availble ... not sure yet.

I was hoping for R700 or G100 but there is no indication those are dropping any time in the near future. DECISIONS!
 
I previously had an Asus 1900XT, and the 8800GT performance difference is VERY noticable :), So dont hesitate on it and just get the 8800gt :)

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I actually still have my HIS x1900xt ICEQ3. I upgraded to an 8800GT back around Thanksgiving. The difference varies for noticeable to VERY noticeable depending on the game. At 1680x1050 in COD4, the difference was very noticeable. I could turn everything on on max settings with no AA with the 8800gt. My x1900xt couldn't handle that.

I also noticed a difference in team fortress 2 at 1680x1050.

But like others have said, if the x1900xt is handling all the games that YOU are playing at the settings that you want, there's not point in updgrading. If it's struggling with the games/settings then you may want to updgrade. It's up to you.

For me, it was worth it. :D
 
I'm also thinking about using the 8800GT as a temporary solution until the new 9000 series cards are released from Nvidia and then use the EVGA step up program to upgrade to their latest high end single GPU offering---I was never a fan of Crossfire/SLI or even the new dual GPU cards...I prefer a high end single card, single GPU card
 
PHeeNIxx said:
Yeah, I have an X1900XT (2 years old!) and have video card $$$ burning a hole in my pocket ... but to me the 8800GT doesn't feel like enough of a boost. Frankly, the X1900XT still handles pretty much everything I throw at it which is pretty impressive (except Crysis of course but nobody can handle that). Maybe I'll spring for one of the single slot dual GPU cards like the 3870X2 or the 9800GX2 once they are both availble ... not sure yet.

I was hoping for R700 or G100 but there is no indication those are dropping any time in the near future. DECISIONS!
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Depends on your opinion of "handling it." 8800GT is able to run Crysis with a good number of graphical settings on. However at your resolution it may struggle a bit. I honestly hate the waiting game because we really don't know how well the 9800GX2 will perform or how much it will cost. I would go with a 8800GTX instead of a 3870x2, last I checked you can get one for $395 after MIR and its still a bit faster.
 
I would say stick with the X1900XT. I bought a BFG 8800GT about a month ago and the performance boost for me was negligible. I even had worse performance in TF2 with it and did not like the default color settings of the Nvidia card.

It took me a good 3 hours to tweak the color settings back to something close to ATI's DEFAULT settings.
 
I'd say stick with the X1900XT card for now. That card is pretty good for now. The 8800GT will be faster but, in your situation, I would probably move up to at least a 8800GTS 512 already. I have an 8800GT and play Crysis at 1440 x 900 in Vista with all settings on high. It runs good but, at times there are some slowdowns during the game. 8800GT is a great card but, the prices of the 8800GTS 512 is dropping also below $300.
 
OP: Yep the X1900XT is great and I loved it too when I owned it.
I upgraded from a 1900XT to a 8800GTS 512MB just because I got one as a Christmas gift but otherwise I wouldn't have bought it with my own money.
X1900XT was still a good card and played all my games at good fps. If you're happy with it stick with it and save your $220 or whatever for when you really need an upgrade.
 
Buying better video cards to get more fps in CRYSIS is a big NO NO.
Save your money, and look at the crysis charts in reviews.
 
i'm going to sums it all up for you :

1. CRYSIS is still BAD on every current hardware. if your upgrade solely because of this game, than NO.
2. if your current card still up to your expectation in most of your game, you'd better hold on now, most likely you'll get better card after 9 series or ati next gen card actually in store.
3. if you still insist, i can tell you that you'll notice the different, very different indeed, please ignore the one that said performance boost was negligible, dude don't know what he's talking about.
 
Some guy said his change was negligable, but in his sig, he's listed as using a P4. I used to have an X1800XT with a 4200+. Totally switching systems makes all the difference in the world. That dual core you is from the starting point of multi-processors. When I totally switched systems I noticed an enormous jump, but just a video card won't help you. If your playing all the games you want except crysis, then let the money burn a whole in your pocket until it's so big you can get a new system a few months or even a year from now that will max out crysis. It's not really worth spending 250 on a graphics card for that game alone, it's really not the greatest game ever despite the hype.
 
I switched from an X1900XTX to an 8800GT and the performance was noticeable, especially in Crysis. Call of Duty 4 ran fine on my X1900XTX on my first run on the game but there was some slowdown at some points,

My specs at the time:
E6400 @ stock
2GB RAM
1680 x 1050 monitor
X1900XTX
 
Yep. Wait for a little while and save your money.;) My 7900gt died. While I wait for the RMA I am using an 8800gts. It almost shit a brick when I tried to play CS-source at 8xaa/16AF. It was actually slower than the 7900gt in the hl2 engine.:confused: however I picked up significant speed in COD4 so go figure. It seems the 7900gt still has a higher fill rate and I would expect the same of the x1900xt witch is faster than a 7900gt by a country mile.

My CPU is an Opteron165@2.6Ghz
 
I moved when the 8800GT came out, in prep for Crysis.

I love the X1900XT, I put the Accelero2 on from day 1 so it was soooo quiet and cool.

NVidia needs to learn from the competition:

Easy software fan control and voltage control, and especially the Vdd and Vddq on the GDDR chips are seperately adjustable which is REQUIRED to get the max out of the memory.

Dont know what NVidia's problem is, anal something.

Meantime, the 8800GT is an asskicker bang/buck, a reverse 9700pro for sure. Dirt cheap, and rock solid. I replaced goop before installing it, using AS5, so I have fan set to 60% fixed and get 43C idle 67C max load during Crysis. It looks sooo good at 1920x1200.

Crysis was playable on the X1900 but it is very enjoyable on the 8800GT. All previous games get ass-slapped by the 8800GT, with AArmy or CS the FPS is pegged at Vsync with all maximum settings at 1920x1200.... 4xAA 16xAF. And if I need more uumph... a second 8800GT is still dirt cheap.

Considering I paid $449 for the X1900XT and $219 for the 8800GT, I'm pretty pleased. What's an X1900 worth these days, maybe $100 used?
 
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