7950GX2 £90 a good deal?

V|per · 3 Oct 2007 at 16:37

As title, new and sealed, made by evga, £90inc is this a good deal, i'm sure they go for more than that 2nd hand...

MeatLoaf · 3 Oct 2007 at 16:40

Dosent sound too bad

TheRealDeal · 3 Oct 2007 at 16:40

Thats a great deal in my opinion. These cards are not far of 8800gtx in dx 9.

Tom|Nbk · 3 Oct 2007 at 16:40

sounds like a good deal to me £90 is X1900XT/X1950XT price considering the 7950GX2 is a good deal faster than those it seems a fair price

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ChrisD. · 3 Oct 2007 at 16:51

Snap his hand off!

V|per · 3 Oct 2007 at 17:10

Decided to order a couple, i can have a fiddle with one, and sell the others off for a tidy proffit. Top job!

easyrider · 3 Oct 2007 at 17:17

TheRealDeal said:
Thats a great deal in my opinion. These cards are not far of 8800gtx in dx 9.

Thats BS sorry.

V|per · 3 Oct 2007 at 17:19

easyrider said:
Thats BS sorry.

I'd agree with that, there are 1 or 2 games where the gx2 performs pretty close to the 88gtx under specific settings, but in general, not a patch on the mighty 88gtx

Still, not bad for the best dx9 card pre 8 series release

Cyber-Mav · 3 Oct 2007 at 17:20

thats a damn good price. i wouldn;t mind taking one for that price.

Fothsn · 3 Oct 2007 at 17:22

Just found these on a certain site

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Raikiri · 3 Oct 2007 at 17:22

easyrider said:
Thats BS sorry.

They're about on par with an 8800GTS, not a bad deal if you ask me.

That's a total of frame rates from a load of games at various settings.

easyrider · 3 Oct 2007 at 17:27

Wheres that taken from?

My 8800 GTS destroys the 7950 GX2 I had in Oblivion for example.

There is no way its was ever that close having owned one.

Tute · 3 Oct 2007 at 17:28

easyrider said:
Thats BS sorry.

Tact Easy, tact.

It's actually closer to the 8800GTS in "best case" scenarios - that is a game with a good SLi profile. Worst case, you're looking around 7900GT speed.

It's excellent value for £90 though.

Tom|Nbk · 3 Oct 2007 at 17:40

Agreed it is still close to 8800GTS if not being totally on par. You'll get top performance out of it and £90 for one is insanely good value.

jaykay · 3 Oct 2007 at 17:42

easyrider said:
Wheres that taken from?

My 8800 GTS destroys the 7950 GX2 I had in Oblivion for example.

There is no way its was ever that close having owned one.

Depends on the game. If its super SLI efficient then it will be with the 8800GTS.

Raikiri · 3 Oct 2007 at 18:48

easyrider said:
Wheres that taken from?

My 8800 GTS destroys the 7950 GX2 I had in Oblivion for example.

There is no way its was ever that close having owned one.

Oblivion being the only game engine it sucks at from those benchmarks, the others it's about on par.

I'm not saying it's as good, it isn't. But at £90 it's a lot better value.

Benchmarks are from Toms, btw.

LoadsaMoney · 3 Oct 2007 at 18:53

Heap of crap, only works on certain boards, and if your games are not SLi, then its only gona run as a single 7900 GT, id say don't buy.

rounddodger · 3 Oct 2007 at 19:04

For 90 quid - amazing value. The card will run Bioshock for me at 1600x900 max detail @ 60fps+ constant.

Any newish games will perform pretty well, as for older stuff I've never had any problems at all it all runs super smooth.

easyrider · 3 Oct 2007 at 19:06

rounddodger said:
For 90 quid - amazing value. The card will run Bioshock for me at 1600x900 max detail @ 60fps.

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hmm

TheRealDeal · 3 Oct 2007 at 19:08

Yea i got it wrong i forgot these cards ain't full spec 7900gtx sli. I know that
1950 crossfires are about on par with a 8800gtx.