OcUK ATI Radeon X1950 Pro 256 or 512?

xtraLONG · 14 Oct 2007 at 14:56

Well i need a new g card (i have an old 6800LE), my first question is if my cpu and psu can handle the graphic card. The second is if worth to buy the 512Mb or the 256 is enough!
AMD 64 3700+ @ 2.7GHZ
1Gig Ram Geil
Asrock 939 Dual Sata2
LCpower black edition (+12v1=16A; +12v2=18A)

ty in advance

ACESHIGH · 14 Oct 2007 at 15:10

That PSU should be fine.

Up to 1280x 1024 the 256MB should be fine & above the 512MB better.

The CPU would be a good match & push the GPU along fine.

TheRealDeal · 14 Oct 2007 at 15:23

Get the 512 in my opinion.

Cairnsey · 14 Oct 2007 at 15:33

what res?

Nick644622 · 14 Oct 2007 at 15:49

Get the 512, it can't be as loud as the 256

xtraLONG · 14 Oct 2007 at 20:33

19'' Wide LCD so its 1440x900!

PGdude · 14 Oct 2007 at 20:48

That pretty much says it all, 512MB.

silversurfer · 14 Oct 2007 at 20:51

Thats fairly high res relatively, you dont have to get 512 but if you have the money it would be nice

LoadsaMoney · 14 Oct 2007 at 22:16

May as well get the 512mb one, i mean whats an extra £7 over the 256mb.

xtraLONG · 15 Oct 2007 at 15:35

well i will follow the advice and buy the 512MB version. But how is the overclock in the card? good? or not very good?

ACESHIGH · 15 Oct 2007 at 16:06

Some people have got great overclocks others not so great. So probably expect average overclocks.

oxygene · 15 Oct 2007 at 16:14

I have th 256meg on 1440 x 900 and its fine. runs UT3 well and MOH:A. As for the people above theres 20,000 less pixals on 1440x900 then 1280x1024 so 256 should still be fine

xtraLONG · 15 Oct 2007 at 16:31

and how about the OC?

Cyber-Mav · 15 Oct 2007 at 16:34

also check members market. good deals on there this time of year.

ACESHIGH · 15 Oct 2007 at 16:36

Cyber-Mav said:
also check members market. good deals on there this time of year.

He doesnt have access.

J.D · 15 Oct 2007 at 16:38

Overclocking X1000 series cards isn't great at all. I only got my X1900XT up to 702Mhz Core and 841Mhz Memory but I couldn't run gaming on that as it was far too flaky. I kept it at 670 - 675 Core and 792Mhz memory for 24/7.

xtraLONG · 15 Oct 2007 at 18:47

well it look nice! ty all for!

xtraLONG · 4 Nov 2007 at 15:25

btw what do i need to plug the card with PSU? some gay cable? 6 pin?

LoadsaMoney · 4 Nov 2007 at 17:07

Yeah you need a 6x Pin PCI-E cable, you should get one of these in the box for if your PSU don't have one, if not you'll have to buy one.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CB-018-AK&groupid=701&catid=48&subcat=

xtraLONG · 5 Nov 2007 at 17:01

well i have the card, and what is the best driver for it?
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