• Competitor rules

    Please remember that any mention of competitors, hinting at competitors or offering to provide details of competitors will result in an account suspension. The full rules can be found under the 'Terms and Rules' link in the bottom right corner of your screen. Just don't mention competitors in any way, shape or form and you'll be OK.

X1900 XT budget replacement?

Ernie

Ernie

Ernie

Associate
Joined
30 Jan 2003
Posts
484
Location
London
Hi all,

My X1900 XT is starting to fail, I'm getting tearing etc, so i thought I'd just replace it. The card is still ample for my needs i.e WOW and Quake III;), so I just want a current card that is selling with equivalent power as my X1900 XT

Thanks
 
I also have a 1900XT and have always been happy with it but I think that the 4850 is going to be a worthy successor.

Not sure whether just to update the card or my whole set up (currently have a S939 4800 which I just found out are selling well secondhand).
 
nands said:
I also have a 1900XT and have always been happy with it but I think that the 4850 is going to be a worthy successor.

Not sure whether just to update the card or my whole set up (currently have a S939 4800 which I just found out are selling well secondhand).
Click to expand...

Complete build if you have any money saved up :D
 
is it worth the diffence in money between a PowerColor ATI Radeon HD 3850 Pro 256MB GDDR3 at £64.61 inc VAT or a Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 3870 XT "Ultimate Edition at £123.36 inc VAT coz im upgradin from a x1950 pro
 
Th3D0n said:
is it worth the diffence in money between a PowerColor ATI Radeon HD 3850 Pro 256MB GDDR3 at £64.61 inc VAT or a Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 3870 XT "Ultimate Edition at £123.36 inc VAT coz im upgradin from a x1950 pro
Click to expand...

spend the tinyest bit more over the 3870xt for a newer 4850 series...^^
 
what psu have you got ? and whats your cpu ?

to be honest way things are priced at the its either 3850 or 4850. the 3870 is now overpriced for its performance as the 4850 is quicker and virtually same.
 
If you system can handle an x1950pro/xt I reckon it can take a stock 4850.

The only thing to watch for is pci-e slot compatibility and you have a good enough processor to take actually make it worth while. You'll need a "pci-e V1 1.1" slot, or a pci-e V2 slot (The V I am just using to donate PCI-E One and PCI-E Two slots :))

What is the spec of you current rig (CPU etc?)

Matthew
 
Scougar said:
What is the spec of you current rig (CPU etc?)
Click to expand...



CPU- Core 2 Duo 1.8 1 meg Cache
clocked up to 3Ghz
MOBO- GA-965P-DS3
RAM- GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C5 800MHz clocked to 833Mhz
GPU- x1950pro
CASE- Antec Sonata III (not sure if it will fit in my case as well) With a EarthWatts 500W PSU
HDD- 120Gig IDE maxtor and a 250Gig SATA II Western Digital
CD/DVD DRIVES - SATA II Dvd witer
 
Last edited:
Tbh I'd say you'd be fine with that, I used to run an X1900XT 512, an an overclocked AMD X2 (socket 939) off the weaker 450W PSU in the Sonata II, and tbh, the X1900XT probably guzzled more/same, as did the overclocked X2 (1.59V).
 
a certain someone has a 3850 512mb flashed to 3870 speeds for sale. this persons contact info is in their trust :)
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom