X1900 XT just went POP

wallisj · 28 Aug 2007 at 21:21

Hi all

My X1900XT has just died a painfull death ....

I am on a fairly tight budget and obviously need a new GFX card.
Running with the MSI 975X Powerplus mobo, Core2Duo E6300

Obviously chipset supports crossfire .... i was gonna get the HD 2600XT GDDR4 but it seems like its performance is no better than the X1900's was.

Wasn't looking to spend £200 for something like the 8800GTS...more like around £150 tops
Is there any card which would give some kind of performance boost from what i have but without spending too much .... this wasn't a timely expiration of the card.

Any thoughts?
Thanks

LoadsaMoney · 28 Aug 2007 at 21:40

Your best of looking for a secondhand 320mb GTS for that price, as all new cards around £150 would be a downgrade, even the 2600 would be a downgrade, only card you can go to to give you a decent performance boost is the 320mb GTS which is the next up.

Marky · 28 Aug 2007 at 21:47

LoadsaMoney said:
Your best of looking for a secondhand 320mb GTS for that price, as all new cards around that price would be a downgrade, even the 2600 would be a downgrade.

Agreed - I say either go second hand or save for the GTS 320MB

Monkey Puzzle · 28 Aug 2007 at 22:31

Unlucky with the death of your card.

For £150ish you can get an almost new 8800 with ease in the mm.

LoadsaMoney · 28 Aug 2007 at 22:34

He needs 250+ posts though before he gets access.

Monkey Puzzle · 28 Aug 2007 at 22:56

Ah my bad. Hmm, well there's the OCUK 8800GTS 320mb for £176, or the OCUK x1950 512mb for £82 on TWO....

Youstolemyname · 28 Aug 2007 at 23:00

im wondering if the 8800gts is false economy.

There are no games that have a specific dx10 requirement and the x1950pro seems to cope more than admirably in all dx9 games. Would it be better to go for a 1950pro now and hang on until dx10 becomes a requirement, by which time the 8800 gts's will have dropped a lot in price?

Cyber-Mav · 28 Aug 2007 at 23:10

what happened to your x1900?

Monkey Puzzle · 28 Aug 2007 at 23:18

Mine?

krisbutler · 28 Aug 2007 at 23:27

get another x1900 cheap off ebay

rickmoz · 28 Aug 2007 at 23:27

is your card still under warranty? most new gfx come with 2 years or more there.

Cyber-Mav · 28 Aug 2007 at 23:29

now the OP's card, how did it nacker out, need more details.

willhub · 28 Aug 2007 at 23:30

Youstolemyname said:
im wondering if the 8800gts is false economy.

There are no games that have a specific dx10 requirement and the x1950pro seems to cope more than admirably in all dx9 games. Would it be better to go for a 1950pro now and hang on until dx10 becomes a requirement, by which time the 8800 gts's will have dropped a lot in price?

Try running Dirt maxed out on an X1950Pro...

Cyber-Mav · 28 Aug 2007 at 23:35

willhub said:
Try running Dirt maxed out on an X1950Pro...

better yet, try rainbow 6 vegas :cool:

sargatanas · 29 Aug 2007 at 00:05

Apparently theres an HD2900 pro coming out soon, perhaps you might want to wait to see if this is true?

willhub · 29 Aug 2007 at 00:08

sargatanas said:
Apparently theres an HD2900 pro coming out soon, perhaps you might want to wait to see if this is true?

His card is dead, I dont think he'll be able to wait that long.

sargatanas · 29 Aug 2007 at 00:19

willhub said:
His card is dead, I dont think he'll be able to wait that long.

Could always get a cheap replacement card like a 7300GT for a few weeks?

Margaret · 29 Aug 2007 at 00:34

sargatanas said:
Could always get a cheap replacement card like a 7300GT for a few weeks?

IIRC the 2900 pro is like 2008 isn't it?

SS-89 · 29 Aug 2007 at 00:38

Jihad said:
IIRC the 2900 pro is like 2008 isn't it?

Yep its actually the 2950 pro and is due out in Jan.

melbourne720 · 29 Aug 2007 at 10:01

Monkey Puzzle said:
Ah my bad. Hmm, well there's the OCUK 8800GTS 320mb for £176, or the OCUK x1950 512mb for £82 on TWO....

You could two x1950 Pro's on TWO

Second hand x1900XT, x1950XT or 8800 GTS 320MB looks the way to go.