Sapphire X1950 Pro 256MB Ultimate Edition has finall arrived!!

Gibbo · 3 Jan 2007 at 15:57

Hi there

We've just had vast amount arrive in our warehouse ready for booking in, this is the X1950 Pro everybody has been waiting for due to the Zalman VF900 cooler attached and its highly overclocked speeds making it the quickest X1950 Pro on the market.

As always OcUK are first with good quantity of product and not just a handful of units.

Sapphire ATI Radeon X1950 Pro ULTIMATE SILENT 256MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail

Targeting the enthusiast with near-silent cooling and jaw-dropping performance, Sapphire delivers adrenaline inducing features to the mainstream with the ULTIMATE ATI RADEON™ X1950 PRO. The SAPPHIRE ULTIMATE ATI RADEON™ X1950 PRO promises to awaken the senses with blistering frame rates and awe-inspiring graphics while not interfering with your senses due to the use of its near-silent ULTIMATE cooling solution. Free your imagination from the shackles of PC hardware limitations while remaining affordable with the latest edition to the Sapphire ULTIMATE family. The Sapphire X1950 PRO makes for a welcome addition to the family with its robust hardware offerings such as: the industry acclaimed X1950 GPU, 256MB of GDDR3 of onboard memory, CrossFire support, DirectX and OpenGL acceleration along with enhanced support for the Windows Vista™ 3D environment. Experience the price vs. performance champion with the Sapphire ULTIMATE X1950 PRO!

- Powered by ATI Radeon X1950 PRO - 580MHz+ (RV570 80nm)
- 256MB-256bit 8 channel GDDR3 memory - 1600MHz
- 36 Pixel shader processor
- Ultra-threaded SM 3.0 Engine
- 512-bit Ring-bus
- HDCP Ready!!
- Zalman VF900-CU Copper Silent Cooler
- Low power consumption (Consumes 60W less than equivalent X1900 XT)
- Crossfire2 READY (Internal Crossfire Connection) - Just buy another X1950 Pro for Crossfire!!

£127.99 +VAT (£150.39 Including VAT)

BUY NOW!!

This X1950 Pro is the quickest there is due to the 1600MHz clock speeds. Featuring blue PCB, Zalman VF900 Silent Copper cooler and ramsinks on the memory this is a fantastic product.

Just put live on the website now with 400pcs available, I predict they will sell at approx 100pcs per week, maybe more so get one now!!

Cyber-Mav · 3 Jan 2007 at 16:00

does the fan run at variable speeds or is it just a constant speed it runs at?

melbourne720 · 3 Jan 2007 at 16:17

That is an amazing cooler, I have it on a 6800 and it keeps the card well chilly, no more than 54oC under load.

With all the blue RAM sinks, they missed a treat by not putting the LED version for 2-3 quid more.

Good question from Cyber-mav, as you can hear the fan when it is on full but not when it is on low.

DarkShadow · 3 Jan 2007 at 16:20

How would fair off against a XT at 1680 x 1050?

Gibbo · 3 Jan 2007 at 16:31

dark_shadow said:
How would fair off against a XT at 1680 x 1050?

HI there

The X1950 XT is the quicker card, more pipelines and 1800MHz memory.

NaNd0! · 3 Jan 2007 at 16:40

any idea if a 512mb version will be coming any time soon?

doran1801 · 3 Jan 2007 at 16:42

gibbo
do you think you will be able to sell some if those vrm heatsinks separatly?
i could do with one for my x1960pro due to them overheating

Gibbo · 3 Jan 2007 at 16:47

doran1801 said:
gibbo
do you think you will be able to sell some if those vrm heatsinks separatly?
i could do with one for my x1960pro due to them overheating

HI there

We don't get spares sorry.

Just get a random heatisnk and artic silver epoxy it on, but be very careful not to overspill onto contacts.

Schizophonic · 3 Jan 2007 at 16:50

thought this looks good, i would pay £2 more for the Sapphire 512MB version.

Cyber-Mav · 3 Jan 2007 at 16:50

does this card use the regular 1.4ns ram, or is it 1.2ns ram.
im gonna guess that its 1.2ns since that has theoretical max of 1666mhz.

Gibbo · 3 Jan 2007 at 16:51

Cyber-Mav said:
does this card use the regular 1.4ns ram, or is it 1.2ns ram.
im gonna guess that its 1.2ns since that has theoretical max of 1666mhz.

Hi there

Not sure if its 1.2ns but I've asked and Sapphire are re-fitting different memory on these.

doran1801 · 3 Jan 2007 at 16:55

Gibbo said:
HI there

We don't get spares sorry.

Just get a random heatisnk and artic silver epoxy it on, but be very careful not to overspill onto contacts.

tried that with some cut down vga ramsinks, it did not work. So will these be available for purchase anywhere or are they a costome type just for these cards?

SkeeterUK · 3 Jan 2007 at 16:57

So erm is the vrm cooled better compared to normal 1950pro sapphire cards as you probably know gibbo lots of ppl have complained about inadaquate cooling on them.

Also will this run on my akasa paxpower 400w psu?

And another also.. Whats better the HiS 512mb or this card and is a 512mb version on its way if so what price do you think it will be?

Edit - Ah crap its pci-e

Thought it was agp version.

Gibbo · 3 Jan 2007 at 17:00

SkeeterPSA said:
So erm is the vrm cooled better compared to normal 1950pro sapphire cards as you probably know gibbo lots of ppl have complained about inadaquate cooling on them.

Also will this run on my akasa paxpower 400w psu?

And another also.. Whats better the HiS 512mb or this card and is a 512mb version on its way if so what price do you think it will be?

Edit - Ah crap its pci-e Thought it was agp version.

Hi there

We sell at the moment close to 100 X1950 Pro's per day and get little complaints but its no doubt due to most customers not overclocking them.

The Akasa PSU is a very good unit and will cope fine with one of these cards.

Hard to say which is better between HIS and Sapphire. HIS has quicker core speed and more memory. Yet Sapphire has quicker memory clock. Buy whichever you preferre as they will perform very similar.

Cyber-Mav · 3 Jan 2007 at 17:06

this is a tricky question:

mate of mine has a 19inch tft so runs the rez of 1280x1024.

now looking at the prices, which card would be better to buy out of these 2 which are only 1 quid in difference:

Sapphire ultimate 256mb x1950pro

or

Power colour 512mb x1950pro.

one has faster ram speed. the other has faster core speed and double the ram.

which card would benefit him the most, take into consideration that 1280x1024 is the highest rez he can run at and he is not planning to buy a new monitor more higher rez, but may gat a lcd tft in the future that runs at a LOWER rez of 1360x768.

very tough decision this.

Gibbo · 3 Jan 2007 at 17:29

Cyber-Mav said:
this is a tricky question:

mate of mine has a 19inch tft so runs the rez of 1280x1024.

now looking at the prices, which card would be better to buy out of these 2 which are only 1 quid in difference:

Sapphire ultimate 256mb x1950pro

or

Power colour 512mb x1950pro.

one has faster ram speed. the other has faster core speed and double the ram.

which card would benefit him the most, take into consideration that 1280x1024 is the highest rez he can run at and he is not planning to buy a new monitor more higher rez, but may gat a lcd tft in the future that runs at a LOWER rez of 1360x768.

very tough decision this.

Hi there

The HIS is only £2 difference but has even quicker core and memory speed over the Powercolor version and again 512MB of memory.

Either card will be great but the one that has the edge well I do not know.

NaNd0! · 3 Jan 2007 at 17:36

Gibbo.. dude i've been reading a few reviews of this card online and one in particular mentions the retail box shipping with the Just Cause game? can you confirm this is the case.

Ta

Cyber-Mav · 3 Jan 2007 at 17:39

yes the his card is better deal than the powercolour card, guess i missed that one.

but chich one would be better off?

SkeeterUK · 3 Jan 2007 at 17:42

Since i was mistaken this card for agp earlier. Gibbo any chance of a agp version of this or not in the very near future?

Gibbo · 3 Jan 2007 at 17:43

SkeeterPSA said:
Since i was mistaken this card for agp earlier. Gibbo any chance of a agp version of this or not in the very near future?

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