1900GT or 1950PRO?

[Bleek]

Now here begs the question, do I wait for a 1950PRO in early October or just jump on a HIS 1900GT now? The Pro is a 80nm di and is clocked at 600MHz meaning it will clock even higher and run cooler but at what cost to the wallet?

What do you think?

 

[dante6491]

wait for *** pro! newer tech. also if you want to go xfire there will be no dongles. Also as it is 80nm it will run cooler.

 

[Cyber-Mav]

x1950 is not 80nm

 

[Scimitar1]

X1950pro will be 80nm. It is a different core from the 90nm R580 used in the X1950XTX. Apart from integrated crossfire, slightly higher clocks and probably running a bit cooler, I can't really see any point in waiting for the X1950pro though. Maybe it will be a bit cheaper?

 

[Psycho Sonny]

x1800xt anyone?

 

[Bleek]

x1950 is not 80nm

Thats what ATI quote on their official release information.

 

[JonnyGLC]

x1950 is not 80nm

Yes the pro is

 

[lay-z-boy]

honestly

 

[ACESHIGH]

Now here begs the question, do I wait for a 1950PRO in early October or just jump on a HIS 1900GT now? The Pro is a 80nm di and is clocked at 600MHz meaning it will clock even higher and run cooler but at what cost to the wallet?

What do you think?

Me i would grab the X1900GT now, cracking price. I daresay the X1950 pro will cost more especially near release.

 

[FreeStream]

Grab a X1800XT or X1900XT or X1900GT now, im looking for specs for both and when i do I should be able to tell which is better

Edit: Actually, the X1950 Pro will be faster, about X1800XT speeds I think. Thats to 4 more pipeliens if the info is correct. PLus a faster clock speed at stock, new mem and 80nm its all good

Depends if you really need it now or not, the X1900GT is a cracking card but this Pro is yummy too

 

[Cyber-Mav]

someone post the core specs for the x1950pro. how many pipes/shader/vertex/clocks etc.

 

[Bleek]

someone post the core specs for the x1950pro. how many pipes/shader/vertex/clocks etc.

Specifications of the RV570 core include 12 pipelines and 36 pixel shaders with a 600 MHz core clock. Memory will be clocked at 1.4 GHz and have a 256-bit interface. Radeon X1950 Pro cards will be equipped with 256 MB of graphics memory and sport a single slot cooler. This will also be ATI’s first card with internal CrossFire compatibility for dongle-less CrossFire.

Availability of the Radeon X1950 Pro is expected in October.

ATI claims performance of the Radeon X1950 Pro will be faster than the 7900GT.

 

[Cyber-Mav]

seems to be the same specs as the x1900gt. and thats a lot slower than a 7900gt so not sure what ati are up to. i guess since the core is built from the ground up it will be native 12 pipes and not 16 locked down to 12. so i expect a cooler running gpu, less power consumption and depending if its still outfitted with gddr4 ram, it could have a drastic drop in power consumption.