2600 XT or X1950 PRO

bindip1 · 20 Jul 2007 at 12:35

Which card basically to get ??? My friends getting a new pc on the cheap so i said get a X1950 PRO to keep you going till the end of the year.

The X1950 PRO is no weak card i have one my self so i highly recommend it. Since i run most of my games at high with AA @ 1440 X 900.

However some one told him to get a 2600 XT since its much better. From what ive heard the 2600 isn’t that good and the X1950 PRO is much better even though its a DX9 card its still more powerful and will pull more FPS and is much better at higher resolutions.

So which card is better for my friend i would say X1950 PRO????

LoadsaMoney · 20 Jul 2007 at 12:39

x1950pro without a doubt, its even faster than the 8600 GT/GTS, and even those are faster than the 2600.

bindip1 · 20 Jul 2007 at 12:40

LoadsaMoney said:
x1950pro without a doubt, its even faster than the 8600 GT/GTS, and even those are faster than the 2600.

indeed thats what i said but some evil person wants him to buy a 2600 just because its DX10 !!!

LoadsaMoney · 20 Jul 2007 at 12:43

I wouldn't even take Dx10 in to account as its got a bob hope chance of running it, even the 8600 GT whips its ass by up to 30fps and more, as you can see here

gareth170 · 20 Jul 2007 at 12:44

bindip1 said:
Which card basically to get ??? My friends getting a new pc on the cheap so i said get a X1950 PRO to keep you going till the end of the year.

The X1950 PRO is no weak card i have one my self so i highly recommend it. Since i run most of my games at high with AA @ 1440 X 900.

However some one told him to get a 2600 XT since its much better. From what ive heard the 2600 isn’t that good and the X1950 PRO is much better even though its a DX9 card its still more powerful and will pull more FPS and is much better at higher resolutions.

So which card is better for my friend i would say X1950 PRO????

i have a 2600xt card, its very good. but if u wanna play games with AA on u should go for X1950 PRO . however i play Lost Planet Extreme Condition on my 2600xt all settings on high and i get between 35 -40 FPS.

bindip1 · 20 Jul 2007 at 12:45

LoadsaMoney said:
I wouldn't even take Dx10 in to account as its got a bob hope chance of running it, even the 8600 GT whips its ass as you can see here

some nasty cards right there.....X1950 for the win

bindip1 · 20 Jul 2007 at 12:45

gareth170 said:
i have a 2600xt card, its very good. but if u wanna play games with AA on u should go for X1950 PRO . however i play Lost Planet Extreme Condition on my 2600xt all settings on high and i get between 35 -40 FPS.

thats the problem hes going to get a bigger monitor and the 2600 will find it hard compared to the X1950 pro

gareth170 · 20 Jul 2007 at 12:52

bindip1 said:
thats the problem hes going to get a bigger monitor and the 2600 will find it hard compared to the X1950 pro

i have 30" lcd monitor and 22" lcd monitor. i always play games in mostly 1280 x 800 or 1440 x 900, sometimes higher depending on the game.. i agree it isn't the best card. but it is a very good card, going from a x1600xt + x1650 pro in crossfire

bindip1 · 20 Jul 2007 at 12:55

gareth170 said:
i have 30" lcd monitor and 22" lcd monitor. i always play games in mostly 1280 x 800 or 1440 x 900, sometimes higher depending on th game..

thats not that bad for that card.

Should my friend go for:
OcUK ATI Radeon X1950 Pro £76.36
Sapphire ATI Radeon X1950 Pro £93.99

However hes worried about the warrenty on the ocuk and is it worth the "risk" or shall he just go for a branded card

Gibbo · 20 Jul 2007 at 12:57

HI there

Were now selling X1950 Pro's for cheaper than 2600's. On OcUK X1950 Pro is only £64.99 +VAT.

LoadsaMoney · 20 Jul 2007 at 13:00

Thats an amazing price for the x1950pro, £76 all in!!!. :eek:

gareth170 · 20 Jul 2007 at 13:03

bindip1 said:
thats not that bad for that card.

Should my friend go for:
OcUK ATI Radeon X1950 Pro £76.36
Sapphire ATI Radeon X1950 Pro £93.99

However hes worried about the warrenty on the ocuk and is it worth the "risk" or shall he just go for a branded card

the Sapphire ATI Radeon X1950 Pro £93.99 has 512mb so maybe better.

El Jimben · 20 Jul 2007 at 13:03

LoadsaMoney said:
Thats an amazing price for the x1950pro, £76 all in!!!.

That's obscene value for a card that good!

Scougar · 20 Jul 2007 at 13:16

£76 all in eh.. That's a VERY VERY good price!!

oh and x1950pro, definately.

Matthew

Nullvoid · 20 Jul 2007 at 14:22

LoadsaMoney said:
I wouldn't even take Dx10 in to account as its got a bob hope chance of running it, even the 8600 GT whips its ass by up to 30fps and more, as you can see here

That article seems pretty clear-cut yet have a read through this one: http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,2151689,00.asp

In everything apart from FEAR, the 2600xt is shown to be more than a match for the 8600gt and in their two dx10 benchies the 2600xt stomps all over the nvidia cards (while still managing to have pitiful scores of its own

).

If you'd only read one or the other you'd come to quite drastically different conclusions wouldn't you...

bindip1 · 20 Jul 2007 at 15:43

Nullvoid said:
That article seems pretty clear-cut yet have a read through this one: http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,2151689,00.asp

In everything apart from FEAR, the 2600xt is shown to be more than a match for the 8600gt and in their two dx10 benchies the 2600xt stomps all over the nvidia cards (while still managing to have pitiful scores of its own ).

If you'd only read one or the other you'd come to quite drastically different conclusions wouldn't you...

back 2 the point the X1950 pro beats them both

gareth170 · 20 Jul 2007 at 16:04

bindip1 said:
back 2 the point the X1950 pro beats them both

but 2600xt in crossfire beats the X1950 pro and its nearly up to a 2900

SS-89 · 20 Jul 2007 at 16:10

gareth170 said:
but 2600xt in crossfire beats the X1950 pro and its nearly up to a 2900

So lol? the 2600xt is around £75 while the x1950 is £76 so crossfire 2600xt's would cost around £150...

gareth170 · 20 Jul 2007 at 16:16

SS-89 said:
So lol? the 2600xt is around £75 while the x1950 is £76 so crossfire 2600xt's would cost around £150...

but at least 2600xt as directx10 , the x1950 doesn't. i know directx 10 is slow at the moment but in time it will get better.

i play Lost Planet Extreme Condition in directx 10, it runs well for me.

Scougar · 20 Jul 2007 at 16:54

gareth170 said:
but at least 2600xt as directx10 , the x1950 doesn't. i know directx 10 is slow at the moment but in time it will get better.

i play Lost Planet Extreme Condition in directx 10, it runs well for me.

[SARCASM] ooooo... must run out and sell my X1950XT and get two 2600xt's in crossfire!!!![/SARCASM]

Honestly, I wouldn't waste my money unless you needed the extra features the 2600xt has over the old x19xx series cards.

Matthew