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7950 GX2
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I'd say don't waste your money on either the 320Mb GTS or the 7950GX2 now, the 320Mb card will NOT be capable of playing with the game settings the card's core is capable of handling in future titles due to the amount of texture memory required alone being more than 300megs in ultra quality and the GX2's shader capabilities will start to show their weaknesses in future titles.
I keep forgetting that I'm comparing the GX2 overclocked against the 8800 series at stock clocks... but out the box almost every GX2 will overclock to 600MHz which DOES bring it level (in all current titles) with the 8800GTS at stock...
I agree that the IQ on the 8800 is far above the GX2 but to get double the fps in oblivion (which is probably possible) you'd need a gx2 at stock clocks against the 8800GTX running some pretty high overclocking.
I keep forgetting that I'm comparing the GX2 overclocked against the 8800 series at stock clocks... but out the box almost every GX2 will overclock to 600MHz which DOES bring it level (in all current titles) with the 8800GTS at stock...
I agree that the IQ on the 8800 is far above the GX2 but to get double the fps in oblivion (which is probably possible) you'd need a gx2 at stock clocks against the 8800GTX running some pretty high overclocking.
goody_106 said:
as I mentioned earlier... the GX2 is actually 2x Geforce GO 7900GTX not 2x 7900GT...
I agree the 8800GTS is the better card, it can do far better IQ and can do FSAA + HDR which the GX2 can not.
Regardless if you look at any valid benchmark you will see the truth of what I'm saying... the GX2 is a very very capable card and in current titles neck and neck with the GTS when overclocked.
Heres one of my favs http://www.driverheaven.net/reviews/8800nvidiareviewx120
you can also check ORB and so on.
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I never did suggest buying one now, I just took offense to people calling them crap botched cards that aren't supported in most games, when the truth is very different.
I am of late thinking of putting an 8800GTS in my 2nd PCI-e slot just for playing the small handful of games which don't support HDR + FSAA on the GX2, but I'm trying to holdout until nVidia release something along the lines of an 8950GX2, to replace my current GX2.
I am of late thinking of putting an 8800GTS in my 2nd PCI-e slot just for playing the small handful of games which don't support HDR + FSAA on the GX2, but I'm trying to holdout until nVidia release something along the lines of an 8950GX2, to replace my current GX2.
I don't think he was mateUlfhedjinn said:So why suggest someone buy one now?
Unless they can get one for under £150 (even that is pushing it a fair bit), then the 8800GTS a better buy.
- he, like me, was simply saying that they were (and are) still great cards!Of course the 8800 series cards are better than the GX2. But that doesn't mean that GX2's are bad - they're just not as 'excellent' as 640mb GTS's and full blown GTX's.
If you take a look at benchmarks in many reviews posted on the net the GX2 actually runs comparably when overclocked to a standard stock clocked GTS at high resolutions.
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Owned both the GX2 and currently 8800gtx. The GX2 was a great piece of kit and played (plays) everything fine. I never personally had any problems with it - aslong as you have a board capable of 16x pci-e and a bios that will support it then you're good to go. Shame they never got quad sli to work right but then the G80 still has crap drivers imo for vista. If you can get a GX2 for around £100-£120 then I would say go for it.
It has however now been surpassed by the G80 which in all honesty is a lot better at everything. I wouldn't say it 'destroys' the gx2 thats a little OTT imo although it certainly betters it by quite some way.
I got my gx2(overclocked) to around 8.5k in 3d06 iirc. My GTX is now sitting pretty at 12k(overclocked) - thats around a 30% increase(I think?). If you can afford that little extra then the G80 core is worth it - the GTX is best but also most expensive, a wise budget choice would be the GTS which is an excellent performer at a sensible price.
It has however now been surpassed by the G80 which in all honesty is a lot better at everything. I wouldn't say it 'destroys' the gx2 thats a little OTT imo although it certainly betters it by quite some way.
I got my gx2(overclocked) to around 8.5k in 3d06 iirc. My GTX is now sitting pretty at 12k(overclocked) - thats around a 30% increase(I think?). If you can afford that little extra then the G80 core is worth it - the GTX is best but also most expensive, a wise budget choice would be the GTS which is an excellent performer at a sensible price.
I Own a 7950GX2,fact is as anyone ever seen them running at the same time on different computers rite next to each other infornt of your eyes,
tested test dirve unlimited on my friends, and then on mine, my friend had the top 8800 768mb watercooled one, and i had the 7950GX2 1GB, and we ran them at all Tops, we had the same Ram , same Hardrive , but the only differences was mine wanst watercooled an he had the 8800
you couldnt tell the difference from whereva you looked, the only think was that the 8800 ran 1 second quicker when you started clicking to skip things and the loading part, and also the tinyest of differences to details which you would have to be stupid to notice
me,apart form that it runs as smooth as anything
dunno what some of you on about that the 7950 is a boch job, really is wrong statement, maybe prices ect are allot different and 7950 is to deer but definatly isnt in performance wize
tested test dirve unlimited on my friends, and then on mine, my friend had the top 8800 768mb watercooled one, and i had the 7950GX2 1GB, and we ran them at all Tops, we had the same Ram , same Hardrive , but the only differences was mine wanst watercooled an he had the 8800
you couldnt tell the difference from whereva you looked, the only think was that the 8800 ran 1 second quicker when you started clicking to skip things and the loading part, and also the tinyest of differences to details which you would have to be stupid to notice
me,apart form that it runs as smooth as anythingdunno what some of you on about that the 7950 is a boch job, really is wrong statement, maybe prices ect are allot different and 7950 is to deer but definatly isnt in performance wize
AmateurJimmy said:I Own a 7950GX2,fact is as anyone ever seen them running at the same time on different computers rite next to each other infornt of your eyes,
tested test dirve unlimited on my friends, and then on mine, my friend had the top 8800 768mb watercooled one, and i had the 7950GX2 1GB, and we ran them at all Tops, we had the same Ram , same Hardrive , but the only differences was mine wanst watercooled an he had the 8800
you couldnt tell the difference from whereva you looked, the only think was that the 8800 ran 1 second quicker when you started clicking to skip things and the loading part, and also the tinyest of differences to details which you would have to be stupid to notice
dunno what some of you on about that the 7950 is a boch job, really is wrong statement, maybe prices ect are allot different and 7950 is to deer but definatly isnt in performance wize
The IQ alone is reason to upgrade to the 8800 series.
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