Anyone Disappointed With X1900 Performance

Big.Wayne · 28 Jan 2006 at 00:38

Gibbo said:
Hi there

Can't say I am dissapointed with hitting 16k in 3D Mark 2005 and 10k in 3D Mark 2006 with a Crossfire setup. Certainly quick enough in my eyes and powerful enough to play games with everything on maximum detail on a 30" LCD Monitor at 2560x1600 resolution.

Were you smoking some Honduran cigars and quaffing a few bottles of Dom Pérignon while you played with all this kit??

Obviously working for overclockers.co.uk is becoming quite lucrative eh!

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Guinny · 28 Jan 2006 at 08:03

Concorde Rules said:
It does work,, you just need to disable the overclocking features, then it works fine

Conc

Yes but I can't run it to disbale anything! -it says my board is not supported and that it cannot get the bios info!

What version are you running and can you send me a link?

D.P. · 28 Jan 2006 at 11:41

Big.Wayne said:
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Were you smoking some Honduran cigars and quaffing a few bottles of Dom Pérignon while you played with all this kit??

Obviously working for overclockers.co.uk is becoming quite lucrative eh!

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I didn't realize the crossfire cards were so much more than the standard cards. That really sucks if you are looking to buy crossfire. Almost makes SLI seem like value for money!

Gibbo · 28 Jan 2006 at 11:47

D.P. said:
I didn't realize the crossfire cards were so much more than the standard cards. That really sucks if you are looking to buy crossfire. Almost makes SLI seem like value for money!

How can SLi be considered value for money when to 512MB GTX cards will cost you approx £450 +VAT each and anything between £60 - £100+VAT for the motherboard and then its still slower with poorer image quality compared to an X1900 Crossfire setup which cost less.

Gibbo · 28 Jan 2006 at 11:49

powned said:
the only thing i am dissapointed about is the delay of the RD580 mobos. I was going to build a system with the x1900 xt-x... i have 2 options now, buy a cheap mobo until the rd580 comes out or just wait.. and if i wait i might as well hang on to see what nvidias new toy is like.

as someone has said the performance beats the gtx 512 in most things and its cheaper ...i wouldnt call that a dissapointment!

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Don't worry about it, the RD480 with ULi southbridge from people like Asus, Abit and MSI which OcUK stock are clearly fast enough and are 110% stable as can be seen from the results I have had.

D.P. · 28 Jan 2006 at 12:42

Gibbo said:
How can SLi be considered value for money when to 512MB GTX cards will cost you approx £450 +VAT each and anything between £60 - £100+VAT for the motherboard and then its still slower with poorer image quality compared to an X1900 Crossfire setup which cost less.

My point was I was just really surprised that the crossfire master cards cost more. At least with ALI you don't need to fork out extra cash for a master card.

Gibbo · 28 Jan 2006 at 13:12

D.P. said:
My point was I was just really surprised that the crossfire master cards cost more. At least with ALI you don't need to fork out extra cash for a master card.

They cost more at the moment due to supply and demand, once their is plenty in the channel they should be approx £330 - £350 +VAT.

chaparral · 28 Jan 2006 at 13:32

I received my xt1900xt-x today..
:mad:

First problem i come across is it don't support 1680X1050... :mad:

That's the standard 20" lcd res on all 20" LCDs i know off

I normally play all my games that are not fast enough at 1920x1200 at that res..

There's no 1680x1050 support on the back of the box as well...So am guessing you cannot use this card with any 20" widescreen LCD.

Dave2150 · 28 Jan 2006 at 13:39

chaparral said:
I received my xt1900xt-x today..
First problem i come across is it don't support 1680X1050...

That's the standard 20" lcd res on all 20" LCDs i know off

I normally play all my games that are not fast enough at 1920x1200 at that res..

There's no 1680x1050 support on the back of the box as well...So am guessing you cannot use this card with any 20" widescreen LCD.

It supports that resolution - your just not setting it up correctly...

chaparral · 28 Jan 2006 at 13:40

Dave2150 said:
It supports that resolution - your just not setting it up correctly...

How do i add that res to the drivers???

Dave2150 · 28 Jan 2006 at 13:49

chaparral said:
How do i add that res to the drivers???

You should have to - can you set your desktop to that res?

chaparral · 28 Jan 2006 at 13:51

Dave2150 said:
You should have to - can you set your desktop to that res?

No..

ATI xt1900xt-x supported Resolutions.

2D DISPLAY MODES

Monitor Resolution Hz
640x480 200
800x600 200
1024x768 200
1152x864 200
1280x1024 160
1600x1200 120
1920x1080* 16:9 120
1920x1200 100
1920x1440 90
2048x1536 85
2560x1600 60

MAXIMUM 3D RESOLUTIONS

65K colours 2048x1536
16.7M colours 2048x1536
1.07 billion colours 2560x1600

Dave2150 · 28 Jan 2006 at 14:11

chaparral said:
No..

ATI xt1900xt-x supported Resolutions.

2D DISPLAY MODES

Monitor Resolution Hz
640x480 200
800x600 200
1024x768 200
1152x864 200
1280x1024 160
1600x1200 120
1920x1080* 16:9 120
1920x1200 100
1920x1440 90
2048x1536 85
2560x1600 60

MAXIMUM 3D RESOLUTIONS

65K colours 2048x1536
16.7M colours 2048x1536
1.07 billion colours 2560x1600

What drivers are you using?

chaparral · 28 Jan 2006 at 14:21

It's the one on the CD...Am downloading the Catalyst 6.1 from ati now.

Driver Packaging Version 8.203.4-051211a-029492C-ATI
Provider ATI Technologies Inc.
2D Driver Version 6.14.10.6587
2D Driver File Path System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Video\{26E7FD28-3166-47E9-B6C3-34DBE9AF1070}\0000
Direct3D Version 6.14.10.0362
OpenGL Version 6.14.10.5525
CATALYST® Control Center Version 1.2.2172.2074
AIW/VIVO WDM NSP Driver Version 6.14.10.6320

chaparral · 28 Jan 2006 at 14:24

Dam..The Catalyst 6.1 from ati don't work for the xt1900 range..

Downloading The new Omega Radeon has release version 6.1 now.

Subtlesnake · 28 Jan 2006 at 15:00

The X1900 XTX is substantially faster than the 7800 GTX 512 in FEAR and SC:CT, as well as BF2 and Black and White 2, depending on the benchmarks. We really just have to wait for more shader intensive games.

D.P. · 28 Jan 2006 at 15:34

Subtlesnake said:
The X1900 XTX is substantially faster than the 7800 GTX 512 in FEAR and SC:CT, as well as BF2 and Black and White 2, depending on the benchmarks. We really just have to wait for more shader intensive games.

Shader intensive games is where it will shine, a pitty then that these games what appear until Vista + DX10 + limited DX9 compatibility.

Coolasmoo · 28 Jan 2006 at 16:39

Damn you ATI,

I couldnt resist the temptation

No will power =

vapor matt · 28 Jan 2006 at 16:50

one is a X1800XT the other X1900 XTX you can some diffrences on the card when layed side by side. can you crossfire a X1800xt with a X1900 XTX? or is that just a comparison picture?

so pleased with my X1900XTX mmm might crossfire when the new asus board with intel 975X chipset comes!

Coolasmoo · 28 Jan 2006 at 16:51

The X1800XT will go in a second machine , pic is just for comparison.