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ATI card decision

Jon33

Jon33

Jon33

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Ok buying a second hand card just can't decide between an x1900xtx which I would buy a cooler for it (Ive heard the standard cooler is noisy and pretty pants) or a x1900xt which has that iceq3 cooler fitted. My question is, is that cooler much better than the standard x1900 coolers in terms of noise and actual cooling? If so would a x1900xt with this standard cooler be worth the cheaper price (£15 or so, the actual cards are the same price) that I would save from buying cooling for the x1900xtx (Im guessing with a decent heatsink it can probably be safely overclocked aswell)?

Cheers in advance
 
I'd personally get the XT with a custom cooler. A Zalman VF900 would be capable, or maybe even a thermalright V1.
 
The cards are the same price so you would recommend the XT over the XTX and still pay out for a better cooler?
 
Anymore input for this? 1950xt could be in the equation just don't know where it stands in terms of the two mentioned (all 512mb)
 
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Well there isn't much performance difference between the XT and XTX so id get the card with the ICEQ cooler on it, they are very good coolers and very quiet.
 
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