Best gfx card for 1280x1024?

[funkeh]

Im thinking X1800xt 256, a 512 card wouldnt make any diff at this res right?

 

[MoD_Callidus]

Not really mate 256 will serve your needs fine and dandy

 

[easyrider]

At that res the X1800xt 256 is a perfect choice

 

[funkeh]

/me hovers over the checkout button

Thanks chaps

 

[LoadsaMoney]

At that res the X1800xt 256 is a perfect choice

Someones been using your account mate, as in here you been saying x1800 is not worth it for 1280x1024, and to spend an extra £50 on the x1900.

 

[.one.]

LOL

 

[Killajaz]

busted! hehe

 

[Darkwave]

Someones been using your account mate, as in here you been saying x1800 is not worth it for 1280x1024, and to spend an extra £50 on the x1900.

LOL.

 

[glenimp617]

I'm starting to see more and more people like this

The same people who are waiting to order the X1950 today, have posted saying that their current card would last till DX10

some people just give in so easily (like me )

 

[Darkwave]

I'm starting to see more and more people like this

The same people who are waiting to order the X1950 today, have posted saying that their current card would last till DX10

some people just give in so easily (like me )

I bought my Sapphire X1800XT 256MB quite a number of months back, it was to last me until the end of 2007 when I would actually start to give a monkeys about DirectX 10...

...now I plan to order an X1950 as soon as I can afford it. I blame OcUK and their fantastic offers.

 

[mrk]

for price/performance a 7800GT is also very good, even my agp 7800gs runs all games at 1280x1024 max details in the new big games

 

[Bleek]

7800GT slightly overclocked would be the better option surely? Same sort of price, less power used, less noise and less heat.

 

[Darkwave]

7800GT slightly overclocked would be the better option surely? Same sort of price, less power used, less noise and less heat.

7800GTs and 7800GTXs are very hard to find now though.

 

[taz488]

yea id rather buy from a real shop not the bay, full of pirates out to get you

 

[Bleek]

Sorry my bad, I meant a 7900GT!

 

[Darkwave]

yea id rather buy from a real shop not the bay, full of pirates out to get you

Arrrr maytey.

Sorry my bad, I meant a 7900GT!

The X1800XT or X1900GT is a better option over a 7900GT. Also, I know you mentioned overclocking the 7900GT slightly, but unless you use a pencil mod on it then the X1800XT or X1900GT will overclock further than it.

While the 7900GT offers lower power consumption and lower temperatures, it's also slower and has inferior image quality. Not to mention that XFX and eVGA themselves said that these cards have a 5% failure rate, that's 1-in-20 of these cards going bang, and XFX even reorganised their online support desk to cope with the complaints.

Your sig rocks BTW.

 

[Cyber-Mav]

Someones been using your account mate, as in here you been saying x1800 is not worth it for 1280x1024, and to spend an extra £50 on the x1900.

clocked

 

[Bleek]

Your sig rocks BTW.

Are you extracting the urine?

Thanks for the heads up on the reliability issues with the 7900GT, I've not been keeping abreast of graphics cards, I think I'll opt for a HIS X1900GT and put up with a hungry 220w card.

 

[Darkwave]

Thanks for the heads up on the reliability issues with the 7900GT, I've not been keeping abreast of graphics cards, I think I'll opt for a HIS X1900GT and put up with a hungry 220w card.

The HIS X1900GT IceQ 3 is a great option, you won't be disappointed with it. It's faster than an X1800XT in some games like Oblivion, and I bet it will pull ahead a fair bit in Crysis too.

 

[sirlemonhead]

The HIS X1900GT IceQ 3 is a great option, you won't be disappointed with it. It's faster than an X1800XT in some games like Oblivion, and I bet it will pull ahead a fair bit in Crysis too.

So a 1900 GT would be slower in certain games?

What ones? I'm interested in getting a card but I dont play Oblivion, just stuff like Quake 4/Prey/Battlefield 2