Best gfx card for Oblivion

[egt]

For anyone interested in how the new top end gfx cards will cope with Oblivion: according to this thread it's going to be the x1900xtx by a fair bit!

There you go!

 

[snow patrol]

excellent. I can't wait for it to arrive. My 1900xtx arrived yesterday, went straight under water and is running very nicely.

 

[smit101]

excellent. I can't wait for it to arrive. My 1900xtx arrived yesterday, went straight under water and is running very nicely.

Which GPU block are you using mate?I have an XTX on the way and I'm hoping my maze 4 will fit.

 

[easyrider]

Hmmmmm according to a thread on a forum is not conclusive evidence in my book.

 

[volt9291]

Hmmmmm according to a thread on a forum is not conclusive evidence in my book.

yep well said.

*AstroCat n00bie*

Well i wont go by what he says.

 

[snow patrol]

Which GPU block are you using mate?I have an XTX on the way and I'm hoping my maze 4 will fit.

I'm using the maze4 as well Fits fine. You need to use the smaller holes in the block, and just use the 4 poles that came with the block. And you can just use the metal 'X' that came with the 1900 on the back of the card.

 

[smit101]

I'm using the maze4 as well Fits fine. You need to use the smaller holes in the block, and just use the 4 poles that came with the block. And you can just use the metal 'X' that came with the 1900 on the back of the card.

Thanks mate what sort of temps are you getting and have you bothered with ramsinks?

 

[snow patrol]

Thanks mate what sort of temps are you getting and have you bothered with ramsinks?

Getting about 40 idle and 48 load, which is warmer than my x850 by about 8degrees (same block/loop). Haven't put ram sinks on yet - see my thread lower down the page

 

[Drefsab]

An ATI may be king but I think my sli 7800's will do just nicely

 

[SpudMaster]

Getting about 40 idle and 48 load, which is warmer than my x850 by about 8degrees (same block/loop). Haven't put ram sinks on yet - see my thread lower down the page

Im getting similar temps to you with my maze4 and x1900xtx clocked at 720, get some a fan blowing over the vregs though as mine were getting very toasty without one. where hitting 90c+

 

[egt]

Hmmmmm according to a thread on a forum is not conclusive evidence in my book.

You're right.

I thought there would have been plenty of official benches out by now

 

[volt9291]

When is the game out?

 

[pcfan]

Getting about 40 idle and 48 load, which is warmer than my x850 by about 8degrees (same block/loop). Haven't put ram sinks on yet - see my thread lower down the page

Waw!! I thought water cooling was meant to lower the temp much more than on air?

 

[volt9291]

No some water cooling is just as good as air but silent.

 

[pcfan]

Well my system is almost silent and idle is around 35 or lower dependant on room temp. This is with air cooling!

 

[snow patrol]

Waw!! I thought water cooling was meant to lower the temp much more than on air?

It does...especially the load temps. I would imagine that with the stock HSF on my card the load temp would be over 70-80c (that's how it was on my 850xt, and that's with a horrble fan noise as well).

<50 load is a great temp for an ATI card...

did you think i was talking about my cpu or something? (which is 35 fully loaded with an 800mhz overclock)

 

[Mongy2130]

Game is out i got it yesterday for 35 quid and my 7800GT 4000+ runs it smooth at 1280x1024 at max setting HDR on

 

[SpudMaster]

Waw!! I thought water cooling was meant to lower the temp much more than on air?

It does, mine was in the high 70s and 80s with the stock cooler. Also these cards do run hot. With the exact same watercooling setup my old x850xt only hit 35c at load clock at 610mhz