Connect x1950 Pro - any good?

[Dark_Angel]

Seeing as it is nice and cheap currently, I am thinking of using this as a stop gap card, and just over a 100 bucks for a GPU it cant be bad. Looks like it has a decent cooler on it too.

Any reasons not to get this one instead of say the HIS or powercolor?

 

[Big.Wayne]

Any reasons not to get this one instead of say the HIS or powercolor?

Not really, its clocked a bit slower 600MHz-GPU (vs 620/630MHz-GPU HIS) 1400MHz-DDR Mem (vs 1480MHz-DDR Mem HIS, 1600MHz-DDR Mem Sapphire ultimate) and I have no idea how good/bad the cooler is on the Connect3D Model? looks pretty 'skinny'



Having said that the X1950 Pro is pretty cool when its runs so u dont need an amazing cooler although I always like them to be quiet? The HIS and Power-colour cards are deffo quiet!

 

[jrodga2k5]

YOu can pretty much clock them like anything from stock settings, its really the fact the cards mentioned above have different coolers and hence they are pre-overclocked versions. The thing is you can achieve those clocks with a stock caqrd and its just your luck, however, if you want a guarenteed faster speed out the box go for the HIS or the Saphire Ultimate

 

[thefishdude]

its pretty much the same thas the sapphgire version but red instead of blue. the coolers look like they the same also just diff colors.

for the price of the connect 3d you cant go wrong i dont thknk the his is worth the extra for the smal performance increase you may get

 

[Dark_Angel]

I am thinking the same thing..

I figure at the best this card will last me to april/may. it will more likely last me to late march. I figure spend the least amount I can, then I will stick it on members market. Even if I get 70 for it in a few months on MM, I will be happy

 

[LoadsaMoney]

Id avoid the HIS due to the PCI-E connector on the board, scores of ppl have had to file/sand etc.. their PCI-E power connectors down as they will just not fit in.

 

[Dark_Angel]

Id avoid the HIS due to the PCI-E connector on the board, scores of ppl have had to file/sand etc.. their PCI-E power connectors down as they will just not fit in.

You know what, I had been reading a few threads on that recently... Strange enough I forgot to ask in this very thread if it was just a problem with HIS cards or X1950's in general. I guess you have answered my question for Me

 

[Big.Wayne]

Id avoid the HIS due to the PCI-E connector on the board, scores of ppl have had to file/sand etc.. their PCI-E power connectors down as they will just not fit in.

I guess you have answered my question for Me

Didn't have a problem myself? Installed 3 HIS cards recently too . . . "Scores of people" lol

 

[ACESHIGH]

Didn't have a problem myself? Installed 3 HIS cards recently too . . . "Scores of people" lol

Its always the way though, isnt it.
Probably 100 HIS X1950pro cards were sold in the last week.
3 people who had problems fitting the PCIE power adapter complained on the forums.
97 people who had no problems with the HIS cards were enjoying themselves playing games on their PC's & made no mention how good the cards were on these forums.
At the end of the week the people on the forums start saying "look the HIS X1950pro cards are having problems fitting the power adapters"

 

[tm1210]

Its always the way though, isnt it.
Probably 100 HIS X1950pro cards were sold in the last week.
3 people who had problems fitting the PCIE power adapter complained on the forums.
97 people who had no problems with the HIS cards were enjoying themselves playing games on their PC's & made no mention how good the cards were on these forums.
At the end of the week the people on the forums start saying "look the HIS X1950pro cards are having problems fitting the power adapters"

^^^^^
ditto

I've a Connect3D on the way. Hope everything goes alright.

 

[thefishdude]

Its always the way though, isnt it.
Probably 100 HIS X1950pro cards were sold in the last week.
3 people who had problems fitting the PCIE power adapter complained on the forums.
97 people who had no problems with the HIS cards were enjoying themselves playing games on their PC's & made no mention how good the cards were on these forums.
At the end of the week the people on the forums start saying "look the HIS X1950pro cards are having problems fitting the power adapters"

yeah i get what yu saying but you still have to pay attention to it. basically no one complained about connectors on say *** conenct 3d or sapphire. but on the his you got 3% chance it of having problems. personally i hate sending stuff back so would take the others. anyways connect 3d is so cheap cant be ignored