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Graphics card question.
- Thread starter axsb
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Big.Wayne said:I don't think sapphire make graphics cards using any nVidia GPU's?
Welcome btw!
haha. sorry that was def. a dead brain cell, but thanks a lot for the confirm!
while i'm here if i could get anyones opinion one which graphics card. i will be gaming on a daily basis.
Sapphire ATI Radeon X1950 Pro 512MB GDDR3
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-137-SP
or
Gainward BLISS GeForce 7800 GS "Goes Like Hell" 512MB GDDR3
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-045-GW
thanks a lot!
Soldato
easy, X1950 Proaxsb said:
Hi axsb,
I'm no expert on current GPU's but I have spent many hours this week reading reviews of all the latest graphics cards. The one thing I was keen on was that the card be as quiet as possible and still provide some good graphics while gaming.
At first I was gonna get an nVidia 7600GS-Passive, good price but not enough 'grunt' for my tastes so then I looked a little higher up the list and saw the 7600GT-Passive, seems to be a fair bit better and I was 99% sure that was the card for me, but now I was in the £100 ish price bracket so I dug a little deeper into the reviews and one card kept leaping out at me, the 256MB Radeon X1950 Pro, although the nVidia 7900GS was a close challenger.
LOOking a little bit higher £150-£160 you start to come into the X1900XT and X1950XT (256MB) area or possibly a 512MB version of the X1950Pro.
Benchmark wise both the X1900XT & X1950XT have the edge over a single X1950Pro.
I went for the Powercolour X1950Pro (in fact I bought two!) but one is earmarked for a seperate build I am doing, but will have the chance to play around with crossfire over xmas!
I'm no expert on current GPU's but I have spent many hours this week reading reviews of all the latest graphics cards. The one thing I was keen on was that the card be as quiet as possible and still provide some good graphics while gaming.
At first I was gonna get an nVidia 7600GS-Passive, good price but not enough 'grunt' for my tastes so then I looked a little higher up the list and saw the 7600GT-Passive, seems to be a fair bit better and I was 99% sure that was the card for me, but now I was in the £100 ish price bracket so I dug a little deeper into the reviews and one card kept leaping out at me, the 256MB Radeon X1950 Pro, although the nVidia 7900GS was a close challenger.
LOOking a little bit higher £150-£160 you start to come into the X1900XT and X1950XT (256MB) area or possibly a 512MB version of the X1950Pro.
Benchmark wise both the X1900XT & X1950XT have the edge over a single X1950Pro.
I went for the Powercolour X1950Pro (in fact I bought two!) but one is earmarked for a seperate build I am doing, but will have the chance to play around with crossfire over xmas!
Big.Wayne said:Hi axsb,
I'm no expert on current GPU's but I have spent many hours this week reading reviews of all the latest graphics cards. The one thing I was keen on was that the card be as quiet as possible and still provide some good graphics while gaming.
At first I was gonna get an nVidia 7600GS-Passive, good price but not enough 'grunt' for my tastes so then I looked a little higher up the list and saw the 7600GT-Passive, seems to be a fair bit better and I was 99% sure that was the card for me, but now I was in the £100 ish price bracket so I dug a little deeper into the reviews and one card kept leaping out at me, the 256MB Radeon X1950 Pro, although the nVidia 7900GS was a close challenger.
LOOking a little bit higher £150-£160 you start to come into the X1900XT and X1950XT (256MB) area or possibly a 512MB version of the X1950Pro.
Benchmark wise both the X1900XT & X1950XT have the edge over a single X1950Pro.
I went for the Powercolour X1950Pro (in fact I bought two!) but one is earmarked for a seperate build I am doing, but will have the chance to play around with crossfire over xmas!
thanks a lot for your opinion! so the difference in the active pipelines wouldn't matter? i notice that the ati x1950 only comes with 8 pipelines while the 7800gs comes with 20.
Soldato
Different interior design so to speak. Its like comparing a car with 20 wheels, to one with 20 valves, it doesnt quite work 
The x1950pro is a VERY nippy card for the price.
The x1950pro is a VERY nippy card for the price.
Hi again,
hey axsb, have a read of the forum rules here, your not allowed to have big sigs
There are plenty of rules enforced on this forum which if you don't adhere to will get u banned . . . hehe
[edit] btw well done thats one of the biggest sigs I ever seen lol (well there were one or two on Xtreme forums lol! )
hey axsb, have a read of the forum rules here, your not allowed to have big sigs
There are plenty of rules enforced on this forum which if you don't adhere to will get u banned . . . hehe
[edit] btw well done thats one of the biggest sigs I ever seen lol (well there were one or two on Xtreme forums lol!
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