I have £270 and a 1900xtx what should I do.

SevasTraSi · 15 Jul 2007 at 20:01

Should I try and find somewhere to buy a 1950 crossfire edition so I can have my existing HIS x1950 xtx (512mb) card in crossfire with it. Or just blow it all on a 2900xt 1gb.

Advice?

Also I use XP and intend to carry on doing so for a while. Do the full benefits of the 2900 require vista?

thankyou in advance.

Sean_UK · 15 Jul 2007 at 20:05

I would'nt bother with Crossfire or Sli, waste of cash and often more problems than results with certain games. 2900XT imo if you dont/wont buy Nvidia products.

SevasTraSi · 15 Jul 2007 at 20:10

cheers for the quick reply, I do prefer ATI, no real reason just what I've always bought.

Sean_UK · 15 Jul 2007 at 20:13

Dont get ne wrong yout 1950 still a nice gfx card and does the job in most games even now, but your best option is to forget Crossfire and purchase one of the many brands of 2900XT (that alone should do a better job). Then make a bit back via selling on the 1950.

LoadsaMoney · 15 Jul 2007 at 20:13

I wouldn't blow it all on the 1gb 2900 XT, you can get the much faster 8800 GTX for the same price, the 2900 XT 1gb is only 2-3fps faster at a push than the 512mb version, yet it costs over £60+ more, its not worth it at all, much faster GTX all the way, or if you want to stay with ATi, save your money and just get the 512mb 2900.

Welcome to the forums btw.

Rroff · 15 Jul 2007 at 20:16

Sell current card put it all on an 8800GTX if you really want performance or an 8800GTS and pocket some change...

Sean_UK · 15 Jul 2007 at 20:16

LoadsaMoney said:
much faster 8800 GTX for the same price.

Agree, but he favors Ati so i could'nt be botherd with persuation sales pitch.

chaparral · 15 Jul 2007 at 20:22

Get the HD2900xt 512mb and sell your x1950xt-x

Or make the change in your life and try a nvidia 8800 card

SevasTraSi · 15 Jul 2007 at 20:29

thanks i'l definatly consider the 8800.
Does vista provide much improvement for gaming?

one more question
why don't overclockers sell the x1950 crossfire editions, it is only the pro range that don't require master cards isn't it?
Is it just because there is no demand for it?
Strange.

dante6491 · 15 Jul 2007 at 21:52

Nope they dont need them anymore. It is written into the driver, and done over an internal cable. However i did read that if you had an external dongle, it still provided slightly increased performance....

Cyber-Mav · 16 Jul 2007 at 01:20

£270 will get you a 360 premium.

Gonzo0 · 16 Jul 2007 at 01:27

Cyber-Mav said:
£270 will get you a 360 premium.

You cant play crysis on a 360 though and is that not what man was born to do?

Cyber-Mav · 16 Jul 2007 at 01:30

Gonzo0 said:
You cant play crysis on a 360 though and is that not what man was born to do?

doubt if he spends 270 on his pc he will get to play crysis 'properly'

Gonzo0 · 16 Jul 2007 at 01:32

a 270 quid gfx card will play crysis on full settings, maxed out

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vairo · 16 Jul 2007 at 01:36

SevasTraSi said:
cheers for the quick reply, I do prefer ATI, no real reason just what I've always bought.

And me, but in this situation i still havn't really decided will i go for 2900 or GTX

Tom|Nbk · 16 Jul 2007 at 01:48

LoadsaMoney said:
I wouldn't blow it all on the 1gb 2900 XT, you can get the much faster 8800 GTX for the same price, the 2900 XT 1gb is only 2-3fps faster at a push than the 512mb version, yet it costs over £60+ more, its not worth it at all, much faster GTX all the way, or if you want to stay with ATi, save your money and just get the 512mb 2900.

Welcome to the forums btw.

You can get a GTX for 290 :confused:

Darkwave · 16 Jul 2007 at 02:02

Tom|Nbk said:
You can get a GTX for 290

Not sure if you were actually asking or correcting him about something, but yes you can.

I don't think I'll be getting one though, after hearing some of the rumours about G92 and its November launch.

Tom|Nbk · 16 Jul 2007 at 02:26

Ulfhedjinn said:
but yes you can.

O'rly hmmmmmmmmmmm. I was thinkig about getting a GTX recently but have decided to wait for the beast that will be the G92

, decided I'll play Crysis at whatever level my current hardware can do and then get a G92 if I actually need to :cool:

Darkwave · 16 Jul 2007 at 02:29

Tom|Nbk said:
O'rly hmmmmmmmmmmm. I was thinkig about getting a GTX recently but have decided to wait for the beast that will be the G92 , decided I'll play Crysis at whatever level my current hardware can do and then get a G92 if I actually need to

Aye I decided on G92 also if it's truly coming out in November and is as powerful as the specs say.

snowdog · 16 Jul 2007 at 02:39

Pfff G92, since 8600GT I wouldn't put much hopes on a Nvidia midrange.
But then again it could be a great card, grr can't decide , get a 8800GTS now or wait till november and hope my 6800GS will guide me through till then and that the G92 is actually card worth waiting for...

@op: 512 mb x2900xt/8800GTS or 8800GTX are really the only options, forget crossfire and 1gb 2900's.