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Is 7900 medium or high end?

Jonny L

Jonny L

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Me and my friend cannot agree whether the 7900 is medium or high end, I believe that it is medium range because of it's pricing and how technology has moved on since its creation, he believes it is high end as it was created to be a high end card.

Can someone please settle this.

thanks
 
Jonny L said:
Me and my friend cannot agree whether the 7900 is medium or high end, I believe that it is medium range because of it's pricing and how technology has moved on since its creation, he believes it is high end as it was created to be a high end card.

Can someone please settle this.

thanks
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That is like saying that a Pentium 3 733MHZ is high end ;)

Things will always move on, even though it was built to be high end, things age.
 
Jonny L said:
Thanks for provin my point guys, my friend still thinks hes right though lol.
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Well he is a poor little fellow then isnt he ;)

In honest though it depends on your perspective, I mean it is certainly medium at best compared to the X1950XT and the 8800 GT's and the like, but compared to what most people have at home, then it is certainly higher than most.

To the "average" person it is probablly high end, but in reality it is medium.
 
The fact that both ATI and Nvidia have a faster series cards out renders it as medium end. :)

Its much faster than an average card, but it is still medium end nowadays, considering a £130 x1950 pro is faster in a lot of cases dependant on the model.
 
Alexrose1uk said:
The fact that both ATI and Nvidia have a faster series cards out renders it as medium end. :)

Its much faster than an average card, but it is still medium end nowadays, considering a £130 x1950 pro is faster in a lot of cases dependant on the model.
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7900 GTX is faster than X1950 pro.
7900 GTX is on par with X1900XTX (faster in some games slower in others)

Wheres ATI's faster card ?
The x1950?

Not really

NV have faster cards out not ATI.
 
Thats why I said dependant upon model. Please read exactly what is written. In a lot of cases the X1950XTX is faster than the GTX, however I explicitly stated that it depended upon the model of the 7900.
 
Very subjective.
It is Now a Mid range card but was a high end card. Although a dude still running a 9800 or summit would think it is a Beast of high end proportions.
As has been said though as NVid themselves have surpassed it with better cards then it is Now a mid range card.
 
How can you all say that? :confused:

The 7900GS.. Fair enough, mid-range card. But a 7900GTX, the only thing outright faster is the 8800GTX. That in my mind makes it a high end card.
 
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