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Is X1900XT woth £100 more than X1800XT 256Mb?

Mr Paul

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As title really.

I need to make the move to PCI-E and need to know if the X1900XT (£260 ish) is worth all that extra money over a X1800XT 256Mb (£160 ish). As the money I save from not getting the X1900 I can upgrade to a X2 3800+.......
 
I'm in the same situation as you with my current processor at the same clock as yours. The way i see it is that i mostly game on my pc so the graphics card is what's going to mostly affect FPS. So i'm going to save up that extra bit to get the X1900XT and hold off buying a new processor until Vista etc is released. That way i'll get the savings from the price drops on the conroe's :D
 
Mr Paul said:
As title really.

I need to make the move to PCI-E and need to know if the X1900XT (£260 ish) is worth all that extra money over a X1800XT 256Mb (£160 ish). As the money I save from not getting the X1900 I can upgrade to a X2 3800+.......
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Go for the X2 + X1800XT ;)
 
Mr Paul said:
As title really.

I need to make the move to PCI-E and need to know if the X1900XT (£260 ish) is worth all that extra money over a X1800XT 256Mb (£160 ish). As the money I save from not getting the X1900 I can upgrade to a X2 3800+.......
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The X1900XT is about 10-15% faster than the X1800XT i believe.
In current games, may change with future game releases.

If you multitask, do video encoding then the X2 & X1800XT is the obvious choice. Otherwise go for the X1900XT
 
Thats what I'm thinking.

So far Ive got about a 50:50 spread of people saying get the X1900XT and people saying get the X1800Xt and the X2.

My only concern is the 256Mb vs 512Mb on the X1800XT. I would have gone for the 512Mb verion without hesitation, but I can't find one anymore at the £200 it was.
 
The extra memory doesn't make any difference and at that res the x1800xt would be ideal paired with a clocked x2 3800. Mine will run almost anything i can throw at it fully maxed out with great fps.
 
dale1uk said:
The extra memory doesn't make any difference and at that res the x1800xt would be ideal paired with a clocked x2 3800. Mine will run almost anything i can throw at it fully maxed out with great fps.
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Excellent :)
 
At 1280x1024 resolution its nowhere near worth an extra £100, x1800 XT will cope fine at that res, got a 512mb one here running at 1280x1024 and it throws everything around maxed out. :)

Oblivion maxed out with 2xAA/16xAF+HDR on gets between 30-40fps outdoors, and indoors belts along. :D
 
I'd say it is worth the extra £100 usually.....BUT with DX10 less than 12 months away you'd be better getting the x1800xt and upgrading when vista is launched (either a new dx10 card or when the dx9 cards drop quite largely).

Also the new x1900xt (256mb) and x1950xtx (512mb) will be available soon so getting an older x1900xt isn't worth it atm.

btw if you follow the link posted to "put your mind at rest" click the next page and you'll see a difference in newer games. Suprisingly half life 2 (a game nearly 2 years old) doesn't use as large textures as newer games.

So depending on how long you intend to keep the card either save the £100 and grab the x1800 now or wait a little longer and grab a x1900 when the new cards are released.
 
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Its not worth it ;)

You would be totally CPU limited anyways never mind playing at that resolution!

So the x2 and x1800xt will make a mighty fine partnership!
 
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