New Graphics card - 1900xtx or G71?

[testa12]

I've got £500 set aside for a new GPU and I'm not sure the 1900xtx has tempted me enough to warrant splashing out.

So far, ive read a number of reports saying the XTX is faster but when looking at the benchmarks, it seems to beat the 512GTX only by a small margin and not in every comparison - check out the benchmarks on www.theinquirer.net!

I heard the G71 is out in march so it would seem that holding for an extra month or so may be the way to go. Sounds like this new G71 will really kick ass!

Is anyone else is holding onto their £££ for the moment until the G71 arrives?

 

[testa12]

Wait for the G71. The 1900 is a great card but for a few weeks (or months) of waiting could see you wishing you had waited. However, if your playing the waiting game you might aswell wait for next gen cards but that's no fun.

In summary, if you want something now get the 1900 as it's a great card but if you don't mind waiting a few weeks or months you may aswell wait for the G71.

I think I'll do that. Its a nice position to be in, just waiting to see what around the next corner. Still, it would be good to hear a few more statements from Nvidia as its gone quiet recently.

For me, waiting for Vista and DX10 is not a good plan. I see it rather like the dual core Procs: not really getting their full potential as software vendors havent adapted yet. The same goes for 64bit software too - no-one is really making use of its full potential. Granted this will start to change when Microsoft start pushing the technology but thats a way off...

I've found through experience, going for bleeding edge is an enthusiasts market. Better going for the tried and tested stuff that works now and is supported now, not in a years time.

 

[testa12]

why dont you buy it... just get it, why bother waiting. why wait? wait for what exactly.. a better card.. with your better card that will be bettered..

just get the x1900xt...dont bother with xtx... its just a clocked xt which you can do yourself.

Well, I'm just not convinced with the 1900. After looking at the reviews and hype I'm not sure its really any better than the 512GTX but it is certainly cheaper!

I figure that I'll wait to see what happens with the G71, if they announce a possible release date of march then I'll wait but any later than that and I'll buy the 1900.

I really hope they dont slap a £600 price tag on it because thats just plain stupid. I read in the OCUK forum somewhere that it would be more likely to be £500 and that the GTX512 would go down in price.

 

[testa12]

Same as 64bit processing. Windows XP x64 edition has been around a while now and we are all still running the x86 edition.

Software vendors arn't just going to forget about the millions of potential customers without DX10 and target their wares at a small minority of power users.

 

[testa12]

waiting for the g80 is not just about dx10, its about performance as well, it does,unt matter how well dx10 is supported when the g80 is out as end of the day the card will be built on a complitely new processor architecture that should be a lot faster than the currunt 7800 series as was the 7800 series compared to the 6800 series.

Well its swings and roundabouts in this case. At the moment, I NEED a decent graphics card as the temporary card I have means that I cant even play modern games. Infact I benchmarked it on 3dmark 05 and scored 889

So you'll understand why i dont feel like waiting until november