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Almost clicked proceed with order on a Leadtek one, but something held me back, sure benchmarks will be better but tbh ive yet to find a game i cant max out on my x1900
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nVidia 7950 GX2s @ OcUK!
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Bradmax57 said:
Oblivion and FEAR are the only games to push the top cards.....
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Bottom Line.
Whats Better a single 7950 GX2 or a 7900GTX.
Do you need to buy 2x 7950 GX2 to make full use of Quad SLi?
If i wanted dual cards I'd rather get a X1900 XTX Crossfire IMO.
Whats Better a single 7950 GX2 or a 7900GTX.
Do you need to buy 2x 7950 GX2 to make full use of Quad SLi?
If i wanted dual cards I'd rather get a X1900 XTX Crossfire IMO.
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Muzy said:
But DX10 is reliant on Vista, and Vista keeps getting pushed back further and further into 2007 each passing week. Going to be a long wait tbh.
Crytek have already confirmed that all those wonderful shiny videos we've seen of Crysis are DX9, and that DX10 will only add minimal extras along with dual CPU support.
I'm tempted.. Really tempted, but will resist for now.
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DX10 cards are just around the corner, but what use are they, Vista and Crysis, waste of money that, if your gona spend £400+ on a card, get one thats got more than 1x game, and an operating System using it, and by that time the first DX10 cards will be old hat, why spend £400+ to use Vista, and play Crysis, then when more DX10 stuff arrives have to fork out another £400+ as the card you bought is old and won't run em well, and has been superseeded by umpteen new cards. 
If everyone thinks when the first DX10 cards hit were gona be absolutely flooded with wave after wave of DX10 stuff, then im sorry your very much mistaken, were gone be lucky to see 2x DX10 games a year from now.
If everyone thinks when the first DX10 cards hit were gona be absolutely flooded with wave after wave of DX10 stuff, then im sorry your very much mistaken, were gone be lucky to see 2x DX10 games a year from now.
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monkeybutt said:
Agreed. Sig Worthy That. Nvidia pwnt by monkeybutt?
are you having some sort of font size attack?
my only concern with these things is that they look like you'll never get a waterblock for them.. if that was sorted it'd be game on as far as I'm concerned..
that's £200 less than I paid for 7800gtx sli... seems like a no brainer if the drivers etc are fine.
my only concern with these things is that they look like you'll never get a waterblock for them.. if that was sorted it'd be game on as far as I'm concerned..
that's £200 less than I paid for 7800gtx sli... seems like a no brainer if the drivers etc are fine.
What's with the huge font ?
"Do you need to buy 2x 7950 GX2 to make full use of Quad SLi?"
Emm...yes...quad is 4, and the 7950 gx2 only has 2 cores, so you would need 4 cores or 2 7950gx2's for quad sli. However quad sli does not currently work with the 7950 due to driver and motherboard bios limitations. So right now 2x7900gtx's or 2xx1900xt's are faster then a single 7950gx2.
"Do you need to buy 2x 7950 GX2 to make full use of Quad SLi?"
Emm...yes...quad is 4, and the 7950 gx2 only has 2 cores, so you would need 4 cores or 2 7950gx2's for quad sli. However quad sli does not currently work with the 7950 due to driver and motherboard bios limitations. So right now 2x7900gtx's or 2xx1900xt's are faster then a single 7950gx2.
Really ? That is something I never considered....Hmmm..that is interesting to say the least. I would need a faster cpu anyway to take advantage of the gains of quad sli and a higher res monitor no doubt.
Oh yeah...did anyone look at the current release schedule for PC games...Prey is delayed till July, Stalker till Xmas, and there does not seem like there are any killer games coming out that will justify quad sli, or sli for that matter
Oh yeah...did anyone look at the current release schedule for PC games...Prey is delayed till July, Stalker till Xmas, and there does not seem like there are any killer games coming out that will justify quad sli, or sli for that matter
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why every1 neglecting this card?
why every1 neglecting this card?
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Because its deemed as a lame money spinner i'll keep hold of my 7800gtx thanks it will do for now until dx10 cards arrive!
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Same I'm keeping my 7900GTX till DX10 goes into full circulation. DX10 f tw.
Flanno said:Really ? That is something I never considered....Hmmm..that is interesting to say the least. I would need a faster cpu anyway to take advantage of the gains of quad sli and a higher res monitor no doubt.
Oh yeah...did anyone look at the current release schedule for PC games...Prey is delayed till July, Stalker till Xmas, and there does not seem like there are any killer games coming out that will justify quad sli, or sli for that matter
yeah the worst thing is (and I imagine this could be sorted with a driver update so it could already be old) if a game hasn't got a quad sli profile, it will drop down to 1 card (ie half of one of your cards) meaning its slower than 1 7900gtx because they are lower clocked... Not sure how that effects 7950s..
Like I said I'm not anti this product, I just downsized from a full tower 7800gtx sli to a shuttle and I have a dell 2405 so I thought this might be excellent for me but the requirement for an sli mobo and lack of space for waterblocks (though I guess that might be addressed.. god knows I've seen some odd waterblocks) along with the iffy drivers have made me nervous.
Also benches just won't show up issues with this product because clearly 3dm06 will have all the neccessary profiles to push all manner of products.. you'll need timedemos to really point out any flaws.
Biggest one for me by a country mile is the requirement for an sli mobo, I'l bet my hamster thats NV pushing sales of their chipsets.
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this is NV's last ditch at getting everything out of this core before it gives us the next gen dx10 core i'm pretty sure ATI will follow suit
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well as my monitor only does 1650x1050 i cant test thatAntx777 said:
it may be a last ditch attempt by nvidia but u all know it will sell! when it can be enabled into Quad SLi mode it will no doubt be very fast indeed!
as i said it seems fast and if someone is trying to choose between a 7900gtx or a 7950gx2 for very high resolution gaming then the up to 30% speed boost on these new cards must be very tempting
as i said it seems fast and if someone is trying to choose between a 7900gtx or a 7950gx2 for very high resolution gaming then the up to 30% speed boost on these new cards must be very tempting