PC games - (oblivion mostly) how would...

Dark_Angel · 3 Jan 2007 at 18:30

How would a X1950 pro handle games like Oblivion @ 1680x1050?

http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/powercolor_radeon_x1950_pro_agp_review/page10.asp I was reading here, but they dont really say what settings Oblivion is on? anyone want to take a guess?

DaveyD · 3 Jan 2007 at 18:43

It should rum pretty well I'd have thought, however will depend on the rest of your system though, as there may be bottlenecks elsewhere.

Dark_Angel · 3 Jan 2007 at 18:48

DaveyD said:
It should rum pretty well I'd have thought, however will depend on the rest of your system though, as there may be bottlenecks elsewhere.

Feel free to slap me with a fish I forgot to mention that part

At the moment I have a venice @ 2.7GHZ with 1GB of ram. BUT in a few days (a week maybe) I will be placing in an E6300 with 2GB of ram.

I am just deciding if I should get this card, or if I should just hold out and then by the 8800 GTS. I was going to use the x1950 as kind of a temp card for several months to maybe the new refresh in March/ April

4T5 · 3 Jan 2007 at 18:53

My system is lesser than yours and it owned Oblivion. It ran as smooth as silk even outdoors and i have A64 [email protected] and a GS+7800GLH & 2 gig of Ram.

Your rig is fine and should own it as well.

Dark_Angel · 3 Jan 2007 at 18:56

At the moment I have a X800XT so the owning will be minimal

I am just trying to decide if its worth 130 or so for at best 4 months use of a card :/

4T5 · 3 Jan 2007 at 19:01

Sorry my mistake.
That'll be dependant on how much you game in a month. If you are like me and game hard and often then 130 quid for 3 months is nothing.
If you are casual then just make do with what you have.
Personally i am still on a 939 AGP set up and spent over 250 quid on my system a few months back just on a card.
Mad you say !!!
Well if you knew how my system run and how much i game you would understand completely. It's all about balance.
130 quid these days is nothing and those 1950's are putting some serious performance out looking at benchies.
I would order it Now if i was you.

Dark_Angel · 3 Jan 2007 at 19:12

malc30 said:
Sorry my mistake.
That'll be dependant on how much you game in a month. If you are like me and game hard and often then 130 quid for 3 months is nothing.
If you are casual then just make do with what you have.
Personally i am still on a 939 AGP set up and spent over 250 quid on my system a few months back just on a card.
Mad you say !!!
Well if you knew how my system run and how much i game you would understand completely. It's all about balance.
130 quid these days is nothing and those 1950's are putting some serious performance out looking at benchies.
I would order it Now if i was you.

Do you think its worth just getting that card now, then holding off for a month or 2, save up to march (my birthday) then come to overclockers with say 900 - 1000 pounds and then make a rig up then?

Rather than buying bits and pieces? so I have a bit of fun with an X1950 pro for now, then have a better system later?

I could always buy a few bits now that I need, like an bigger PSU and a DVD writter and so on.

4T5 · 3 Jan 2007 at 19:15

Depends on your financial situation mate.
If you can afford it i don't see why you should wait for an improvement to your system.
Is it your Main hobby ? How much do you game etc ?
What else would you spend the 130 on ?
Persoanlly i like to buy things as soon as i have the wedge otherwise it gets spent on small crap that does and means nothing but then that's just me.

Dark_Angel · 3 Jan 2007 at 19:20

malc30 said:
Depends on your financial situation mate.
If you can afford it i don't see why you should wait for an improvement to your system.
Is it your Main hobby ? How much do you game etc ?
What else would you spend the 130 on ?
Persoanlly i like to buy things as soon as i have the wedge otherwise it gets spent on small crap that does and means nothing but then that's just me.

Well I have around 500 - 600 at the moment. But I figure I am not sure if its worth buying an E6300 + M/b+ram and then waiting for a decent GPU.

Especially since Vista is just released, I am thinking it would be smarter to wait 3 months or less and grab stuff. Still not really sure

HangTime · 3 Jan 2007 at 19:56

Dark_Angel said:
Well I have around 500 - 600 at the moment. But I figure I am not sure if its worth buying an E6300 + M/b+ram and then waiting for a decent GPU.

Especially since Vista is just released, I am thinking it would be smarter to wait 3 months or less and grab stuff. Still not really sure

Definitely NOT worth buying an E6300/mobo/ram only just for Oblivion - GPU is king at that res: http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/geforce_8800_gtx_gts_amd_cpu_scaling/page12.asp

Basically a 2.7ghz A64 is no slouch and you will be GPU limited even with a Geforce8 in Oblivion. If it were me I would buy the GTS now and move to Conroe later when you can afford it.

Dark_Angel · 3 Jan 2007 at 20:10

HangTime said:
Definitely NOT worth buying an E6300/mobo/ram only just for Oblivion - GPU is king at that res: http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/geforce_8800_gtx_gts_amd_cpu_scaling/page12.asp

Basically a 2.7ghz A64 is no slouch and you will be GPU limited even with a Geforce8 in Oblivion. If it were me I would buy the GTS now and move to Conroe later when you can afford it.

*screams to myself* bloody hell I cant decide what to do

I have only an AGP motherboard at the moment, so I would need to grab a new motherboard then I could get a conroe in march (when the E6320 is released).. the problem is that I only have 1GB of ram, which isnt really that much these days TBH.

The other thing is I do more than just play games, I do a lot of photoshop work to, though I dont use Premier or any video programs...