Question for Gibbo ?

YorkshirePadd26 · 2 May 2007 at 13:41

Sapphire X1950 Pro Dual 1GiB

Will you be stocking this ? as reviews suggest @ £200 its a bit of a steal.

jrodga2k5 · 2 May 2007 at 13:48

8800gts would be a better bet!

Oh and the thing is longer than an 8800 GTX lol

Mr Paul · 2 May 2007 at 13:49

jrodga2k5 said:
8800gts would be a better bet!

Oh and the thing is longer than an 8800 GTX lol

For the win!

melbourne720 · 2 May 2007 at 13:49

YorkshirePadd26 said:
Sapphire X1950 Pro Dual 1GiB

Will you be stocking this ? as reviews suggest @ £200 its a bit of a steal.

If it is a steal, its for them - off you!

I would recommend the 8800 GTS mate

Massive Attack · 2 May 2007 at 13:57

jrodga2k5 said:
8800gts would be a better bet!

O RLY ?

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Sapphire/X1950_Pro_Dual/6

ugly ferret · 2 May 2007 at 14:02

Yes really. Look at some non cpu limited games and compare it to the cheaper gts. It's also hidiously large, consumes more power, has worse IQ and won't work well in all games.

RaiderX · 2 May 2007 at 14:07

its only better when using AA/AF

Noxis · 2 May 2007 at 14:12

ugly ferret said:
Yes really. Look at some non cpu limited games and compare it to the cheaper gts. It's also hidiously large, consumes more power, has worse IQ and won't work well in all games.

Ands its not DX10.... coz of all the games that need it... or something. But its another point !

melbourne720 · 2 May 2007 at 14:23

Massive Attack said:
O RLY ?

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Sapphire/X1950_Pro_Dual/6

Yes

The 8800 GTS isn't in that test. It's cheaper, faster (mostly), cooler, better,and has DX10.

jrodga2k5 · 2 May 2007 at 14:34

Its old tech

Massive Attack · 2 May 2007 at 15:04

melbourne720 said:
Yes

The 8800 GTS isn't in that test. It's cheaper, faster (mostly), cooler, better,and has DX10.

how is it faster when its right behind an 8800gtx??

Sean_UK · 2 May 2007 at 15:08

x1900xtx is above GTX in same test, its an old game from 2003/4, Farcry is not Fear or something... :rolleyes:

Edit: speaking of Fear > http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Sapphire/X1950_Pro_Dual/7

Massive Attack · 2 May 2007 at 15:12

i see your piont but its still going to be a damn site cheaper than an 8800gtx

MuSsEr · 2 May 2007 at 15:17

but no where near as good...

Gashman · 2 May 2007 at 15:21

yeah, being that close to a GTX will make it faster than a GTS, not by much but faster non the less, if there £200 that would make them quite competative, though power requirements would no doubt be large and as someone said the things longer than the GTX, so i dunno whether it has a point to be honest :confused:

ugly ferret · 2 May 2007 at 15:38

Gashman said:
yeah, being that close to a GTX will make it faster than a GTS

But it's not! That benchmark is an old cpu limited game and most midrange cards will be relatively close the GTX.

I'm also sceptical about the price tag, I think 200 pounds is a direct dollar conversion, not the actual price. Think more like 250 pounds.

jrodga2k5 · 2 May 2007 at 15:46

£250 and you have a grade A rip off!

THere was a card length comparison and im sure the 1950dual is a good bit longer, not many cases will fit it no problem! Remembering we have issues with the 8800gtx anyways lol

melbourne720 · 2 May 2007 at 16:33

Massive Attack said:
how is it faster when its right behind an 8800gtx??

...in Far Cry, which is CPU limiting (to a degree) with the frames flying out at >150 fps. Not really a worthwhile test IMHO.

FEAR etc it is much further behind.

edit: Couple that with it being old-tech, not just in terms of DX10 but not having unified shaders, and other advantages enjoyed by the 8800 range, and it's clear which will sell and which won't.

Massive Attack · 2 May 2007 at 18:33

melbourne720 said:
and other advantages enjoyed by the 8800 range

what like poor drivers? :rolleyes:

Tute · 3 May 2007 at 00:38

Quad Crossfire possible with these?