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Spec me a new GFX card!

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What's your budget and what CPU are you running in that machine?

If you're just after the best then an 8800GTX or 3870X2 would probably suit you.
 
CPU - AMD Dual Core 4800+

i dont know how much my x1900's are worth but , could stretch to £300 + (without selling my x1900's)
 
badbob said:
I have the same motherboard, do you have 1900xt crossfire? If so that's still darn fast, I think it beats 8800GTX?
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Yeah i have Crossfire Dual X1900's

psychas said:
get 8800 gts g92 i would say 1 should be much better then two 1900xt
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any chance of a link to this?

oh and my max resolutiob is 1900 x 1200 :)
 
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well people even compare two 3870xt against 8800gts g92 witch two 3870xt are faster but 8800 is one hell of a card i have 2 pc's

Main pc: Q6600 , x38 maximus formula , 4 gig of cruical balistix 8500, and two 3870xt in crossfire.

second rig: q6600 , p5k deluxe, 2 gig crucal balistix 6400 , and 8800gts g92 512mb

there is no actually comparing 1900xt in crossfire with 8800gts g92 as 1900 is bit old now and would loose badly.

actually 3870xt would be faster then two 1900 in crossfire and its like 100£, but it would play any game at the market even crysis with decent playable framerates.

but if you have 300£ to spend i should say wait till 3870x2 will release ddr4 version and go for it or 8800gts g92 depends what res you play to.

edit: i would go for two 3870xt as they cheap now but as your mob is x16 and x4 i think go with 3870xt i would wait for dd4 version do
 
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hmm think ill wait then for DDR4 version and compare the cards then :/

the motherboard is 16x pcie x2 for both cards ^ as above
 
if they both x16 i don't why buy 3870x2 if you get the same performance of two 3870xt and cheaper of caurse you would not able to do crossfireX but tbh crossfireX does not look so good at the moment
 
well i get in crysis all high average 65+ fps witch i think its quite good for such game have to post benchmark later on.

witch made me wander if someone with smiler rig then mine just with 3870x2 and cpu clocked to 3.825 ghz can score same score.

i dont think crossfire scales back of 2 gpus in 1 card witch is crossfire too. just 1 advantage of 3870x2 is that you have 1 pci-e slot free for potential 4 gpu witch i dont think its worth it.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17811738

if you can see im 9th in 3dmark06 of oc community if i could oc cpu more i could go 5th but i think it would be hard to do with air :)
 
hmmz , maybe id best wait then! if im not going to benifit from anything at this moment in time.

maybe im better off getting a new kit?

Mobo, cpu , ram , gfx cards?
 
well if you have money to spend i suggest x38 mob ddr2 6400 of good ram 2 gigs should be fine if you not using vista and q6600. you can buy all that for 345 ~ 350 £ inc Vat so its good deal. and use your 1900xt's till 4780xt come out ? witch should be soon i think. You have to think whats best for you and how often you will upgrade and etc..
 
You'd be supprised at how little performance difference there is between X1900XT's in Crossfire and HD2900XT's in Crossfire, atleast according to Toms Hardware (but it doesn't have THE latest games, so recent results might be different).

I would hold out for the time being or maybe go for a 3870X2 + HD3870 for Tri fire, then you might see some suitable gains.

You have SLi on that motherboard so I guess the best Nvidia can do is The 8800Ultra, although the 8800GTS is nearly as good, especially if you clock it abit.

Have the same mobo btw, great overclocker, if alittle bit of a PITA to get going.

*edit: I would agree with the poster above me, infact I was actually thinking of doing it myself (I have 2xHD3850's in X-fire at the moment).

Some firgures from Toms Hardware:

8800GT OCed (660mhz, 1900mhz, 512mb, G92) - VERY similar to the 8800GTS

Battelfield 2142 1920x1200 rez, 4xAA/8xAF, max quality

8800GT OCed (8800GTS eqiv) = 57fps

X1900XT's in X-fire = 47fps.

Dark Messiah M&M 1920x1200 rez, 4xAA/8xAF, max quality, HDR on

8800GT Oced = 40 fps

X1900XT's in X-fire = 24.8 fps

Oblivion 1920x1200 rez, no AA, 8xAF, max quality, HDR on

8800GT OCed = 30fps

X1900XT's X-fired = 27fps


SO, there are some figures that show G92 based graphics cards faster than X-fired X1900XT's.

Lets have a look of HD2900XT's in crossfire (the HD3870 is ROUGHLY equivalent to the HD2900XT).

Battelfield 2142 1920x1200 rez, 4xAA/8xAF, max quality

8800GT OCed (8800GTS eqiv) = 57fps

HD2900XT X-Fired = 53fps

Dark Messiah M&M 1920x1200 rez, 4xAA/8xAF, max quality, HDR on

8800GT Oced = 40 fps

HD2900XT's X-fired = 39fps

Oblivion 1920x1200 rez, no AA, 8xAF, max quality, HDR on

8800GT OCed = 30fps

HD2900XT's X-Fired = 42fps


So, the results much closer, a 1 win for the 8800GT oced, 1 tie (I consider 1fps difference a tie), and 1 win for X-fire.
 
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a tight battle really then :/ so for a couple more fps at this point in time isnt worth it uh?
 
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