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*** The Official X1950 Pro Thread ***

Received my Power Color x1950Pro this morning. Installed it using 6.12 drivers and CCC. No problems under load for this card, so I'm happy :)

It actually idles and maxes out at a couple of degrees cooler than the HIS I had (38 and 54 respectively) - which is probably down to the slightly lower clock speed of the PowerColor model. Produces some pretty nice visuals in Need for Speed Carbon, with graphical settings on high. Frame rate stays above 60 throughout.

FK
 
SenTineL said:
Another rattler here :( (HIS 512 MB version) and as an added bonus I've also got the cut down bundled pack.

Anyway, I've just checked the white cable and it's of the nice short cut to length variety :confused:

I was really bored and did some testing with the manual fan slider in ATT. I was hoping if I gave it a good long run at 100% it might disappear, but alas, no. Annoyingly the rattle seems worse when running 'silently' :p
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Oh dear. yes I found the noise is only there when the fan is at low rpms, when I used ATT to increase the rpms to 100% the rattle goes and is replaced by a low roar, but in normal use the card will never ramp itself up in speeds due to running so cool (averages about 60°C full load).

My mates 512MB HIS works well, silent (short-white cable) and came with 'LITE' bundle . . .

There goes the white-cable-theory, hmmm.

Freakitchen said:
Received my Power Color x1950Pro this morning. Installed it using 6.12 drivers and CCC. No problems under load for this card, so I'm happy :)

It actually idles and maxes out at a couple of degrees cooler than the HIS I had (38 and 54 respectively) - which is probably down to the slightly lower clock speed of the PowerColor model. Produces some pretty nice visuals in Need for Speed Carbon, with graphical settings on high. Frame rate stays above 60 throughout.
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So there was something 'deffo' up with the Sapphire version you had then? [edit: or was it HIS?]

I'm trying to keep tabs on which cards are doing what? SO far it seems 0% issues with the Power-Colour X1950 Pro (apart from huge HSF), the Vanilla Sapphires are overheating?, some HIS models are non-silent and so far one hasn't worked at stock settings . . .
 
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SkeeterPSA said:
Wayne how come you get tones of cards to test?
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I don't, I ordered the Power-Colour cards for some builds I was working on over xmas (they didnt fit the case) so returned those for a pair of HIS cards (one for me one for mate) and then another mate bought the 512MB HIS so I got to play with that.
 
Big.Wayne said:
So there was something 'deffo' up with the Sapphire version you had then?

I'm trying to keep tabs on which cards are doing what? SO far it seems 0% issues with the Power-Colour X1950 Pro (apart from huge HSF), the Vanilla Sapphires are overheating?, some HIS models are non-silent and so far one hasn't worked at stock settings . . .
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Certainly no issues to report with the Power-Colour, which I'm very pleased about. My faulty card was a HIS - not the Sapphire, though there's at least one member of another forum I post on that has had an 'overheating' sapphire.

FK
 
Received my HIS 256mb X1950 today, my new build is not all with me yet, still got a few parts to buy, so i can't test it. The packaging looks sealed but i'm gonna open it up and see whats inside, see if i have the full bundle or "lite".
 
Proc said:
Received my HIS 256mb X1950 today, my new build is not all with me yet, still got a few parts to buy, so i can't test it
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have a look at the thin white power cable, is it cut to length or is it way too long with the excess tucked behind the fan?

What are the other parts you waiting for?
 
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have a look at the thin white power cable, is it cut to length or is it way too long with the excess tucked behind the fan?

What are the other parts you waiting for?
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Looks like the long wire going behind the fan and its the lite package. :(

Great hope that doesn't mean its a duff one. The other parts are basically the rest of the system; cpu, mb, ram, case, dvd writer. I get paid weekly so i'm getting a couple of parts each week, really skint at the min but its better than £800- £900 in one go.
 
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Bit of good news. My rattle is a lot quieter now!

Had the card under load and the fan running quickly for about 3 hours this afternoon and after that I noticed a big improvement. Played around with ATT's manual slider again and it's now getting difficult to even find a rattle :cool: .

Fingers crossed I might just end up with a silent runner yet!
 
Wahey, My HIS is up and running :cool: First impressions, compared to Sapphire:

Performance - Runs the same 3d mark as The sapphire did o/clocked, at stock on the HIS (but then it is o/clocked from the factory) The difference in temps though, is The sapphire ran at about 75C, and the HIS doesn't budge from 55 :cool: I think I can o/clock it a bit more with those temps.

Sound: It's totally quiet :D Can't detect it at all. For all the ribbing I gave the sapphire, it wasn't really that loud, but compared to the HIS it is far louder.

Package - dissappointing package with the HIS. You don't get half the stuff you get with the Sapphire, You get all you need I suppose but Sapphire are a lot more generous.

Value for money - definetly! especially those of us that bought it on this week only price ;)

In summary then, I'm glad I've switched to the HIS, it runs a lot cooler, and is near-silent. It also performs slightly better. Having said that, I haven't really a bad word to say about the Sapphire either, it's a great card with a great package. As far as I'm concerned, every X1950 pro's a winner :D
 
Big.Wayne said:
Downloads & Showcase:

Installation Procedure?
What's the best way to get your new card up and running?
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Just added this info to the opening post for anyone thats needs help :cool:

Kinda guiding the 'first-timer' to go with the Catalyst® 'Software Suite' as its fairly simple to set-up, but have included more info for anyone going the 'component' route . . . there are other options too, but will update more when I get time ;)
 
ahh

I think i know why my ATI tray tools isnt working corectly

when u install it, it says about I2C ? do i enable it ? (the compatible mode) or disable it?
 
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Wahey, Cracked the 11K barrier in '05 :cool: This HIS is superb! didn't even go above 55C either. The Sapphire was like 75C @ 10980.


But on the flipside, Wayne guess what I have... yep, ANNOYING RATTLY FAN SYNDROME :rolleyes: it's really annoying!! you touch it and it's totally silent for a few seconds. Going to experiment and see if I can stop it.
 
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Well done lol! My card does roughly the same and its a 1900XTX!!!!

Lol im gonna go into town tomorrow and get a 6600 i reckon! Leaving my PC4200 wont hold it back that much would it? May get some different ram also next week if theres some good deals...whats the OCZ like on this week only?

Josh
 
ShiWarrior said:
I think i know why my ATI tray tools isnt working corectly

when u install it, it says about I2C ? do i enable it ? (the compatible mode) or disable it?
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I can't really help u much ShiWarrior as I'm a bit nOOby with ATT, I just did the default install and thats it. I haven't used it for much yet, I like the FPS counter it gives, monitoring of temps and such like. Didn't get much out of my X1950 Pro on the overclocking side of things, GPU goes up to about 650MHz ish and then locks up, the memory moves 1 or 2 MHz and then I lose VGA (blank screen?). There are options for 'low-level' overclocking or 'driver-level' but neither seem to work very well. Still gotta try the good old ATI-Tool, didn't use that for 6 months or more but that has worked well for me in the past . . .

Meanwhile back in late-friday night land I just been playing a demo of:

Dark Messiah™ of Might & Magic®
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Can we get some fps reports off dark messiah as im interested in fps of it on that game with x1950pro.

Oh and the demo is tiny compared to full game which i hear is 7 gb.
 
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