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Which card?

fox1234

fox1234

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Just about to buy new graphics card and these 3 are in my budget needs to last for 8-12 months until dx10 prices come down! Which card would you go for p.s. will not be using crossfire or sli:
MSI 7900GTO
Ocuk 7950GT 512mb or
Powercolour 1950pro 512mb

All your comments gratefully recieved!
 
bilston said:
Thats only in Oblivion. My dead GTO used to play HL2 with AA and HDR.
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So? You're gonna want a card that's future proof, im sure theres some games that have that deature soon :)
 
Hamoodii said:
So? You're gonna want a card that's future proof, im sure theres some games that have that deature soon :)
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I went from an X1800XT to a 7900GTO, the whole AA+HDR in oblivion isn't really that great, it will run like a dog with a decent amount of AA on anyway, so I just left it off all the time. The 7900GTO definately performs better even at stock, at 7900GTX or higher speeds its great.
 
- GeForce 7950 GT core running at 565MHz
- 512MB GDDR3 Memory running at 1430MHz
- 24 Pixel Pipelines

- GeForce 7900 GTX Core running at 650MHz
- 512MB 1.1ns GDDR3 Extreme Memory running at 1320MHz
- 24 Pixel Pipelines

The 7950 has slightly faster memory at stock, but a slower core and a poor cooler.

The 7900GTO is £25 cheaper, has the faster core, the memory will clock to 1600Mhz with ease and has the top notch silent cooler. Its much better value :)
 
noob question - but do i have to use vista to use dx10 or will xp support dx10?

I have no intentions going Vista anytime soon so would the MSI be a good purchase so soon to DX10 launch?

i just think that this would be a good purchase to go along with my new system. was going to hold out for a x1900xt but the price is a bit steepcompared to that of the MSI, but on a plus side the ATI has gddr4.

any recomendations?
 
You have to get Vista for DX10, XP can not do DX10.

Don't matter how close DX10 is, DX10 games that look different to DX9 ones are over a year away yet, all there is out there that has DX10 features at the mo is Flight Sim X, then Crysis when that comes out, but that looks identical to DX9, you do not need to spend £500 on a G80 and £200 on Vista to run those games in DX10, as they look the same on DX9, and will run in DX9 under XP, besides you cant run Flight Sim X in DX10 until DX10 is released (Vista) and you get a DX10 card, but as i said it wont look any different to what everyone is playing it now under DX9 XP.

G80 is only good for DX9, that is all it can be used for until Vista is released, and even then the games in DX10 look the same and work under DX9 XP, so if you have a high end DX9 card now, then there is no need for a G80 as you will only get a few more frames in DX9, and if your high end DX9 card is getting about 100+ already, whats the point, if you can't play games at 100+ you should not be gaming on the PC simple.

Everyone with high end DX9 cards should wait for DX10 to be used more, and worth having, which as i said is about a year away, and a high end DX9 card will easily last, by which time G80/R600 will be well old and have been passed by umpteen faster/better DX10 cards.

If you have a 7900 GTX, and you want a few more frames in DX9, why spend £500+ on the G80, just get yourself a GX2 for a few more frames, its a lot cheaper.
 
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so really what your sayin is go for the MSI or if i have the extra cash go for a GX2?

i have no intentions in using Vista untill the price drops a bit anyway therfore getting a DX10 card is pointless at this point in time, for me anyway
 
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