which GFX card for under £150

[fish99]

You're post was soley showing your annoyance at a set of benchmarks that showed an Nvidia card to be top.

I don't care whether nvidia or ATI are top. I would have bought a 7900 GT instead of my X1800 XT (due to the awful power consumption of the X1800 XT) if the 7900 GTs weren't dropping like flies at the time, and I bought an Nvidia 7600 GT AGP for my dads PC last week. I will happily buy Nvidia next time if they offer the best value for money, especially if they keep their lower power consumption. I have zero brand loyalty and nor should I have.

I just thought the benchmarks posted were selective and showed a one sided picture.

 

[Locky]

so its a tossup between the 7900gs and x1800xt

 

[Naffa]

I don't care whether nvidia or ATI are top. I would have bought a 7900 GT instead of my X1800 XT (due to the awful power consumption of the X1800 XT) if the 7900 GTs weren't dropping like flies at the time, and I bought an Nvidia 7600 GT AGP for my dads PC last week. I will happily buy Nvidia next time if they offer the best value for money, especially if they keep their lower power consumption. I have zero brand loyalty and nor should I have.

I just thought the benchmarks posted were selective and showed a one sided picture.

I wouldn't have even mentioned it had he not done it before TBH.

A line has to be drawn somewhere with misinformation.

Fair enough. After re-reading I see what your point is.

EDIT: Also.. Those benchmarks don't even feature the 7900GS. Why were they even posted tbh?

 

[fish99]

Certainly the 7900 GS is a great card if you get one that overclocks well. For instance see the difference between how the XFX and Sparkle models overclocked when Guru3D tested them - http://www.guru3d.com/article/Videocards/377/16/

Of course this doesn't mean all XFX cards will clock that well, or all Sparkle ones will clock that badly. Search for threads about how the Leadtek/OcUK models clock since they're the best value, should give you a good idea what to expect.

The major advantage of the 7900 GS over the X1800 XT is the SLI option, whereas chances of getting an X1800 XT crossfire master card would be very low now. If you're not overclocking and not interested in crossfire/SLI then go for the X1800 XT.

 

[queamin]

I had 2 from each company, just be happy both camps have great cards and you got a choice.

 

[ACESHIGH]

so its a tossup between the 7900gs and x1800xt

THe X1800XT is the faster card & better IQ. The 7900GS needs to be overclocked to catch up.

 

[easyrider]

THe X1800XT is the faster card & better IQ. The 7900GS needs to be overclocked to catch up.

The 7900 GS when clocked flaws the x1800 and is cheaper.

These things clock close to GTX speeds

 

[ACESHIGH]

The 7900 GS when clocked flaws the x1800 and is cheaper.

These things clock close to GTX speeds

Ha, Ha, youre repetition is boring.

I have yet to see a 7900GS beat an X1900GT, let alone an X1800XT which is even faster.

Besides, it looks like the 7900GS cards have started to die too, same as the other faulty 7900 series cards.

 

[Darkwave]

The 7900 GS when clocked flaws the x1800 and is cheaper.

These things clock close to GTX speeds

Why do people always forget that the X1800XT is an excellent clocker too? I got mine to 730/900.

 

[queamin]

Why do people always forget that the X1800XT is an excellent clocker too? I got mine to 730/900.
Because they colour blind, they can only see red or green
i must be bad cannot get quote to work haha

 

[Neo4]

7900GS crap eh ,my x1900xt system only scores 31k in 3D01.Im sure some people post carp just to start a flame war.

 

[cyclops12]

not at all mate 01 is a system bench
i dont get much more than my old x800xt and my xfx 7800 gtx with my x1900xtx
go bench 05 and 06 then come back and say the same lol

 

[Neo4]

not at all mate 01 is a system bench
i dont get much more than my old x800xt and my xfx 7800 gtx with my x1900xtx
go bench 05 and 06 then come back and say the same lol

Look i just told you i own both cards and can compare direct.Look at real uses of the cards,CSS there is probably 20-40 fps difference noticeable?

BF2 shows no real difference either unless your playing at monster res.

 

[Neo4]

Unless of course your some kind of geek that sits staring at 3Dmark06 allday in which case i apologise

 

[cyclops12]

graphics cards wont make a big difference in 01
they will in 05 and 06
and that coming from a guy useing a 6 year old bench lmao

 

[Neo4]

graphics cards wont make a big difference in 01
they will in 05 and 06

Meh/ Shakes head, go play with 3Dmark06 mate you must be missing it by now.

 

[cyclops12]

im not the 1 who's posting big screeies of my latest bench
you wont bench o5 or 06 coz you now it will show up the gs

 

[Neo4]

It benches 05 at about 1800 points less than my xt. I think i can cope with that.

 

[Neo4]

10473
Date: 2006-09-07
CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 2529 MHz
GPU: ATI RADEON X1900 XTX
N/A / N/A
OS: Microsoft Windows XP
Res: 1024x768@32 bit


Score: 8314
Date: 2006-09-22
CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 2529 MHz
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS
N/A / N/A
OS: Microsoft Windows XP
Res: 1024x768@32 bit

 

[cyclops12]

then there's something wrong with your x1900 then
i get close to 4000 points more with my x1900 over my old xfx 7800gtx


and just for the record im not puting down your new card coz its a great card was only pointing out that in 01 the gpu wont make a big difference