x1900xt Which one?

darren.head · 15 Aug 2006 at 21:34

I was wondering wether or not the HIS variant was worth the extra? Are the cards with the stock cooler that noisy? Is the HIS that much quieter? And what is the warranty on HIS cards these days, it used to be 2 years?

Cheers

Hunders · 15 Aug 2006 at 22:34

I have the HIS and its silent.

Azibs · 16 Aug 2006 at 00:12

I also have the HIS and it's quiet at low fan speed. It's loud at anywhere near max speed though. Still, my card stays below 70c under load at about 80% fan speed but it's the noisiest thing in my case now. Cooler looks nice under UV lighting though.

Darkwave · 16 Aug 2006 at 00:14

HIS IceQ 3 F.T.W.

Gashman · 16 Aug 2006 at 00:22

HIS make cracking cards, good coolers too and there sublime artwork

easyrider · 16 Aug 2006 at 00:29

Get the cheapest and fit a zalman.

Tom|Nbk · 16 Aug 2006 at 02:04

I have the Powercolor and its pretty much silent, you can occasionally hear the fan spinning up and down during games but i got used to it and dosn't bother me one bit now

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ATI · 16 Aug 2006 at 08:00

does these cards support 30in panels?

even two of them used?

and bare in mind people HIS only provide 1 yr warrenty?

also read this as well

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17611973

TaKeN · 16 Aug 2006 at 08:10

Gashman said:
HIS make cracking cards, good coolers too and there sublime artwork

ATi Make the card, HIS Slap the cooler on it..

iMacMart · 16 Aug 2006 at 08:15

Tom|Nbk said:
I have the Powercolor and its pretty much silent, you can occasionally hear the fan spinning up and down during games but i got used to it and dosn't bother me one bit now .

Got one of these arriving today, not to bothered about a bit of sound under load as I'll have my headset on while gaming, looking forward to putting it through its paces tbh :cool:

daz.wallace · 16 Aug 2006 at 08:29

I have the sapphire one and I hardly notice it during gameing

ATI · 16 Aug 2006 at 11:06

@daz wallace

is this the one you have?
Sapphire ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-112-SP)

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/X1900_Series.html

can you tell me what res your running and how loud would u rate in terms of percentage when you run games like fear or hl2 or oblivion?

please listen to this rate it based on that percentage.

http://media.putfile.com/cooler-test

thanks

Gibbo · 16 Aug 2006 at 11:08

Hi there

HIS is the best go for those.

kbc · 16 Aug 2006 at 11:29

I have the Sapphire X1900XT, it sounds like a hoover on bootup but after that it's pretty much unnoticeable in regards to my other components.

If it's a few £££ more then just get the HIS one in my opinion.

Darkwave · 16 Aug 2006 at 12:56

TaKeN said:
ATi Make the card, HIS Slap the cooler on it..

Actually HIS make the card, ATI just design it.

TaKeN · 16 Aug 2006 at 13:02

Úlfhednar said:
Actually HIS make the card, ATI just design it.

I WANT PROOF !!

Darkwave · 16 Aug 2006 at 14:12

TaKeN said:
I WANT PROOF !!

I was under the impression that as ATI have no fabs of their own, and that they they forward reference designs onto their partners (Sapphire, Connect3D, Powercolor, HIS etc.) who replicate the technology with their own secret sauces, and as far as I know "built by ATI" cards are built by Sapphire for ATI.

LoadsaMoney · 16 Aug 2006 at 14:16

easyrider said:
Get the cheapest and fit a zalman.

No don't as if you make a balls fitting the cooler or something, bye, bye warranty.

Fair enough you can replace the stock cooler so you can still RMA it, but what if you do a major bodge job and they can tell the coolers been removed or summit, just get the HIS and warranty intact very quiet they are.

Darkwave · 16 Aug 2006 at 14:22

LoadsaMoney said:
No don't as if you make a balls fitting the cooler or something, bye, bye warranty.

That and the IceQ 3 is just a superior cooler.

ViRuS2k · 16 Aug 2006 at 14:52

I got one for sale in MM

XTX version..