X1950XT or 7950GT for SN25PV2

MattHaX · 17 Dec 2006 at 16:16

Hey. I have a SN25PV2 and was wondering which card I should buy. Either the Sapphire X1950XT or the BFG 7950GT. I am torn between buying the two.

I have been reading that the X1950XT is a huge power guzzler compaired to the 7950 GT, and I always thought ATI’s always had the best power consumption, but it has a special cooler which the fan is enclosed in plastic which I would like because I have a huge dust problem and it would last so much longer in my opinion. On the other hand, I would also like the NVidia because they use less power, which means they are Shuttle friendly and would also be more friendly with a nForce chipset then a ATI card would, but the fan in the NVidia cards would just grind to a halt as usual and I would be back at square 1 again.

Please help me decide. I would like to order tomorrow because I dont like using this old SK83G of mine.

tomanders91 · 17 Dec 2006 at 17:02

the X1950XT is a better card.

MattHaX · 17 Dec 2006 at 17:27

Yeah, I think I know that already, worried about the power consumption really.

Can the SN25P's underrated 350w supply handle it out of the box?

FrostedNipple · 17 Dec 2006 at 19:46

if dust is your problem, just hoover your fans occasionally, unles your hoover is metal then you can even do it without damading anything, and while it is still on!!!!!

Tute · 17 Dec 2006 at 19:55

X1950XT all the way.

MattHaX · 18 Dec 2006 at 00:12

I decided and bought a 7950GT because according to http://www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculator.jsp spec'd with my PC. I would need ~370 watts (includes every powered component) for my configuration with the X1950XT, and I cannot risk damaging any components. The 7950GT only needs ~300 watts which is more then enough (Just fyi, the 8800 required ~420 watts lol). My SN25P PSU is ~350w which yes, I know, is underrated, but I just can't risk it regardless.

I'm not a gambling man unless the odds are with me.

Good utility, you might want to bookmark it.

Paramount · 18 Dec 2006 at 18:46

Woah, huge mistake.

The Shuttle 350w PSU can handle a 8800GTX.

Heck, my 240W PSU in mine can take a 1900xtx which uses the same, if not more power than the 1950xt. Don't estimate Shuttle PSUs, they're extremely high quality.