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[Kuss]

im lookin 4 a gfx card i was lookin at (ATI Radeon X1950 XT-X ***Crossfire/Master Edition*** SILENT Heatpipe 512MB GDDR4 (PCI-Express) - Retail) - (Connect3D ATI Radeon X1950 XT-X SILENT Heatpipe 512MB GDDR4 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI) and (Sapphire ATI Radeon X1950 XT-X SILENT Heatpipe 512MB GDDR4 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI), can sum1 tell me the diff and if these slave cards will work with thats master card coz im lookin at crpssfire in a few months or so, i need 2 get a card on friday so which 1 do u guys think???

 

[Kuss]

o and the system iv build is 6600cpu P5WDH Deluxe

 

[FrenchTart]

Isn't that card nearly £250? Go for an 8800GTS instead.

 

[CarlD]

if you have enough for crossfire you might aswell buy an 8800gtx

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-035-BG < this will outperform 2 x 1950xtx in most cases

or

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-036-BG


Sli them

EDIT: Welcome to the forum!

 

[LoadsaMoney]

x1950 XTX's are worthless at that price as they are old gen Dx9 cards, get the 8800 GTX, its a next gen DX10 card thats cheaper than 2x of those, and its faster than those 2x.

Welcome to the forums btw.

 

[Kuss]

im not to fussed on Niv plus my MB is is a P5W DH Deluxe n i dont think it will do sli tho, so ok then wats the best ati card i could get? or can i just put in 1 8800? o n thx

 

[CarlD]

an 8800gts is the better option to go for

but if you have the money and you play at high resolutions go for the 8800gtx =]

 

[melbourne720]

One 8800 GTX will cut through pretty much anything at 1920 x 1000 and below.

Read the Old Technology Warning in this thread:-

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17686356

 

[LoadsaMoney]

im not to fussed on Niv plus my MB is is a P5W DH Deluxe n i dont think it will do sli tho, so ok then wats the best ati card i could get? or can i just put in 1 8800? o n thx

Yeah you can put 1x 8800 in there fine.

 

[Kuss]

yea but my MB cant do SLI can it?

 

[LoadsaMoney]

No, but i wouldnt worry about that as theres no need to SLi the 8800 GTX, its the fastest card on the planet, whoops 2x x1950 XTX's in Crossfire, you would only really need to SLi 2x of them if you were gaming at some stupid humongous resolutions on a 30+" screen or something, single GTX will cut through everything in its wake.