steo on 10/5/2007 at 13:33
Do you really want to upgrade to a top of the range graphics card on a setup that's still using AGP? The X800XT is (
http://tomshardware.co.uk/graphics/charts.html?modelx=33&model1=741&model2=725&chart=299) still a decent card, not much worse than the 1950 pro. I don't know what the rest of your system is but I'm betting that you won't see much boost in performance from a new GFX card. Since almost all new boards are PCI-e now, you will probably wind up having to upgrade again when you update the rest of your system. You might be better off getting a board which supports both AGP and PCI-e, upgrading your RAM/CPU and then later getting a geforce 8 or equivalent ATI card.
Like I said, I don't know what the rest of your system is, so I don't know how your graphics card compares to your CPU but nonetheless, do you really want to spend over £100 on a new card which, in some circumstances, will give you (
http://tomshardware.co.uk/graphics/charts.html?modelx=33&model1=742&model2=725&chart=298) a benefit of 0.3fps over your current card.
faetal on 10/5/2007 at 13:41
The one you;re quoting is the 256DDR3 model, whereas I'm after the 512 one, which has a 6.1 fps advantage over the one I have.
I can spare £130 at the moment, am having issues witha few games and want to do a full upgrade when quad caore becomes affordable, so this will knock it up an appreciable notch (i'm seeing a lot of reviews showing a decent benchmark increase from X800XT).
steo on 10/5/2007 at 14:00
If you're referring to the X1950 512MB model in the chart I linked to (fourth on down, 16.1fps), that's quite a bit better than the 512MB X1950 pro you linked to. the clock speeds on the X1950XTX are a fair bit higher than on the X1950 pro and it uses GDDR4 as opposed to GDDR3.
Like I said, I don't know what your system is, so I don't know how much benefit you'll see from the new card. I'm just trying to give a little friendly advice, as it's very easy to waste a lot of money when upgrading PC components.
Bjossi on 10/5/2007 at 14:06
Quote Posted by faetal
The one you;re quoting is the 256DDR3 model, whereas I'm after the 512 one, which has a 6.1 fps advantage over the one I have.
I can spare £130 at the moment, am having issues witha few games and want to do a full upgrade when quad caore becomes affordable, so this will knock it up an appreciable notch (i'm seeing a lot of reviews showing a decent benchmark increase from X800XT).
I spent $500 on a card and I jumped from Low 800 x 600 in Quake 4 to Ultra 1024 x 768 with 16xAF and 4xAA at static 60 FPS all the time.
THAT is called beneficial upgrade. :angel:
Rogue Keeper on 10/5/2007 at 14:13
You're earning too much! :mad:
Bjossi on 10/5/2007 at 14:20
Nah, I just upgrade very rarely. Usually 4 - 5 years pass in-between, but this PC is powerful enough that I think I will last for a decade if I'm lucky. :cool:
(1 year has already passed, 9 left)
steo on 10/5/2007 at 14:27
What is your spec, out of interest? Some kind of supercomputer from the future or something...
Bjossi on 10/5/2007 at 14:37
Nah, high-end, but not a supercomputer.
AMD64 X2 4400+ @ 2.2 GHz
2 GB DDR400
512 MB Geforce 7900 GTX
SoundBlaster X-Fi Fatal1ty
I'm using 84.21 Forceware by the way.
D'Arcy on 10/5/2007 at 15:16
Why 1024x768? Is it because of the monitor? My card is equivalent to yours (and I only spent €240 on it ;)), and I play at 1280x1024 without problems. And why do you use Forceware 84.21 instead of 93.71, which is available since November?
