£100-£200 Graphics Card With QUIET COOLING

[notsobig]

Yeah I think DX9 market is still too big to be ignored because many people are still holding onto thier XPs.

[Blitzen]

Of course an 8800GTS is faster than any 1950 pro, but it's also twice as expensive

No its not....jeeeeeez. Its about £30-40 more. <---Factual

My god, you are a d!ck. Why can't you just keep your posts polite like everyone else on these boards, instead of constantly making offensive comments at people?

Pot...Black...Kettle i think

[Magnets]

Of course an 8800GTS is faster than any 1950 pro, but it's also twice as expensive

No its not....jeeeeeez. Its about £30-40 more. <---Factual

Between an x1950pro and 8800GTS?

There's £68.16 between an X1950XT (with accelero)
(can be £79 difference if you're willing to put up with the sapphire "fan")(scan) and the cheapest 8800 i can find that's in stock. (also at scan)

[Blitzen]

Between an x1950pro and 8800GTS?

There's £68.16 between an X1950XT (with accelero)
(can be £79 difference if you're willing to put up with the sapphire "fan")(scan) and the cheapest 8800 i can find that's in stock. (also at scan)

I was wrong on the price.....i admit

8800GTS for £184 Ebuyer
El Cheapo X1950XT for around £105-£110 everywhere.

OP did say up to £200 though so well within budget.

[Andaho]

I was wrong on the price.....i admit

8800GTS for £184 Ebuyer
El Cheapo X1950XT for around £105-£110 everywhere.

OP did say up to £200 though so well within budget.

Nothing wrong with saving on the budget the performance as you can see from the review you posted earlier, the 1950XT is much better value for money!

[aidanjt]

Nothing wrong with saving on the budget the performance as you can see from the review you posted earlier, the 1950XT is much better value for money!

The thing is, those benchmarks were orientated in quality/playble framerates, in all tests the benchmarks show that the X1950XT can only deal with minimal quality settings at high res where the 8800GTS was barging through them all with max settings.

[Blitzen]

Nothing wrong with saving on the budget the performance as you can see from the review you posted earlier, the 1950XT is much better value for money!

If you want to play without MAX settings and no AA or AF then i agree.
To be fair though, if you want to play with lowish settings, then why spend £100+ on a card in the first place. Just get a 7600GT and have done with it.

[GSte]

No its not....jeeeeeez. Its about £30-40 more. <---Factual


Pot...Black...Kettle i think

Read through your posts and read through some of mine.... that is the only offensive statement I have ever made on these boards, whereas for you it's a matter of course to make yourself feel important and (in your own mind) look good. Grow up.

[badass]

Read through your posts and read through some of mine.... that is the only offensive statement I have ever made on these boards, whereas for you it's a matter of course to make yourself feel important and (in your own mind) look good. Grow up.

Ignore him. You're not the only one that thinks he's a prick and he's not worth the effort.

[Andaho]

If you want to play without MAX settings and no AA or AF then i agree.
To be fair though, if you want to play with lowish settings, then why spend £100+ on a card in the first place. Just get a 7600GT and have done with it.

I don't want max settings... I want to play smoothly @ 1680x1050 which is the native resolution of most if not all 22" screens. X1950XT will do that much better than a 7600GT - the X1950XT seems to slot in perfectly for the perfomance requirement at the best price, don't you agree?

[jackvdbuk]

agreed the x1950xt @ &#163;104.99 is proably the best price performance card on DX9 rite now...

and comon lads... keep it friendly

[Blitzen]

Ignore him. You're not the only one that thinks he's a prick and he's not worth the effort.

and another one

[Blitzen]

Read through your posts and read through some of mine.... that is the only offensive statement I have ever made on these boards, whereas for you it's a matter of course to make yourself feel important and (in your own mind) look good. Grow up.

I have read your posts and tbh... Lets face it..
At least my posts have substance.
What exactly have you contributed here?

(Sorry admins...i shouldnt argue with children)

[MD]

Right.

Behave, stop the personal insults all of you before I have to take action.

[|ARM|]

7. Run anything you like at 1600x1200 maxxed out (no ATI card can do that-even the flagship ones as their AA is useless).

I have to disagree with you there. My 2900xt does 8xAA and 16xAF and everything else at max at 1680*1050 quite happily on all Source games. This is paired with an e4300 at 2.66ghz.

Edit: oh, and because I don't have the 8-pin power thing yet (HX620 ) the core is running at 507mhz, memory at 514. So only running at 75%.