7950 GX2 opinions

[ilikeoatmeal]

Does anyone have any personal experiences (either good or bad) with the "top of the line" nvidia video card? From my understanding its a pretty serious piece of hardware. I am considering buying one of those as i've heard the 7900GTX has had some glitches so far. Suggestions?

[spazman]

Id suggest you wait 2 months for the brand new DX10 cards to come out but then ive literally just bought a 7900gt so dont lisen to me.

[PanzerKnight]

I think the glitches refer to those gtx cards that have been overclocked by manufacturers e.g. XFX.

Should be fine if you get a gtx running at stock speeds

[Rollo]

Does anyone have any personal experiences (either good or bad) with the "top of the line" nvidia video card? From my understanding its a pretty serious piece of hardware. I am considering buying one of those as i've heard the 7900GTX has had some glitches so far. Suggestions?

I have a XFX XXX 7950 GX2 I received as a birthday gift that performs at close to 7900GTX SLI levels due to it's 570/800 clockspeeds. (compared to 500/600 reference)

I've had no problems with it, and as you can see, it's a powerhouse:
http://www.legitreviews.com/article/354/8/

This card ROCKS- no two ways about it.

I also have a reference model 7950 GX2 which is a bit faster than reference 7900GT SLI.

I've had no problems with either, and am running them in SLI currently. Last night I did an FRAPS on Oblivion during an outdoor battle- 29 minimum, 57 average at 19X12 4X16X High Quality, all settings maxed. I got 64fps average switching HDR for AA and keeping the same settings.

The FEAR test gives me 90fps with minimums in the 40s all maxed 19X12 4X16X High quality.

You could say I've found no reason not to be VERY happy with the GX2s- that much power in one slot is amazing.

You can wait for DX10 cards, but we don't know when DX10 will be out, when DX10 games will be out, what the differences will be in the early DX10 games, and if the DX10 cards will outperform GX2s at <DX9/OGL games that will comprise 99.99999999% for at least another year.

My $.02

[Clunk]

I have a XFX XXX 7950 GX2 I received as a birthday gift that performs at close to 7900GTX SLI levels due to it's 570/800 clockspeeds. (compared to 500/600 reference)

I've had no problems with it, and as you can see, it's a powerhouse:
http://www.legitreviews.com/article/354/8/

This card ROCKS- no two ways about it.

I also have a reference model 7950 GX2 which is a bit faster than reference 7900GT SLI.

I've had no problems with either, and am running them in SLI currently. Last night I did an FRAPS on Oblivion during an outdoor battle- 29 minimum, 57 average at 19X12 4X16X High Quality, all settings maxed. I got 64fps average switching HDR for AA and keeping the same settings.

The FEAR test gives me 90fps with minimums in the 40s all maxed 19X12 4X16X High quality.

You could say I've found no reason not to be VERY happy with the GX2s- that much power in one slot is amazing.

You can wait for DX10 cards, but we don't know when DX10 will be out, when DX10 games will be out, what the differences will be in the early DX10 games, and if the DX10 cards will outperform GX2s at <DX9/OGL games that will comprise 99.99999999% for at least another year.

My $.02

where did you get the quad sli drivers from?

[chuckskull]

where did you get the quad sli drivers from?

http://www.slizone.com/object/slizone_quad_beta.html

[Clunk]

thanks

[whoatethepies]

They are fast, but the fans can be pretty annoying. One of them (at max load) keeps ramping up then back down in a cycle every second or so and its pretty noticable. At idle its nice and quiet though (to my ears). I've been playing Oblivion with everything at max (except AA obviously), and it mostly runs smooth, only stuttering at very busy sequences (5+ people, trees, grass (seems to be a real killer) etc). Resolution is 1600x1200.

To be honest, if I was buying again i'd probably get a GTX instead and save the ~£100, and put it toward a DX10 card sooner. If you've got the cash to spare though, go nuts.

[Exactiv]

just got onew of these cards. totally savage. very expensive, but well worth it.