graphics card upgrade advice please

[kalniel]

But it does lack the Avivo chip. (sorry lost the review link)

Really? I'd have thought Asus were using the same PCB as everyone else. The Asus website shows that they think the card has AVIVO.
http://uk.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=...11&modelmenu=1

- Graphics GPU Features

Powered by the world's most powerful GPU- ATI Radeon X1950PRO

Ultra-Threaded Shader Engine-Support for Microsift® Direct X®9.0 Shader Model 3.0

Avivo™ Video and Display Engine

[pr0p4g4nd4]

Doesn't the HS/F point towards the bottom of the case anyway? Unless you've got a 100% acrylic case dangling from the ceiling with bungee cord, you should be all right

Thanks, I've been after a laugh for a while

[colinloves]

Really? I'd have thought Asus were using the same PCB as everyone else. The Asus website shows that they think the card has AVIVO.
http://uk.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=...11&modelmenu=1

website down at the moe. Yes, well I have to conclude that you just cant rely on reviews. People get things wrong. Not the first time. Yet, on the review I do remember them showing a picture and showing where the Avivo chip should be.


Sorry for hijacking this thread.

[hardflipman]

I would say yes, it would be silly to do that. Your CPU will absolutely cripple the 8800GTS. The end result would be no noticeable performance increase over say a x1950pro most of the time.

Read this article. It shows CPU limitation with AMD and the 8800 series:

http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/...d_cpu_scaling/

http://forums.hexus.net/showthread.php?t=92459

of course if i were to buy one now it would mean i wouldn't have to once i upgrade my machine after already buying a 1950...

[kalniel]

of course if i were to buy one now it would mean i wouldn't have to once i upgrade my machine after already buying a 1950...

You think the 8800 will never be outdated?

You'll still have to upgrade, just at a different time, if that's later then arguably you'll get better performance for the price.

[CrazyMonkey]

Grab a x1950pro get a C2D then consider getting a DX10 GPU as your CPU at the moment will bottleneck it to hell and back.

[hardflipman]

right, having difficulty finding an 1950 pro for a price i'd like to pay and scan have a 256mb 1950xt on today only - worth the extra cost? it's 170 i think

[kalniel]

Hard to say. The x1950xt is a great card and does perform 25% better. You loose some value because the faster you go the more you have to pay for it - again it comes down to what else would you spend the money on?

If you can't quite decide then perhaps go for the x1950pro ultimate, which can overclock quite well. It's not as fast as the x1950xt, but it's 20 quid cheaper.

[hardflipman]

scan seem to have the sapphire 1950pro back in stock so i think i'll just go for that. thanks for your help...

[frank999]

scan seem to have the sapphire 1950pro back in stock so i think i'll just go for that. thanks for your help...

Hey, I just read this from you so I decided to register on this forum to warn you about the Sapphire 1950pro. Many people seem to have a lot of problems with it. It seems that there is a heat related problem that makes this card crashes in nearly all the games.

And it happens to many users.

[kalniel]

Thanks for the info frank. It's a tremendously popular card but we've not heard of many failures over here. Are the people you've heard overclocking? It's known not to be an overclocker at default volts - you need the ultimate edition to be able to overclock at all.

[frank999]

Thanks for the info frank. It's a tremendously popular card but we've not heard of many failures over here. Are the people you've heard overclocking? It's known not to be an overclocker at default volts - you need the ultimate edition to be able to overclock at all.

Hi, I'm from Geneva, Switzerland. There is a whole thread about defective Sapphire 1950pro on a french forum: sorry I can't post the URL coz I have less than 5 messages. Many users have crashes at stock speed. Some users report no problem though. It could be a faulty batch of cards in France only, however I prefer to avoid the risk so I have ordered an Asus 1950pro instead (it costs just 3CHF more than a Sapphire so...).

[kalniel]

Well if there's not much in it I'd go for the Asus too

[Barrichello]

Many people seem to have a lot of problems with it. .

Yep and im now one of them.

http://forums.hexus.net/showthread.php?t=93220

[CrazyMonkey]

Well if you can get the x1950xt i know i would. As its just a little bit more, but i think they are having awfull driver issues.

[frazered]

the support for the xt's seem no existant