X1950xtx, or 2X X1950 Pro

[Jammer]

Sure,
http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/articl...50aHVzaWFzdA==

[-ChEM-]

The last I read, it required a X1600 or greater card IIRC.....so not dx10.

Sure,
http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/articl...50aHVzaWFzdA==

this was at the time of the initial announcement

i recall reading its dx10 hardware only which would be a shame as i wouldnt mind keeping my gto2 for something useful

it might be that dx10 will need to be installed but dx9 hardware can be used

it would be pure marketing if they did given the demos on dx9 cards

[blinky]

Crossfire is not mature yet and still has issues with some games (Nvidia SLI has some issues too). With the extra PSU requirements, potential cooling problems as well I'd be tempted to stick to 1 card.

[Jammer]

Bah final opinions here guys, what do i need for bf2142 to run smoothly at max settings on 1920X1200 resolution???

Do i need the x1950xt or just x1950 pro? (i dont want to go crossfire now)

[redsky009]

Ty all i decided on the x1950xt.

EDIT: Which make? i plan to buy from scan, so sapphire or connect 3d? I dont want rubish game unlocks etc.

But are the two cards performance wise, the same?

The X1950 Pro cards aren't on the scan webiste yet are they (afaik)?? You happen to know they will have sapphire and connect3d versions? I'd like the 512Mb PowerColor, but depends on how much it is...

[Jammer]

If you read the quote i say x1950xt not x1950 pro.

Scan stock the x1950xt atm, hopefully the x1950 pros soon.

[The Mole]

Same price, (give or take £20).

What do you think? I know bench'es are not out yet but im looking to power a 1920X1200 resolution for games like bf2142 on max.

Which would give me better performance?

I would go for the single X1950XTX, then later on when the crossfire master version goes down in price, well U know what to do

[kalniel]

If you read the quote i say x1950xt not x1950 pro.

Scan stock the x1950xt atm, hopefully the x1950 pros soon.

They do?? The X1950XT hasn't even been officially announced yet - look for the announcement this friday.

[Jammer]

They do?? The X1950XT hasn't even been officially announced yet - look for the announcement this friday.

Yes they have ^^

Its been out since september

The x1950 pro <---x1950 PRO (not XT) Is an upgrade from the x1900gt, which is meant to be about as fast as an x1900XT

The x1950 pro is the one out this friday and i have seen it in some online shops,
To preorder.

Im not scan so i dont know if they will stock it or not. Hopefully they will. But its not there ATM.

Hopefully the His Turbo iceq3 x1950 pro, will do me till a good dx10 card comes out.

[kalniel]

Yes they have ^^

Its been out since september

Where? Please find me a link, I'm curious!

The x1950 pro is the one out this friday and i have seen it in some online shops,

The X1950Pro was announced on the 17th, the X1950XT will be announced on the 20th, or so I thought.

[Jammer]

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=462632

That is the x1950xt, that is going for £300ish, the x1950 pro however is going for around £150 (that is the one out friday ^^)

And apprently since x1950 pro performance is simliar to that of x1900xt, and x1950xt isnt that much better only faster... Heres hoping this will b a real but-kicker

[kalniel]

I think you've got the link wrong - it's pointing to the x1950xtx, not x1950xt

[Jammer]

I belive they are one of the same

[shaithis]

Crossfire is not mature yet and still has issues with some games (Nvidia SLI has some issues too). With the extra PSU requirements, potential cooling problems as well I'd be tempted to stick to 1 card.

It isn't the technologies at fault. Its mainly the games developers who are using non-standard programming techniques that mess with SLi and Crossfire.

First hand knowledge of both CF and SLI here (SLI 7800GT in one rig, CF 1950 in another) and so far CF has been a lot more forgiving, showing gains in games that SLI has had to be disabled for.

On the flip-side, the CF drivers have been a PITA to install each time.....I now know exactly the steps I need to take to get them installed but a novice to PCs would never get CF up and running IMO, unless they got seriously lucky.

Hopefully the 6.10 Catalyst will address it but currently I need to check PCI-E bus and device IDs to figure out which card is master and which is slave and then manually force the relavent driver installs. I have also had issues with my Logitech harmony remote programming software stopping CF from enabling on boot-up due to it holding some DirectX component open. Had to disable the Logitech software from loading on Windows startup to resolve the issue. Man, I hate the Catalyst control centre

[kalniel]

I belive they are one of the same

Differences in graphics card postfixes are actually very important - the addition of a letter or two can make a huge difference to the type of card you are getting.

The X1900XT is different from the X1900XTX for example (though not a huge difference, they are seperate cards).

In this case, the X1950XTX was released a while ago, though they've held back on releasing the X1950XT until now. I'm speculating here that it will be quite a big difference.

[Jammer]

I already knew about x1900 etc.

But i saw some websites call it x1950xt n some x1950xtx with same specs, so i assumed they were just releasing one

But mainly because it has the same core clock as the x1900xtx,

I carnt imagine a x1950xt would be that much cheaper either... but wouldnt mind looking into one, thanks for info