ati x1950pro

[kev]

hi guys looking for some info on a ati 512MB Sapphire RX1950Pro, PCI-E(x16), Mem 1400MHz, GDDR3, GPU 580MHz, 36Pipes CrossFire Master/Slave graphics card looking to buy one and wondering if its a ok card i'll also be upgrading my psu to 700w and the ram to 2gb will be play cod4,crisys,moh airbourne,bioshock and many other titles so any advice ,pros and cons would be helpful

kev

 

[Yeungster]

How much money are you spending on the graphics card? What resolution will you be running at?

 

[kev]

hi i'll be spending about a £100 and running it at anything from 1024x768 and above

 

[BigFatCat]

Sounds like the one I've got. Not had any trouble with it at all.

Runs most things I have at 1280x1024 without a hassle, helped by a 3GHz e4400. Ran CoD4, CS:S and TF2 beautifully at a recent LAN weekend.

 

[Pat123]

Erm, cant you spend a little more.. possibly an 8800GT 256MB ???

 

[Ham]

Erm, cant you spend a little more.. possibly an 8800GT 256MB ???

Agreed, for an extra £20 you can get a very nice card.

linky

 

[kev]

ok then what can i get for a £140 then plus what ever card i get will it be suitable for my motherboard its a asus p5gd1-fm it has one pci-e my processor is a intel pentium 4 640 3.20ghz and my old graphics card is a ati radeon x700se so any more help would be great thanks

 

[Ham]

As long as you have a PCI-E power connector on your PSU youll be fine. And if not you only need 2 spare molexs.

The motherboard will support PCI-E cardss

 

[kev]

yeah it has a pci-e slot plus the psu that i'am getting has a pci-e cable on it

 

[Mandible]

personally, im going for a 512mb power color x1950pro, which is 36 pipe, crossfire, gpu 600mhz, gddr3, PCI-E x16, and memory 1300mhz, so just a little low emorywise for what you want. But fine all over elsewhere

However, it is said to be far far quieter than the sapphire versions, has a lovely cooling fin block and is a decididley tasty £88 from scan.co.uk

Here's a link : SUPERLINK!

 

[Pat123]

the 8800GT wipes the floor with it tbh.. so ide go for the 8800 as long as your PSU can handle it.

 

[Mandible]

Ah, but some of us are XP addicts, and have declared war on vista. DX10 don't float mah boat just yet.

 

[Pat123]

but its still whipes the floor with it in DX9...

 

[Mandible]

pah! ATI will roooool the earth! i hope....

And anyway, tis cheaper!

 

[Pat123]

Lol.. But for £20 more.. meh i think its worth it personal opinion i guess.

 

[Mandible]

yeah, lol maybe i'll consider it when i upgrade to quad xore in 3 or 4 years