X1950XTX full review!

[Echo]

Detailed information + benchmarks over at Nordic Hardware;

http://www.nordichardware.com/Articles/?skrivelse=488

 

[Thickbrit]

Cheers for that,good read,but what was most interesting to me,was that on page 5 it shows the 1950xtx master and 1950xtx slave have identical clocks.This is the first time i've heard this and if true will be the first time ati has done this and it has been long overdue.Couple that with 1900/1950 crossfire compatability,decreased power consumption and noise,and i may be tempted yet.

 

[stocky]

I would have hoped for it to overclock further than that on phase?

 

[Echo]

I would have hoped for it to overclock further than that on phase?

Me too. Seems that the software just can’t keep up with the cards hardware. :sad:

http://www.vr-zone.com/?i=3942

Another X1950XTX under phase.

The main reason that ATi only released an X1900XT master card was because of there being a low core yield of XTX chips, they had more XT's so it made better economical sense to use the XT cores for master cards.

But, at last, it seems that ATi have managed to iron out the bugs in the XTX core manufacturing process. Finally!

AND the thing is now, ATi can use AMD's spare 90nm fab to make GPU cores; which means an even greater yield, earlier releases and most importantly, cheaper prices!

The message I got when I phoned ATi was this is basically an X1900 core on steroids, with some uber memory. They even said that it’s a continuation of the X1900 line, so it isn’t really anything new. They really messed on with the launch of this. It should be out now, not in a few months, when Nvidia are going to have DX10 G80 cards out. There’s no point buying DX9 hardware at that point. It just makes no sense.

I want to see what ATi has to offer after the X1950 such as there Crossfire 'bridge' and hopefully, more power efficient archeture.

 

[maverik-sg1]

X1950 is a pumped up X1900 with DDR4 ram - nothing more, nothing less, for a few few pounds more you could have a 7950GX2 which probably offers more power, more clocking headroom and more options.

Overclocking? It was proven that even the review samples (usually the most golden of golden samples) had very little room for this card to be clocked under normal cooling.

I am not saying its a bad card coz it isnt - image quality I am lead to believe is nothing short of fantastic and the FPS are not that far behind considering it's a single gpu and because of that it will demolish the competition in non sli optimised games, although these are becoming the few rather than the many. 7950GX2 needs SLI optimisations to take full advantage of the power available.

Cheers

Mav

 

[DonS1mpson]

The message I got when I phoned ATi was this is basically an X1900 core on steroids, with some uber memory. They even said that it’s a continuation of the X1900 line, so it isn’t really anything new. They really messed on with the launch of this. It should be out now, not in a few months, when Nvidia are going to have DX10 G80 cards out. There’s no point buying DX9 hardware at that point. It just makes no sense.

The X1950XTX hits stores on the 14th of this month, not in a few months.

As for not buying DX9 hardware is way easier said then done. I currently have a X850XT which quite simply, can't cut the mustard at 1280x1024 - The thought of me waiting 4+ months for an affordable DX10 card turns my stomach to be honest. I'm seriously considering a £200 X1900XT or 7900GT to hold me for the next year.

 

[Echo]

Interesting; X1950XTX on water, X1900XTX under cascade.

http://forums.vr-zone.com/showthread.php?t=92751

http://www.vr-zone.com/index.php?i=3966

Puts it 3rd in 3DMark06