DH Review: Sapphire X1950XTX 512mb Toxic

Zardon · Feb 20, 2007, 09:15 PM

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To cope with the ever-increasing details in today’s games the graphics card manufacturers look for all kinds of solutions. The most obvious one is making the cards faster, but such an approach has negative consequences in the shape of overheating. So if you decided to go all out and overclock your card beyond all limits the amount of heat generated would rise as well. Sapphire decided to do just that and follow the old saying “Drastic situations call for drastic measures” to the letter. The end result is an overclocked, water-cooled X1950XTX (which was a fast card to begin with) that every enthusiast will want to own.

SFOSOK · Feb 20, 2007, 09:22 PM

Good review. I was interested in the card but I had hoped for the price to have dropped by now.

Erroneus · Feb 21, 2007, 01:34 AM

x1950pro seems like an awesome buy right now, 200$ here in Denmark while the x1950xtx is around 350$. Seems like a cheap upgrade for those who cant wait 2-3 months more for the dx10 mid-end cards.

brutusmaximus · Feb 21, 2007, 01:36 AM

good card but a bit overpriced.

Feb 20, 2007, 09:15 PM	#1
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 177	DH Review: Sapphire X1950XTX 512mb Toxic Read The Review Here ______________________ To cope with the ever-increasing details in today’s games the graphics card manufacturers look for all kinds of solutions. The most obvious one is making the cards faster, but such an approach has negative consequences in the shape of overheating. So if you decided to go all out and overclock your card beyond all limits the amount of heat generated would rise as well. Sapphire decided to do just that and follow the old saying “Drastic situations call for drastic measures” to the letter. The end result is an overclocked, water-cooled X1950XTX (which was a fast card to begin with) that every enthusiast will want to own.

Feb 20, 2007, 09:22 PM	#2
SFOSOK 939 Goin Strong Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Ontario Posts: 7,033 Rep Power: 89 System Specs	Good review. I was interested in the card but I had hoped for the price to have dropped by now. __________________ Warning - Explicit Content Preceeding METAL!!

Feb 21, 2007, 01:34 AM	#3
Erroneus Get off my lawn! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 13,342 Rep Power: 114 System Specs	x1950pro seems like an awesome buy right now, 200$ here in Denmark while the x1950xtx is around 350$. Seems like a cheap upgrade for those who cant wait 2-3 months more for the dx10 mid-end cards. __________________

Feb 21, 2007, 01:36 AM	#4
brutusmaximus DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 520 Rep Power: 74	good card but a bit overpriced. __________________