ATi X1950XTX

Zardon · Aug 28, 2006, 08:08 PM

what do you think?

cadaveca · Aug 28, 2006, 08:50 PM

Looks great, but following suit of 9800XT, X850, and not very "new". R600 should be the card debuting, and @ the end of October. Development of this card was a waste of time and resources.

Customgamer1 · Aug 28, 2006, 09:14 PM

I will just wait until the DX10 comes out why blow money on this one when you need to buy another new one in a few months.

Sandok · Aug 28, 2006, 09:18 PM

Yeah I see this mostly as a filler card...

Lelisevis · Aug 29, 2006, 12:08 AM

Voted filler im afraid. Still keeping the faith ATI, come on blow me away with the next one.

GNetX · Aug 29, 2006, 11:18 AM

Just waiting for the R600 and RD600 to go with my planned Conroe system... waiting pretty impatiently now!

Shaga · Aug 29, 2006, 01:56 PM

Filler card that is.

Erroneus · Aug 29, 2006, 02:26 PM

Good price, good performance and a silent cooler, it's just to close to r600.

Great card though.

CDsDontBurn · Aug 30, 2006, 12:36 AM

it doesn't look like DH has posted a review on this card, or there being a link to one. if there is, can anybody tell me where it's at? ATM, i'm thinking it as being just a filler card, but that's just my opinion until i have seen a review comparing the results of the x1900xtx and the x1950xtx

riles9262 · Aug 30, 2006, 02:56 AM

Nice nice card, but I was expecting a little more out of it.

btw cds: http://www.hardwareheaven.com/other-tech-news/116117-dh-review-ati-x1950xtx.html

CDsDontBurn · Aug 30, 2006, 06:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by riles9262

Nice nice card, but I was expecting a little more out of it.

btw cds: http://www.hardwareheaven.com/showthread.php?t=116117

thanks

after reading the review, my personal opinion on the card is like i said earlier....a filler card.

niceguyrichy · Aug 30, 2006, 12:26 PM

I voted for great card, I'd love one

I mean christ guys, what more do you want?

there's always new tech 'just around the corner', so you always gotta get on with what you got right now, and this card looks pretty fecking sweet to me right now

I'd have one at a stroke, the whole dx10 argument is mute as far as I'm concerned cos it's gonna take at least a year after release of vista before that whole shebang works properly and is worth getting

but what do I know, I still have agp (and an apparantly doomed AiW at that)

cadaveca · Aug 30, 2006, 05:10 PM

Well, i got 2 x1900's, and the performance boost offered by the x1950's is not something that appeals to me @ all, due to the small increases.

I tend to buy new cards as soon as they are available locally, because i like to benchmark. but i won't be buying two of these...might buy one tho...

IvanV · Aug 30, 2006, 09:20 PM

Great board, id love one (If I had an appropriate rig to "accomodate" it)

It is oviously a filler, but that doesn't change the fact that it's a great product: one of the highest performing and most advanced cards has just got better!

BiGBrOwNPimpsta · Aug 30, 2006, 10:05 PM

very good card for a single card solution

but they are lacking a dual gpu solution, the dual gpu is what keeps nvidia still on top

CDsDontBurn · Aug 30, 2006, 10:08 PM

@ richy: i'm not saying it's not a bad card, but in the FPS market, the 7900GTX blows it away on both average and high frame rates. although, the XTX does have a higher low frame rates than the GTX and GX2 in most cases. And i also agree w/IvanV. It is a filler, but at the same time a good product.

Judas · Aug 30, 2006, 10:49 PM

every driver update made makes the catalyst and crossfire a wee bit more interesting.

i'd still suggest sli over ati, but imo, crossfire when it works, it's superioir

bug77 · Aug 31, 2006, 12:08 PM

It's a great card, if ATI wanted to prove that X1900XTX is not bandwidth limited. Other than that, really not impressive. 'Quad SLI killer'? In their dreams, maybe...

Edit: Though I think it's filler card, I voted 'expecting more', because one can hardly say this card is awful. It's just an upgrade no one needs...

Pluvious · Aug 31, 2006, 07:12 PM

Nvidia for me next time.. ATI has milked me enough with these little bumps.

NUCLEARWINTER · Sep 1, 2006, 01:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pluvious

Nvidia for me next time.. ATI has milked me enough with these little bumps.

i am with u 100% pluvious. i've owned 1 nvidia card(fx 5500) back in the day and i got to play it for a week before old(slow) mobo died. it seemed pretty good. it may be time to go green. (shrug)

CDsDontBurn · Sep 1, 2006, 04:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pluvious

Nvidia for me next time.. ATI has milked me enough with these little bumps.

i'm right there wicha

. i hoping i can do my upgrade shortly after vista is released. That system will probably last me another 2yrs. + just like my current one has been doing

.

Though, i'm thinking of upgrading my RAM to 2Gb and keeping my current rig for a lil bit longer by doing that. If i do that, i'll probably keep my rig for another year or so, and it'll also be cheaper than upgrading to a whole new rig for sure

....especially since you know....i need to get a new car because i'm a family man.

Pluvious · Sep 1, 2006, 06:23 AM

You're right on the money.. a 1GB boost will be noticed and you'll be able to hold off for a while with it. You'll wonder why you didn't do it sooner.

My next upgrade is going to be my most expensive one.. so I'm going to hold out as long as I can. I plan on getting a Core x6600 and leave the x6800 as my upgrade path. $1000 is a bit much but $>300 is doable. It runs so cool that even I will be able to safely overclock it up to x6800 specs. Coupled with a 2nd to top of the line Nvidia card and I'm set. (by the time I do this.. who knows what they'll have)

CDsDontBurn · Sep 1, 2006, 07:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pluvious

You're right on the money.. a 1GB boost will be noticed and you'll be able to hold off for a while with it. You'll wonder why you didn't do it sooner.

My next upgrade is going to be my most expensive one.. so I'm going to hold out as long as I can. I plan on getting a Core x6600 and leave the x6800 as my upgrade path. $1000 is a bit much but $>300 is doable. It runs so cool that even I will be able to safely overclock it up to x6800 specs. Coupled with a 2nd to top of the line Nvidia card and I'm set. (by the time I do this.. who knows what they'll have)

i know that a 1Gb boost will be noticed. and i haven't done it sooner because i've been strapped for cash quite a bit lately. soon though (probably in november), i should have enough money to buy me that ram i want. but since i'm a PC enthusiast, imna want the good shit

. i'm looking at getting this OCZ 2Gb kit, and 2-3-2-5 is some good shit in 1Gb modules

. however, if something else comes up w/timings just as good, i'll get that instead......providing it's a fairly well known manufacturer. honestly, i'd only buy from Corsair, OCZ, G.skill, and Kingston.....and probably in that order too

.

Razgriz · Sep 1, 2006, 07:45 AM

fill me up.....
fill me up buttercup

BWX · Sep 2, 2006, 06:56 PM

Quote:

Great board, id love one

Good card, good price..
So sure I think it is a good card, and yeah I would buy one. Problem is it is
not enough of an upgrade from current card, which I plan on keeping for a
while.

me972 · Sep 5, 2006, 10:36 AM

I'll wait till DX10 cards are out and buy a new rig all together.. don't see a point in wasting mony now..

P4 - core 4 (quad CPU) + ATI newest DX10 moster!!! I'm already saving up for it... me just 6 more months to go... mmmmmm yammyyy

Cannyone · Sep 8, 2006, 08:56 PM

One question for those who say ATI is "milking them with small bumps...". You actually think Nvidia IS NOT going to do precisely the same thing???

I wish I could believe that was the truth.

Anyway, if I had a really swank job, that had all kinds of perks and bennies, I'd buy one (or two) of these. Just because DX10 isn't really going work and have games until at least the mid part of next year. Oh, heh!, and I also have X1800XTs in my two desktops. So I would see a nice jump in performance.

Lowfat · Sep 11, 2006, 10:09 PM

expected more. Was hoping to be comparable to a 7950GX2 at the very least.

bug77 · Sep 12, 2006, 10:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lowfat

expected more. Was hoping to be comparable to a 7950GX2 at the very least.

Yeah, well, it is. And about the 'at the very least' part, why do you expect a card to be 'at the very least' as fast as two?

Cannyone · Sep 20, 2006, 06:49 AM

Well with the current price drops - I splurged!! I bought a X1900XTX ($309 - after MIR) and an X1900XT/256 ($239). They will replace my two X1800XT/256s, which I will sell to needy friends. Ironic part is that I paid about that combined price for my two X1800s.

And yes they will only be marginally better, but still I won't upgrade again until Vista has matured a bit and DX10 cards begin to come down in price. Additionally I'm not concerned about HDCP because the HD ROM drives are going to be too expensive for quite a while, and the format war is far from over... Christmas of 2007 is about when my next upgrade will occur.

Aug 28, 2006, 08:08 PM	#1
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 177	ATi X1950XTX what do you think?

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Customgamer1 Fell off the tech wagon Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 2,273 Rep Power: 72 System Specs	I will just wait until the DX10 comes out why blow money on this one when you need to buy another new one in a few months. __________________ Asus Laptop: 2.5 Intel Core 2 Duo, 4gigs DDR 2, Windows 7 64bit! Windows 7 > OSX!

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Aug 29, 2006, 01:56 PM	#7
Shaga Intelligent Life Form Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Nordic Region Posts: 383 Rep Power: 46 System Specs	Filler card that is. __________________ Server: Currently Offline

Aug 29, 2006, 02:26 PM	#8
Erroneus Get off my lawn! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 13,343 Rep Power: 114 System Specs	Good price, good performance and a silent cooler, it's just to close to r600. Great card though. __________________

Aug 28, 2006, 08:50 PM	#2
cadaveca DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Edmonton Posts: 75 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Looks great, but following suit of 9800XT, X850, and not very "new". R600 should be the card debuting, and @ the end of October. Development of this card was a waste of time and resources.

Aug 28, 2006, 09:18 PM	#4
Sandok DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 9,472 Rep Power: 66	Yeah I see this mostly as a filler card...

Aug 29, 2006, 12:08 AM	#5
Lelisevis Howlin at the moon Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,663 Rep Power: 0	Voted filler im afraid. Still keeping the faith ATI, come on blow me away with the next one.

Aug 30, 2006, 12:36 AM	#9
CDsDontBurn 127.0.0.1 Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,458 Rep Power: 202 System Specs	it doesn't look like DH has posted a review on this card, or there being a link to one. if there is, can anybody tell me where it's at? ATM, i'm thinking it as being just a filler card, but that's just my opinion until i have seen a review comparing the results of the x1900xtx and the x1950xtx __________________ Her First Day \| A year later

Aug 30, 2006, 02:56 AM	#10
riles9262 Driverheaven brewmaster Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 4,842 Rep Power: 70 System Specs	Nice nice card, but I was expecting a little more out of it. btw cds: http://www.hardwareheaven.com/other-tech-news/116117-dh-review-ati-x1950xtx.html __________________ A beer a day keeps the doctor away. Last edited by riles9262; Aug 30, 2006 at 03:31 AM.

Aug 30, 2006, 05:10 PM	#13
cadaveca DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Edmonton Posts: 75 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Well, i got 2 x1900's, and the performance boost offered by the x1950's is not something that appeals to me @ all, due to the small increases. I tend to buy new cards as soon as they are available locally, because i like to benchmark. but i won't be buying two of these...might buy one tho...

Aug 30, 2006, 09:20 PM	#14
IvanV HH Assassin Guild Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 5,653 Rep Power: 280 System Specs	Great board, id love one (If I had an appropriate rig to "accomodate" it) It is oviously a filler, but that doesn't change the fact that it's a great product: one of the highest performing and most advanced cards has just got better! __________________ Our Folding@home stats:

Aug 30, 2006, 10:05 PM	#15
BiGBrOwNPimpsta HH's #1 Hustla and Pimp Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: The Dirty Dot Posts: 7,706 Rep Power: 105 System Specs	very good card for a single card solution but they are lacking a dual gpu solution, the dual gpu is what keeps nvidia still on top __________________ Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music \| Logitech Z-5500 THX 5.1 Surround Sound Speakers \| 2 Lite-On 20x S-ATA Burners \| Logitech G700 Mouse \| Logitech MX5500 Bluetooth Keyboard

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CDsDontBurn 127.0.0.1 Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,458 Rep Power: 202 System Specs	@ richy: i'm not saying it's not a bad card, but in the FPS market, the 7900GTX blows it away on both average and high frame rates. although, the XTX does have a higher low frame rates than the GTX and GX2 in most cases. And i also agree w/IvanV. It is a filler, but at the same time a good product. __________________ Her First Day \| A year later

Aug 31, 2006, 12:08 PM	#18
bug77 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: around Posts: 792 Rep Power: 0	It's a great card, if ATI wanted to prove that X1900XTX is not bandwidth limited. Other than that, really not impressive. 'Quad SLI killer'? In their dreams, maybe... Edit: Though I think it's filler card, I voted 'expecting more', because one can hardly say this card is awful. It's just an upgrade no one needs...

Aug 31, 2006, 07:12 PM	#19
Pluvious Elisha = hottie Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: USA CA. SF Bay Area Posts: 1,318 Rep Power: 56	Nvidia for me next time.. ATI has milked me enough with these little bumps. __________________

Sep 1, 2006, 06:23 AM	#22
Pluvious Elisha = hottie Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: USA CA. SF Bay Area Posts: 1,318 Rep Power: 56	You're right on the money.. a 1GB boost will be noticed and you'll be able to hold off for a while with it. You'll wonder why you didn't do it sooner. My next upgrade is going to be my most expensive one.. so I'm going to hold out as long as I can. I plan on getting a Core x6600 and leave the x6800 as my upgrade path. $1000 is a bit much but $>300 is doable. It runs so cool that even I will be able to safely overclock it up to x6800 specs. Coupled with a 2nd to top of the line Nvidia card and I'm set. (by the time I do this.. who knows what they'll have) __________________

Sep 1, 2006, 07:45 AM	#24
Razgriz Intelligence? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: On the edge of insanity Posts: 1,183 Rep Power: 53	fill me up..... fill me up buttercup

Sep 5, 2006, 10:36 AM	#26
me972 HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 696 Rep Power: 0	I'll wait till DX10 cards are out and buy a new rig all together.. don't see a point in wasting mony now.. P4 - core 4 (quad CPU) + ATI newest DX10 moster!!! I'm already saving up for it... me just 6 more months to go... mmmmmm yammyyy __________________ Intel 2600K - ASRock Fatality1 Pro(Gen3) -16GB Ram 8-8-8-24 - M4 128GB

Sep 8, 2006, 08:56 PM	#27
Cannyone HardwareHeaven Junior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Albuquerque NM Posts: 85 Rep Power: 38 System Specs	I recently jumped from the "Green" camp... One question for those who say ATI is "milking them with small bumps...". You actually think Nvidia IS NOT going to do precisely the same thing??? I wish I could believe that was the truth. Anyway, if I had a really swank job, that had all kinds of perks and bennies, I'd buy one (or two) of these. Just because DX10 isn't really going work and have games until at least the mid part of next year. Oh, heh!, and I also have X1800XTs in my two desktops. So I would see a nice jump in performance.

Sep 11, 2006, 10:09 PM	#28
Lowfat Xtreme Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Grande Prairie, AB, Can Posts: 4,251 Rep Power: 99	expected more. Was hoping to be comparable to a 7950GX2 at the very least. __________________ 27" iMac: i5 750 * 80GB X25-M G1 * 4GB DDR3 * HD4850 Stacker: 2600k * P8P67 Pro * 4GB DDR3 * 80GB ioXtreme * 30GB X25-E * (2) HD6950 * Asus D2 * Enermax Revo85+ HWD: (2) Xeon E5649 * EVGA SR-2 * 6GB DDR3 * 8800GTS * 1000W Antec FT01BW: (2) Xeon E5645 * EVGA SR-2 * 6GB DDR3 * GTS210 * Gigabyte 800W Odin GT Storage: (2) Sans Digital TR8M-B * 29TB

Sep 20, 2006, 06:49 AM	#30
Cannyone HardwareHeaven Junior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Albuquerque NM Posts: 85 Rep Power: 38 System Specs	Well with the current price drops - I splurged!! I bought a X1900XTX ($309 - after MIR) and an X1900XT/256 ($239). They will replace my two X1800XT/256s, which I will sell to needy friends. Ironic part is that I paid about that combined price for my two X1800s. And yes they will only be marginally better, but still I won't upgrade again until Vista has matured a bit and DX10 cards begin to come down in price. Additionally I'm not concerned about HDCP because the HD ROM drives are going to be too expensive for quite a while, and the format war is far from over... Christmas of 2007 is about when my next upgrade will occur.