new Vid Card

[lilley91]

ive been having a look for a new vid card and these two ive come up with, could you tell me please which would be better but i am looking as price economically as i can, i havent got all tht much to spend.

these two

here
and
here

thanks for all input

james

[congo]

36 pipes vs 20 pipes, the 1950 looks better, I have the 7900GS, it's pretty good but I still need a faster card. It's never ending

[ctjoyce]

The X1950 is a much better card. Much faster and better.

Cheers
Cameron

[michaelmichael]

Hi guys
interesting topic. i have a x1900 card  and i keep hearing about pipes. what is a pipe and how many do i have. sounds like the more pipes the better . I aslo keep hearing about unlocking extra pipes. how is that done.

michaelmichael

[lilley91]

hey guys

i know that the X1950 is a better card but the main question is whether it is realy worth the extra money for the X1950 over the 7900. especially as my budget is tight.

cheers guys
james

[DizZa]

The X1950pro is slightly faster than the 7900GS with better image quality. I would go for the X1950pro, or even better, buy a X1950XT.

[waspiflab]

For an extra 30 quid you could get this one IT ROCKS I have an AGP one, play all games highest res and maxed out with no let up.

http://overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.p ... =GX-141-SP  512 version

http://overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.p ... =GX-065-HT  256  ( TURBO )version with more kick.

[ctjoyce]

For an extra 30 quid you could get this one IT ROCKS I have an AGP one, play all games highest res and maxed out with no let up.

http://overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.p ... =GX-141-SP  512 version

http://overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.p ... =GX-065-HT  256  ( TURBO )version with more kick.

Thats actually not a better card. Also in looking deeper into the situation the 7900GS looks to be the better card. 20 Pixel Pipelines, with 40 Pixel shaders, where as the X1950 only has 12 pipelines with 36 shaders.

Cheers
Cameron

[waspiflab]

Check this out a single x1950 is better than the 7900gs.

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1 ... 213,00.asp

[ctjoyce]

Again I must correct myself. Looking through some Anandtech articles I find that though the 7900GS has more pixel pipelines the X1950 Pro has one more vertical shader unit than the 7900GS does. They also use higher stock clocks on both their core and memory to be able to best nVidia.

Read up on this http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2858

Anyway, so after a lot of careful reading, and beating the crap out of the fanboy and locking him away I have come to the conclusion that ATi is the way to go on this one.

Cheers
Cameron

[DizZa]

Dosn't the 7900GS have 20 shader pipes? I thought it was 1 to 1 with Shader/pipelines ratio with Nvidia cards?

[ctjoyce]

Dosn't the 7900GS have 20 shader pipes? I thought it was 1 to 1 with Shader/pipelines ratio with Nvidia cards?

It may be. I can't remember.

Cheers
Cameron

[yancovitch]

hi, if i may....how does the en 7950/512mb compare with the x1950 pro 512?

[ctjoyce]

7950 > X1950

Cheers
Cameron

[waspiflab]

Just get yourself a nice C=64