7950 GX2

[Adrenaline]

I currently have 2 7900 GTX cards working perfectly fine. I was wondering if it would be worth it upgrading to two of these for $200.00 more?

 

[skooma]

no

 

[Cookie Monster]

Quad SLi doesnt work yet. Im thinking they are changing the way quad SLi renders the screen for more performance.
It will be here by the end of summer.

But dont upgrade, because 7900GTX SLi is faster than X1900XTX due to the maturity of SLi (gives atleast 60% performance over 200 titles).

 

[Fadey]

Get the 2 7900gtx , quad sli doesnt even work atm coz drivers arent out , im getting 1 7950 over my 7800gtx coz i dont have an sli board.

 

[theprodigalrebel]

Quad-SLI only works in F.E.A.R as of now...no other game supports it. (I saw it one of the dozen 7950GX2 reviews out there. Was it bit-tech.net? I'm not sure)...there is no definitive ETA on when nVidia will enable Quad-SLI.
Besides, 7900GTX SLI beats the 7950GX2. For now, there is absolutely no reason. 7900GTX SLI also has you covered at 1920x1200 with 4X AA and 16AF in practically every single game out there. Might even handle 2560x1600 pretty well with some settings toned down.

Stick with the 7900GTX SLI. If you must upgrade, get Core 2 Duo: will finally boost performance in all the CPU-limited games out there. (That is, whenever it releases along with the nforce5 Intel Edition)

 

[Adrenaline]

Thanks for the input.

 

[Waylay00]

No... Spend the money on a nice dinner or something.

 

[beggerking]

7950 GX2 is slower than 7900 SLI..

 

[rudreshsj]

but what if i am considering just a single 7950 over a 7900GTX? would you recommend that?

 

[Cookie Monster]

Yes. A single 7950GX2 is much more faster than a 7900GTX or X1900XTX.

 

[rudreshsj]

but my concern is that it wont have true HDCP support. Does it hae the keys embedden onto the card itself? if not. which nvidia cards do?

 

[beggerking]

Originally posted by: rudreshsj
but what if i am considering just a single 7950 over a 7900GTX? would you recommend that?

yes. 7950gx2 is much faster than 7900gtx. Its somewhere between 7900gtx SLI and 7900gt sli.

Yes, 7950gx2 does have true(hardware) HDCP support.

 

[rudreshsj]

ummm .. ok so i have another question. Is it mandatory for me to buy a LCD which supports HDCP to fully enjoy the content or is there a workaround?

 

[beggerking]

Originally posted by: rudreshsj
ummm .. ok so i have another question. Is it mandatory for me to buy a LCD which supports HDCP to fully enjoy the content or is there a workaround?

according to what i've read, yes.,,

 

[amheck]

but do you even watch HD DVD's on your PC? I don't.....that's what my 64" TV is for, not my 20" monitor.

 

[rudreshsj]

ok but am i right to say that to fully enjoy the experience of VISTA i need the monitor to support it...?

 

[Bobthelost]

Full experience of vista? I think you're getting muddled up here.

HDCP means that you can watch blueray/HD-DVD movies at full resoultion. If you don't have a HDCP compliant graphics card, OS and montior then you won't be able to.

Vista will need DX-10 for all it's eyecandy effects, the 7950X2 is not a DX-10 card. Vista's eyecandy is unrelated to HDCP.

 

[rudreshsj]

oops ! ... i really do seem to b getting thuroughly confused ... !! ... ok so would the Vista eyecandy be viewable if i were to install the DX10 drivers when it releases using my 7950GX2 ...?

 

[Bobthelost]

No, it's not driver related, it's hardware. You'd need a new graphics card to use the new features.

 

[rudreshsj]

so evan a 7950 would not be able to support the eyecandy if vista? ... i am thinking twice about going and buying one now .... !

 

[akshayt]

If playing Oblivion is the main purpose then nothing beats a radeon 1900xtx or maybe at best a crossfire.

see the benchmarks of 7950GX 2 at xbitlabs.com

 

[rudreshsj]

is the DELL 2007WFP LCD windows vista ready?

 

[niggles]

Grrr... the GeForce 7950 GX2 is not compatible with ASUS A8N-SLI, you have to have the premium or Deluxe to get it to work.

 

[thilanliyan]

Originally posted by: rudreshsj
so evan a 7950 would not be able to support the eyecandy if vista? ... i am thinking twice about going and buying one now .... !

DX10 is a Vista only API but all you need for Aeroglass(windows GUI graphics) is a DX9 card. The DX10 card will be useful when DX10 games come out...you don't need a DX10 card for Vista. And DX10 has nothing to do with HDCP other than they're both released with Vista.

Depending on what you have right now, I'd wait for G80/R600(which are DX10 cards). If you're dying to upgrade then spend your money how you see fit.

 

[thilanliyan]

Originally posted by: niggles
Grrr... the GeForce 7950 GX2 is not compatible with ASUS A8N-SLI, you have to have the premium or Deluxe to get it to work.

That sucks mate, you'd think a native SLI board would work...but I guess not...even my own Abit AN8 Ultra won't work.