First impressions on my x1950xt

[Bradtechonline]

Damn this thing is huge lol! Had to make room in my case by moving the HDD's closer to the front. *buying new case soon*. Installed the drivers in my system, and I am very impressed with the Catalyst control center. *this coming from a life long nvidia fan boy*. My card runs 50c idle, and gets up to around 65-70c under load.

The fan is not as noisy as others let it on to be. The fan gets real loud after a reboot but thats just a fan check. Overall it's no louder than my 7600 GTS I had. I'm very impressed with the image enhancements options ATI has in their drivers. I"m running 6x AA 16x AF and playing BF2 in high without any lag at all *7600GT would slow down at times this thing does not*.

Doom 3, and Quake IV are a solid 60 FPS. Overall I'm very satified with the Sapphire x1950xt 256 MB version. If anyone is sitting on the fence, I say go for it. Very good upgrade. Now bring on my brisbane so I can give it some help.

 

[regpfj]

I too recently upgraded from a 7600gt to an ATI product. So much faster and, as you said, much more quiet. The evga 7600gt I used would never spin the fan down. It drove me up the wall with its incessant, tinny, high-pitched squealing.

Also, if you recall the the conclusion of Anandtech's three part series on driver improvements from last year, ATI has done a better job of increasing performance after product introduction than nVidia.

In the mean time, getting back to ATI, NVIDIA, and the PC, what have we learned after today? We still can't predict the future of PC games, drivers, or hardware, but after looking at these results and their new track records, it certainly seems like with the introduction of the X1900 and 7900 series, that ATI may be in a better position to offer more substantial performance improvements than NVIDIA. As we've seen, NVIDIA hasn't been able to work a great deal of improvements out of the NV40/G70 architecture in our tests. With the R500 being quite different from venerable R300, we're interested in seeing what sort of improvements ATI can get from their new architecture. If ATI stays ahead in the driver game, they may very well have what it takes to beat out NVIDIA in the majority of games running on the current generation architectures

 

[Bradtechonline]

Yeah, I've just ran 2000 Pro, and 64 bit Vista so far so I'm sure I'm missing out on a TON of performance. I have a copy of XP on its way, and hopefully it gets here. I am sure once vista has been out it will improve. 2000 pro has an old catalyst driver running it.

I had a 7600 EVGA GTS, and I also had that problem with the fan 100%. The main thing I was worried about getting an ATI product was.

1. A lot of people have always said the drivers were horrible. *which in fact I prefer these over nvidida's drivers. ATI has Temporal Anti-Aliasing options to imrpove quality, and high quality AF. I was really surprised in all honesty on how great the drivers were.

2. A lot of people also complained about how hot these cards run. My EVGA 7600 GT ran just as hot as this card. But my friends BFG 8800GTS runs a lot cooler than both this card, and my 7600 GTS.

I can honestly say my fear of using ATI is gone now. I did use a 9600 Pro on a build for someone else that I had a horrible experience with. All drivers would make the screen go black in Windows upon booting up. *even after setting refresh rate to 60 hz*.

I know it was popular to go Intel/Nvidia right now but I want to see AMD/ATI stay around in the future. I've been a lifelong Nvidia fanboy *even during 9800 Pro days* I have my FX 5900xt still sitting here to prove it heh.

 

[BFG10K]

Have you tested AAA in games like Far Cry yet? If so do you still get the blue line problems?

 

[Bradtechonline]

No I have not tried that game out. I don't own that game, and I'm not really into the pirate scene. I may buy it though in the near future.

 

[BFG10K]

Do you notice any blue hue problems in other Direct3D games when you use AAA?

Sometimes there's a thin blue line on one side of the screen and I want to know if it's been fixed.

 

[Modular]

Originally posted by: Bradtechonline
No I have not tried that game out. I don't own that game, and I'm not really into the pirate scene. I may buy it though in the near future.

FarCry has nothing to do with pirates...it's about a guy who gets stranded in a remote, beautiful, tropical paradise and has to fight to keep himself alive. The AI is really quite good and the graphics are better than alot of current gen games when cranked all the way up.

Given that you have mentioned quite a few FPS's, I think that you must like that genre of games. FarCry is a must for anyone who likes the FPS scene.

 

[LittleNemoNES]

Originally posted by: Modular

Originally posted by: Bradtechonline
No I have not tried that game out. I don't own that game, and I'm not really into the pirate scene. I may buy it though in the near future.

FarCry has nothing to do with pirates...it's about a guy who gets stranded in a remote, beautiful, tropical paradise and has to fight to keep himself alive. The AI is really quite good and the graphics are better than alot of current gen games when cranked all the way up.

Given that you have mentioned quite a few FPS's, I think that you must like that genre of games. FarCry is a must for anyone who likes the FPS scene.

lol pirates!

Far Cry IS a must for any FPS player.

 

[Bradtechonline]

Originally posted by: Modular

Originally posted by: Bradtechonline
No I have not tried that game out. I don't own that game, and I'm not really into the pirate scene. I may buy it though in the near future.

FarCry has nothing to do with pirates...it's about a guy who gets stranded in a remote, beautiful, tropical paradise and has to fight to keep himself alive. The AI is really quite good and the graphics are better than alot of current gen games when cranked all the way up.

Given that you have mentioned quite a few FPS's, I think that you must like that genre of games. FarCry is a must for anyone who likes the FPS scene.

Nah, I knew that. I meant I'm not into the "pirating scene" so i would buy it sometime soon lol. I think I played it once on a friends new 7800 GT when it first came out. Sorry, Didn't make myself clear. on pain meds right now, got 4 wisdom teeth taken out yesterday when I made that post.

 

[Modular]

Ah, lol. No problem. There would be no reason to pirate the game anyways as I think it's in the bargain bin at any store that still carries it.

Enjoy the pain meds!

 

[effee]

Is the 1950xt the equivalent of the 8800gtx from nvidia

 

[CaiNaM]

Originally posted by: BFG10K
Do you notice any blue hue problems in other Direct3D games when you use AAA?

Sometimes there's a thin blue line on one side of the screen and I want to know if it's been fixed.

this happens in WoW when AAA is used... not sure on latest drivers as i haven't played it in a few months.

Originally posted by: effee
Is the 1950xt the equivalent of the 8800gtx from nvidia

no. ati doesn't really have an equivalent to an 8800GTX.

it's last generation, and offers similar performance to say.. a 7900GT.. albeit a bit better overall.

 

[LOUISSSSS]

Originally posted by: CaiNaM

Originally posted by: effee
Is the 1950xt the equivalent of the 8800gtx from nvidia

no. ati doesn't really have an equivalent to an 8800GTX.

it's last generation, and offers similar performance to say.. a 7900GT.. albeit a bit better overall.

what? the 2900xt = 7900gt? wth u smokin my friend
i'm pretty sure my x1900xt will outperform a 7900gt

 

[Zstream]

Originally posted by: CaiNaM

Originally posted by: BFG10K
Do you notice any blue hue problems in other Direct3D games when you use AAA?

Sometimes there's a thin blue line on one side of the screen and I want to know if it's been fixed.

this happens in WoW when AAA is used... not sure on latest drivers as i haven't played it in a few months.

Originally posted by: effee
Is the 1950xt the equivalent of the 8800gtx from nvidia

no. ati doesn't really have an equivalent to an 8800GTX.

it's last generation, and offers similar performance to say.. a 7900GT.. albeit a bit better overall.

The 1950XT beats the 7900GTX easily.

 

[will889]

X1950XT is slightly faster than a 7950GT. 8800GTS even the 320MB is faster than an X1950XT.

 

[CaiNaM]

Originally posted by: LOUISSSSS

Originally posted by: CaiNaM

Originally posted by: effee
Is the 1950xt the equivalent of the 8800gtx from nvidia

no. ati doesn't really have an equivalent to an 8800GTX.

it's last generation, and offers similar performance to say.. a 7900GT.. albeit a bit better overall.

what? the 2900xt = 7900gt? wth u smokin my friend
i'm pretty sure my x1900xt will outperform a 7900gt

?

where did an x2900 come into this discussion? he has an x1950xt..... the 256mb version with GDDR3 (not the 512mb x1950xtx w/GDDR4).

Originally posted by: Zstream

The 1950XT beats the 7900GTX easily.

"While the Radeon X1950 XT seems to have been released with relatively little fanfare, it is not another paper launch from ATI. It would of course have been quite a disaster if even a rehashed design turned out to be unavailable, but such fears seem unfounded, given by the brands we have seen selling at online retailers. Prices too reflect its attractive price performance ratio, ranging from US$250 - US$300. This places it directly against NVIDIA's GeForce 7950 GT. Based on the benchmarks we have seen, the Radeon X1950 XT more than holds its own against its NVIDIA opponent and mirrors ATI's recent successes like the Radeon X1950 PRO in offering a slightly better price performance proposition."

a full review

 

[LOUISSSSS]

Originally posted by: CaiNaM

Originally posted by: LOUISSSSS

Originally posted by: CaiNaM

Originally posted by: effee
Is the 1950xt the equivalent of the 8800gtx from nvidia

no. ati doesn't really have an equivalent to an 8800GTX.

it's last generation, and offers similar performance to say.. a 7900GT.. albeit a bit better overall.

what? the 2900xt = 7900gt? wth u smokin my friend
i'm pretty sure my x1900xt will outperform a 7900gt

in saying "its last generation" i figured he was talking about ATi's latest HD2900xt

still a x1950xt can easily handle a 7900gtx when turning up eye candy, which is what i like to see when gaming

 

[betasub]

Originally posted by: LOUISSSSS
in saying "its last generation" i figured he was talking about ATi's latest HD2900xt

Uh, that'd "current generation" surely? (not to be confused with "next generation" )

 

[CaiNaM]

Originally posted by: LOUISSSSS
in saying "its last generation" i figured he was talking about ATi's latest HD2900xt

no, the r600 would be "this" generation..

and what does any of this have to do with your x1900xt? we were discussing his x1950xt.

no need to troll and make this an nvidia vs ati thread; i wasn't knocking ati at all (that's what my 8800 replaced). i was just giving him a comparison by saying the card we were discussing is a bit better overall than the 7 series nvidia. wasn't dissin your card, was just speaking in general terms.

still a x1950xt can easily handle a 7900gtx when turning up eye candy, which is what i like to see when gaming

an x1950xtx, sure.. but not the 256mb x1950xt we are discussing. it's probably as fast or a bit faster than the GT and, r5xx had better image quality while being as good or better in performance than the nv counterparts, which is why i had one

not really the point of this thread tho.