Radeon X1900 XT 512MB VS GeForce 6900 GT KO 512MB

Which card do you guys think is better. Does the extra memory on the cards really matter performance wise?

the Radeon or the GeForce



I like the fact that the GeForce is a single slot. But I heard AVIVO makes Radeons look really nice. My current card is a 6800GT 256MB.

The X1900XT is a far superior card, it's about equal to the 7900GTX not the 7900GT.

I actually don't understand people liking single slot coolers unless it is all they can use in their system. The dual slot X1900 cooler blows all the hot air out of the case, this single slot 7900GT circulates all the heat into the case.

Other issues cancel each other out. 7900GT burns less power and makes less heat, yet they burn up from heat issues more and again circulate the heat inside the case. Not sure on that exact 7900GT, but Digit0life tests noise and the 7900GT's are the loudest card according to them.

Edit, by the way, this card is equal to a 7900GT and is $200 no rebates.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814102007

Whoa thanks for the input guys, I had no idea that the Radeon cooler draws the heat out, I just thought they made it huge for kicks and giggles 8O. But serously do y'all think that a 512MB card is a good choice?

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LOL, ya thats what i thought at first but some things it says make me wonder that maybe its a horny young girlwho i believe are secretly hornier than young men 8) ) but i could be wrong and in for a flame

Ah don't say such stuff. I'm happily married and don't even want to hear how you came to those secretive conclusions.

The OP is going to think this place is messed up or full of 14 year olds (no offense anyone). Someone makes a typo and everyone gets all giddy.

The x1900xt is far superior to the 7900GTKO. That price is pretty good too anyway. Go for it.

X1900XT >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 7900GT. Simple as that.

how many nvidia cards blow air 100% out the back. ATI cards may indeed run hotter but since the GPU's can take a bit of heat it don;t matter. what does matter is hot air being circulated in a case. also i am not sure they use tons more power than their nvidia counter parts.

i always thought the heat and power arguments were old an disproven myslef.

x1900xt.. but considering that the card u have now isnt all that bad (for the age) u can just wait until DX10 comes out.. ur call mate

Well I am kind of doing an super upgrade for my computer. I am planning on getting an E6400 Conroe, a new motherboard ( havent decided on the best one yet), new RAM, and a new video card. I think that a Radeon X1900 XT will be able to run DX10 games just fine, so I am not worried about that. Right now thanks to all of your suggestions, I am leaning towards the Radeon.

PS. Yes I do know there is no GeForce 6900 GT, it was a typo. So lets forget about that, mkay?

Not exactly:









FULL REVIEW

Sure at stock, the 7900GT loses, but when OC'ed it puts a resonable fight, but all in all X1900XT is overall just better. Just saying...

~Ibrahim~

Wowzer! That surprised me. If he overclocks though, he will get those numbers. Otherwise the x1900xt is still the reigning contender.

yeah, but that is no fsaa! Who buys these cards and doesn't turn on the eye candy? Just like AnaNVtech to bench at such settings. I tell ya, play close attention to what Anand doesn't say.

Anyway, look over the digit-life charts, the X1900Xt spanks the 7900GT, especially once res is turned up and eye candy is turned on.

http://www.digit-life.com/articles [...] index.html


Hey, contrast Anand's BF2 16x12 scores to FS's 16x12 4x/16x scores. X1900XT almsot doubles the 7900GT and no overclcok is going to make up those grounds.

7900gt max oced with full volt mod kicks 2x 7900gt in sli (stock of course)

I know, I was just saying the power use is the only real disadvantage with ATI cards. And the slight better performance isn't the only reason I'm getting rid of my X800GTO, that exhaust is the bigger reason I'm getting the X850XT instead.

Word. Threads on other forums lead to this conclusion also.

Yup, but I just noticed yesterday, that huge 10+ page thread on the evga forums Called something like "Tally of those with bad 7900's" has been removed from their forums. The link now points to the 7900 series sticky but shows a server error at the top.

That was an amazing read. I read every single post over a 1-2 week period. There must have been a hundred bad 7900's with some peoplle on their 4th RMA'd card! i don't doubt many of them got them and immediately tried to OC the stink out of them as was their intensions...not going to accept one that didn't OC well and willing to do a GW ( ) and kill it quickly while it's easy to return. But still, I was amazed eVGA actually let that thread continue instead of pulling an XFX.



WOW unlike the last few times I tried the link and got redirected, it now shows up again: OK, now I respect evga again. Read it before it's gone.
http://www.evga.com/community/mess [...] C_ID=15366

LOL, and how many of the hundreds of posters in that link above hope to get such a card but instead got on a first name basis with the RMA department.

Have you read over that link?
http://www.evga.com/community/mess [...] hichpage=1

There's like 15 per page and 10 pages. I think the OP did a great job with asking the numbered questions. Take note at just how many people had 3-4 RMA'd cards. 8O

LOL, I was about to ask for your e-autograph and any of your extra OC'in equipment

Got a link to some of Shamino's performance scores on such a card?

http://www.vr-zone.com/?i=3437&s=3

i believe he had it at 800/2000

wow i was planning on getting a 7900gt, but they got so many problems...

Ouch, 4 cards, that's just horrible. Did you have to pay return shipping each time or did eVGA pick up that tab?

I paid all shipping to eVga, they paid shipping back to me. Due to the value of the cards, I shipped insured with signature release. Ouch! It was a shock, really, the DOAs. A few years ago, I installed something like 45 eVga cards in image processing PCs and every one was perfect. That's always been my nvidia experience. Guess I got spoiled.

Get the ati card, while their FPS aren't as high at lower res as nvidia crank everything up and the fps don't fluctuate as much as nvidia.

Also i had a 7900 GTX for 5 days and then it died. which is why i have an ATI.