x1950 xt or 8800GTS?

ok i know the GTS is better card. its about 100 bucks more here is my qustion how much more electricity does it use? I am trying to make a very energy efficient computer so that matters to me

thanks in adveance

lol, the difference of power consumption in either of those cards shouldn't be significant enough for you to care at this point. These are highend cards which require alot of power. It is very ironic that you are trying to make an energy efficient computer with this cards.
i highly suggest you dont get either of these cards if the power consumtion concerns you.

what?

i think the op is palnning on buying just one of the cards
and is dieciding which one to get.

2 1950,s wont smoke an 88gts.

meh, I know that you are a smart person and trust your judgement, but seriously. Get two x1950xt's in crossfire for the same price as the gts and that will smoke the gts hands down. Then only problem is the dx9 capability, so my advice is to wait for the second revision of the gts to come out at only $300 and then decide
http://www.techpowerup.com/?23435

You are out of your freaking mind! I challenge you to show me how two X1950XT's in crossfire comes out to be the same price as one 8800GTS http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814130071

Also do you realize that the 8800GTS are performing on the same level as the GTX's once overclocked to GTX speeds?! And btw they have all been overclocking fairly easily to GTX speeds so its not really a concern as to rather or not you will reach that speed.

A single 8800GTS in that case would perform better than Xfired X1950XT's as a single GTX has already been shown to beat the Xfired setup.


You would have to be an idiot to choose 2 x1950xt's over a single 8800GTS which has DX10 support plus outperforms the higher power consuming Xfired setup.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814102067
two of these

Uhh ok? now how in the hell are two of those cheaper than one $399 8800gtx again?

After rebates yours comes to $420

After rebates the 8800GTS comes to $369


Last time I checked $420>$369

Also I forgot to add that those are not even the 512mb X1950xt's and they still cost more. LMAO.

Taco I hate to have to burn you yet again but when you say such foolish things its kinda hard not too.

I still love you though.

yeah his post usually seem pretty good and informative.
but when he posted to me,

well it had me thinking maybee he has been huffin gas or whatever
teenagers do nowa-days

i just dont understand how he figures that the 2 ati cards are cheaper and faster than the g80 card.

i know he is young but always thought he was fairly smart.

maybe he has sniffed some compressed air 8O heard that was big with
the teenagers for a cheap high.

lol. This tickles my belly. These cards while crossfired put them close to the gtx price range. And any person here knows that the xt's dont even compare. Also, when going the crossfire route theres the possibility of having to upgrade the power supply to handle the 2 cards that aren't even as fast. So lets say "for the sake of the story" $200 on top of the $500 plus for the 2 cards. That just doesnt sound like good advice to me. Anyway, i was just bored.

He can look at it like this. The gts is much more power efficent for the performance delivered.

I think Taco must have tucked his tail between his legs and ran.

Uhh ok? now how in the hell are two of those cheaper than one $399 8800gtx again?

After rebates yours comes to $420

After rebates the 8800GTS comes to $369


Last time I checked $420>$369
Didn't know the gts had a rebate on it, thought it was 420 to 400, and something tells me 2 beats one in most cases, the gts is a far better stand alone card, but I think when crossfiring the cards, the x1950xt can beat the gts for dx9 high resolution games, as that is where crossfire really enjoys the spotlight when compared to sli of any older nvidia card

Dont listen to Taco kid. He is only 14yrs old and is an obvious ATI fanboy.
Not a fanboy for ati, just saying that until the gts drops to $300, I believe crossfired x1950xt's are a nice match, as the crossfire x1950xtx is pretty close to the gtx's performance, and has surpassed it in very few (please don't flame) of the benchmarks, but they beat the gts, and the x1950xt has proven to be just slightly worse than the xtx version

My mistake, just thought that the x1950xt in crossfire would be nice match up, because the x1950xt got the best buy for 250 and less, and that the gts didn't perform as good as the gtx because of the smaller bit pathways and pipelines.

And as I had said, when the gts drops down to $300, that will be the card to get, I doubt any mainstream gfx card that supports dx10 will be able to compete with that price and the performance the gts has.

Just one thought, is there really that much of a difference between 420 and 400?

WTF? I think you mean $420 and $369 Yes thats a pretty good difference the last time I checked. Like I said, you would have to be a true ATI fanboy to go the xfired rout from scratch vs getting the GTS.

Heck you can take that $50 you saved and by yourself a new game or something.

I am trying my best to get you to understand why picking (any and all biases aside) xfired x1950xt's over a single 8800gts is a bad idea but you dont seem to be getting it.

Really man, im not trying to be a prick too you but sometimes your just kinda thick headed and hard to get through to

I mean just think about it:

8800GTS= same performance in DX9 games of the GTX once overclocked to GTX speeds, this in turn will put its performance ahead of xfired x1950xt's. However this may no longer be the case once DX10 games roll out and start to make use of the extra shaders the GTX has over the GTS. Plus the 8800gts wouldnt consume as much power as the xfired x1950xt's.

With DX10 games and Vista around the corner it just doesnt make sense to go out and buy 2 x1950xt's over a cheaper better performing alternative such as the 8800gts.


Keep in mind 2 that the x1950xt's that you linked are also only the 256mb ones and its still more expensive!

Taco why in gods name do you keep referencing to that already proven to be FAKE review!!! this is the kinda sh1t that gets you into to trouble and dont tell me you didnt know it was fake as I have seen a few people getting on to you about it more than once!

None of those numbers for any of those cards in that review are anywhere to even being remotely correct!

That might be the case but it is still a poor choice over a single 8800GTS and I have already established that point and helped you to understand so lets move past that now please.

And as for benchmark information I would recommend just about any other site out there over tomshardware, seriously

LOL! Well I am going with the GTS but does anyone know when the new revision for 300 comes out? I would like to wait but I cant wait long.

I am an ati fan, BUT I am not realy an ati fan, they were just better tech till now, same with amd ALL of my computers were amd, but now getting core 2 duo cuz they pown the shit outa amd.

Who writes the toms reviews anyway (user names if you know them)?

And the $300 gts should come out around February, but as you know, many of the sites I seem to run into are fake, so that might not be true for a while.

I think that the gts will be a good buy regardless if they bring the price down to $300 (but it will have half the memory), because even if the r600 benchmarks turn out to be true and crush the gtx, the r600 won't be able to touch a $300 dx10 card

I nkow its proven fake, what I am saying is that if the r600 does creme the gtx by a margin as the fake reviews suggest, then gts will still be a great buy because the small $300 price tag for a very powerful gfx card, adn that's something neither the r600 will be able to touch because of its supposed $600 price tag, though we will have to wait and see as this is the way amd and ati just want to piss us off or are hiding a major failure

yeah, current information says that nvidia has many more unified pixel shaders, but they already have one dx10 card in the 360, who knows what they have in store, as I said, we will need to wait.