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wbirkin   01-23-2007 at 10:41:44 PM

i currently have 2 dinosaurs of a monitor that one of them have a max res of 1280x1024 and the other, well, same resolution but anything higher will give me a rolling screen and anything lower also gives me a rolling screen unless i set it to a refresh rate of 30 interlaced. I just saw on a flyer that a store is reducing the price on my current vidcard of x1950pro with a $100 off. will it be worth it? im not planning to upgrade to dx10 in two years time so im thinking that if I crossfired, it can get me high frame rates (or medium frames) at that resolution for the dx10 games .

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akahuddy   01-23-2007 at 11:16:21 PM
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Buy several 1950PROs. Keep 1 for yourself and sell the rest for a profit. Then you can have money to upgrade to a nicer DX10 card once more of them emerge and the prices drop.

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slashzapper   01-24-2007 at 05:42:27 AM
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Well if you are just looking to game right now and at that resolution yeah definatly go for it .

I have a x1800 gto and it runs everything gr8 at that resolution although not at that highest settings .

so all in all i would go for it sounds like a good investment keeping your requirements in mind :)

just one thing should be kept in mind the sli will need more power which wil lead to more heat .

But if i were you i really would go for it , to game you do not need the fastest card or processor , but to game at 1600x1200 above resolutions at very high uber settings you do :)

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jitpublisher   01-24-2007 at 06:02:03 AM
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i currently have 2 dinosaurs of a monitor that one of them have a max res of 1280x1024 and the other, well, same resolution but anything higher will give me a rolling screen and anything lower also gives me a rolling screen unless i set it to a refresh rate of 30 interlaced. I just saw on a flyer that a store is reducing the price on my current vidcard of x1950pro with a $100 off. will it be worth it? im not planning to upgrade to dx10 in two years time so im thinking that if I crossfired, it can get me high frame rates (or medium frames) at that resolution for the dx10 games .



Sorry not meaning to hijack your thread, but................
I am wondering the same thing. Microcenter has the x1950pro for $199.
Although I only have a 19" LCD, would grabbing another one of these for a couple hundred bucks, thats pretty much pocket change, and doing crossfire be worth it? I am really happy the the first X1950pro I bought, and I do like to run with everything maxed, although I am limited to 1280x1024. It does seem that some times things still move a little slow.

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wbirkin   01-24-2007 at 06:42:17 AM
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no prob bro, good to know im not the only one having trouble deciding.

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It does seem that some times things still move a little slow


i tried playing company of heroes in an 8 player game. atleast im getting a frame or five max

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human_error   01-26-2007 at 12:55:39 PM
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Well if you are seeing slower frame rates than you'd like with 1 x1950 pro, go for it - crossfire allows higher AA so you may get a visual boost too.

the X1950 pro does use crossfire 2 - so it may be a couple more catalyst releases until it is working at it's highest efficiency.

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