Question about 7950 GX2

We could help you more if you post what your current card is, its kind of hard to tell someone if they should upgrade if you dont know what they have already.

Another point too: are you running an SLI mobo? The GX2s need them to run properly.

I had a 7950 GX2 and it was amazing and for $250 you can't lose, they still go for around $500-$600.

I am running a single GX2 card on y non-SLi board and it is great.

2000 points higher than my 7900GT in 3DMark 06

The card takes 2 power cables so it does take quite a bit of power. I'd say 500W or higher will do.

I agree with fender. I would recommend a X1950XT or maybe an 8800ultra when they come out.

8) yeah ty, and billdcat4 has a good idea too..

<--my level may label me as a stranger or newbie but my knowledge of this graphics card is vast as i've owned and researched it since the day it was released. wow, i had to register just to respond to this post. I'm appalled at the answers to your question i've seen in this thread and the lack of knowledge and information that some of the subscribers gave you.

1. The 7950gx2 is essentially 2 7900gt 512mb's with an internal sli bridge.
2. You DO NOT need an sli motherboard to run this card but your current motherboard should be on the supported list found here: http://www.nvidia.com/content/geforce_gx2_sbios/us.asp
3. It does get hot, proper case cooling is a must, a side intake fan or a 120mm front intake fan will help to cool this card, but also keep in mind that these cards are meant to run hot.
4. The card only requires (1) ONE pci-e power connector (or a 2 molex to pci-e adaptor) , it can be run off a good quality 450W power supply w/ 26A on the 12V rail. (This is what I'm using to power it - OCZ Modstream 450W)
5. Try to talk your friend down about $25 and you will certainly NOT regret your purchase, it is a fantastic card for playing all modern games at high resolution and is easily overclockable.
6. The 7950gt is not a faster or better card and the 8800gts 320mb is fast but lacking crucial mb's of ram to run higher resolutions w/ aa turned up. (see many reviews)

you got it. hope he made a good decision that he's happy with either way. thats what matters. being fully informed makes buying decisions fun.

DOOD, Toms VGA charts are always wrong; a 7950GX2 is 2x as fast as a 7950GT as it's essentially two cards in one. I'd take that card for only $250.

Well.. in theory yeah it should be "twice as fast" but it as always been crappy drivers hindering the performance of the 7950GX2..

Are you serious? Is that natural? Sounds like you need a 3rd party GPU fan to cool that baby.

Why is this thread back alive??

Unlike the 8 series, the 7 series couldnt do HDR and anti-aliasing at the same time rite? SO my question is if a 7 series is on sli (or 7950 x2 for that matter) could it enable HDR and anti-aliasing? Theoretically one card could render each feature, correct?

i thought about it but i wasnt too sure weather i should...me and my friends always thought that it was abnormal too, but i've read about other people that have the same problem, so i figured that it was normal. do you think i should try to rma it?

trust me...i've looked. other than getting a spacer kit and 2 zalman vf900 fans, theres nothing. i would go water cooling but i dont have enough for a good setup, and gpu blocks for this card are upwards of 200 dollars. i also transport my computer around a lot, so i dont know how much i wanna have a watercooling setup while my computer is in the back seat of my car.

^^ yah they definately should. i installed the swiftech spacer kit and kept the stock hs/fan and it lowered temps on both cores by about 10C at idle so im more than happy with it.
LambofGodE3X, what brand is your gx2? cuz evga allows you to take it apart and reapply the thermal paste with better stuff without voiding your warranty. if you don't want to do this i suggest rma'ing cuz mine never gets over 75C at load, even before the spacer kit.

Hmm maybe.. big jump in activity.. March 22 - April 15 there was nothing.. but w/e thats besides the point..

Drivers sub-par and they run hot.. if you are still considering.. I would go for an 8800GTS 320.. a good rule of thumb right now for buying a single card setup is: Anything below an 8800GTS 320, get an ATi.. while nvidia dominates from the 8800GTS 320 and up.. but this will inevitably change and probably with the release of the r600..