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GeForce 8600GTS 256MB Vs Sapphire Radeon X1950XT 256MB

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chris1784   07-06-2007 at 07:13:36 AM

i think the GeForce is better but by how much? does it completely overtake the Radeon? any comments?

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Cyan8313   07-06-2007 at 08:25:36 AM
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http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/v [...] html#sect1 for a review comparing them.

Nvm.. they tested a 1900XT.. :P

But even that outpreformed the 8600 so there shouldn't be any problem for the 1950XT to wipe the floor with it. X1950XT is a few notches under the 8800GTS afaik.

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SEALBoy   07-06-2007 at 09:04:21 AM
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Uhh, you got your info backwards man. The 8600GTS loses to the X1950Pro in almost everything, the X1950XT pretty much wipes the floor with it.

There isn't really any contest between these cards, get the X1950XT. The 8600GTS won't be able to run games in DX10 appreciably anyways (hell, an 8800Ultra has trouble running games like Call of Juarez and Lost Planet in DX10).

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shargrath   07-06-2007 at 09:40:55 AM
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yeh go for the X1950XT its destroys the 8600GTS and the X1950PRO will never match it.

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tomycs   07-06-2007 at 10:31:54 AM
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Am i the only one who finds the pricing for the x190Xt suspicious and that sapphire are the only ones offering it at such a price?

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jamesgoddard   07-06-2007 at 02:59:37 PM
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Am i the only one who finds the pricing for the x190Xt suspicious and that sapphire are the only ones offering it at such a price?



yes...

Sapphire are BY FAR the largest ATI board partner, so if anyone does it, it will be sapphire

The 1950xt is an amazing card, with performance only bettered by the 8800's / 2900's

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blade85   07-06-2007 at 03:42:36 PM
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i think the GeForce is better but by how much? does it completely overtake the Radeon? any comments?



switch the cards around and your info would be correct.

The x1950XT is waaaaay better in terms of performance. Depending on res and settings, on some games it can be as much as 100-150% faster

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yay   07-06-2007 at 04:02:58 PM
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Yep go X1950XT, it does mop the floor VERY well for the price, and i reckon it looks nice lol.

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chris1784   07-06-2007 at 04:40:37 PM
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cool, I actually bought the X1950XT, but then saw the other card and noticed that it had faster clock speeds, etc. I still don't know how to read those specs..

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rodney_ws   07-06-2007 at 05:06:42 PM
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cool, I actually bought the X1950XT, but then saw the other card and noticed that it had faster clock speeds, etc. I still don't know how to read those specs..



Yikes! Clock speed isn't a good way of comparing cards when you're talking about entirely different GPUs. I'm pretty sure there is an Nvidia 7300 that is clocked higher than my 7800 GTX... that clock speed difference means NOTHING (well, practically nothing) because my card is utilizing 24 pixel pipes against the 7300's 4.

So here's the road analogy... clock speed is how fast the cars are traveling... other factors (such as the number of pixel pipes/stream processors, memory bandwidth) determine how wide the road is... overall performance is how many cars are able to travel at once. You can have a really narrow road with fast moving cars and still not be at a performance level you want.

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Cleeve   07-06-2007 at 05:55:21 PM
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Luckily though - in this case he made a good choice with that X1950XT. :)

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rodney_ws   07-06-2007 at 09:45:16 PM
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It is hard to convince yourself that the older card is the faster card. If I were in the market for a high-end laptop right now, I'd have a hell of a time forcing myself to buy one with a 7950GTX... numbers tell me that is the fastest mobile GPU out presently, but in the back of my mind it'd bug the hell out of me that it didn't support DX10. I imagine the OP was going through something similar in his mind.

And you're right... thankfully he made the right choice. Anyone who buys an 8600 over that 1950 had better have a very specific reason for that purchase or else they're going to feel like a horse's ass once they realize what they've got.

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