7900GS vs X1950 pro

[trencin]

I am building a PC for my buddy where I wil be using AM2 socket am 3600+X2 and gonna try to OC it to 2.6 ghz But I am wondering which card Should I get either the 7900gs or the X1950Pro for the PC he is like to game a lot and 8800 series is pricy for his budget and I saw the benchies on the Cards and it seems that the 195pro outperforms the 7900 gs for around the same price of buck fifty. I want your opinions if I should go with the 1950pro ?? thanks

this ATI CARD http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102075

OR

this Nvidia Card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814143070

thanks for any upcoming help

 

[Maziar]

both are good , check out the GPU charts

 

[Dahak]

The X1950pro is a good gamer,but not a good over clocker.The 7900gs on the other hand overclocks quite nicely.But I believe the 1950 is slightly cheaper.But then again your friend might want to SLI or CROSSFIRE.Ya check the charts out.They'll be more help as I'm slightly prejudiced in favour of NVIDIA.Goodluck.

Dahak

M2N32 SLI DELUXE MB
ATHLON64 X2-5600+
EVGA 7950GT KO
THERMALTAKE 850WATT PSU
2X1GIG DDR2 800 MEMORY
WD SATA2 80/250GIG HD
RAIDMAX SMILIDON GAMING CASE
XP MEDIA CENTER EDITION

 

[kpo6969]

http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards.php?card1=443&card2=466

 

[blade85]

either will do. Get the cheapest one you can find..lol

 

[SteelZ]

If your gonna OC then Go for the 7900GS but if u wanna play striaght outta box Go for the X1950pro. its faster than the 7900GS but if u gonna sli or crossfire go for the 7900GS SLI is way more mature than crossfire.

 

[randomizer]

Power supply?

Also the x1950 pro can OC the memory pretty darn good on stock cooling, as long as you go up ONLY in 7MHz increments. The core.... forget it.

 

[blade85]

Power supply?

Also the x1950 pro can OC the memory pretty darn good on stock cooling, as long as you go up ONLY in 7MHz increments. The core.... forget it.

dunno if it was a driver issue but i couldnt oc my memory at all before. The core on the other hand i took from 580 to 620 without any issues.

 

[jitpublisher]

I'd get the 1950pro. I have an ATI 1950pro, and have been running it at the current overclock for about 3 months without a glitch. The 1950pro's seem to very sensitive to the drivers used when overclocking. When I first bought it a year ago, it would not overclock at all. Later drivers would allow some minor tweaking, sometimes with the core and sometimes with the memory. With the last 2 revisions of drivers though, overclocking seems to be much easier and more stable. The card also seems to scale pretty good with slight overclocks.
I can push the core up even higher, I have had it as high as 617 but during intense gaming it starts getting a little warm. I just decided to leave it there, the temps stay okay, and gets the job done nicely for the games I play.

594 core
722 memory

 

[Dr_asik]

You're comparing the X1950Pro 512Mb with the 7900GS 256MB. Here's an X1950Pro at 136$, which is clearly a better deal than that BFG 7900GS.

 

[cleeve]

X1950 PRO all the way, unless you're an overclocker.

 

[trencin]

thanks for all the input I really appreiciate it and I odered the X1950 Pro just now since he nor I will OC the the card. Again thanks for all the help this is my number 1 nerd side assistance website

 

[randomizer]

I'd get the 1950pro. I have an ATI 1950pro, and have been running it at the current overclock for about 3 months without a glitch. The 1950pro's seem to very sensitive to the drivers used when overclocking. When I first bought it a year ago, it would not overclock at all. Later drivers would allow some minor tweaking, sometimes with the core and sometimes with the memory. With the last 2 revisions of drivers though, overclocking seems to be much easier and more stable. The card also seems to scale pretty good with slight overclocks.
I can push the core up even higher, I have had it as high as 617 but during intense gaming it starts getting a little warm. I just decided to leave it there, the temps stay okay, and gets the job done nicely for the games I play.

594 core
722 memory

I got my memory to nearly 800MHz, but it actually decreased my 3dmark score.

 

[blade85]

I got my memory to nearly 800MHz, but it actually decreased my 3dmark score.

hahaha, tough

I guess a lot of something is never too good