I think my signature has it, but anyway I have an ATI Radeon X1950XTX 512MB GDDR4 graphics card. This thing cost me $488.44 (which was a bargain at the time) and I bought it only days after it hit the market. On average, people are getting about $250 for this on eBay. I haven't come across a benchmark which pits the 8800GT and the X1950XTX against each other, but I'm certain the 8800GT would out-perform it. The question I have is, "By how much?"

The 8800GT on Newegg right now is $289.99, so I could easily sell my card and, without spending much more cash, get an 8800GT. But I need the insight of other wiser people here who are on top of the market and the performance points. Would it be worth it? I believe my system specs are in my signature, and my LCD resolution is 1280x1024, so I prefer to play at that resolution for gaming.

The only DX10 game I own is Bioshock, and I'm probably not going to be buying Crysis anytime soon (didn't care for the demo). But, I've kept this system for over a year now (built September '06) and its age is starting to catch up with it. The only other game I'm thinking about buying is Call of Duty 4, which I don't know if its DX10 capable or not.

So with all that information, would you think it'd be worth the time/cash to upgrade my card to a 8800GT? If you know of any benchmarks which include my video card and the recent line of DX10's, please share!
Thanks in advance.

i personally would not upgrade quite yet, it looks good
the 8800gt is a good deal/card though

I wouldn't jump the gun too soon...wait till Jan or beginning of December...till new cards spread on the market that way you have a pick of the new or the old ones which might have gone down in price.

You got a kickass card, I'd say wait until something even better comes along or at least until the dust settles with the Ati cards.

lets hope its soon

Don't sell until the succesor to the GTX comes out, your card is nearly top-line.

its not nearly top-line but it is good...lol don't over sell stuff out of the DX 9 cards its tied for first with the 7900 GTX...So its got 6-7 Cards infront of it

Like I said good card but don't over sell it Sorry if I sound like Ass but yea Tom's benchmark charts

Don't you think that with new middle-ends like 8800GT the X1950XTX price will quickly start decreasing? The best choice is to sell what is available now, wait a few months and then purchase smth like refreshed 8800GTS.

I would also vote for waiting a couple more months. The 8800GT is gonna drop price and ATI has not realeased the 38xx series.

Well, I'm not really an enthusiast at this point, so I figured I'd just upgrade my card and keep it for another year, then buy whatever's good a year from now. The X1950XTX's value is really declining as I've been keeping up with eBay listings for a couple months now, so I think that the more I wait, the less I'll end up getting for it.

So what do you guys think? Should an 8800GT tie me over for another year? 1280x1024 and I usually play with 4X AA.

Even with ATI's new series, their recent track record shows they're REALLY behind NVIDIA's progress. And I have a hard time believing a mid-range 3x00 series card would out-perform the 8800GT in addition to being cheaper ($289). 3D Mark scores don't impress me, just plain old FPS numbers.

And thanks for the responses so far.

The 1950XTX is still a great card.

Wait until the prices of the 8800GT settle in and the old 8800GTS models cost goes WAY down.

I'm sticking to my x1950 pro for ages yet, although I can't even use it until I get a working PC

Just wait another year. If you still don't like the newer generation cards, then wait another year as well. Keep repeating until you think the X1950XTX is at the bottom of the supported cards list of "Awesome Game to be named later in 20xx!"

So what games etc are you having problems with at the min then? if the answer is none really and you are just worried about the resale value of your currant card and are looking for the best deal then i think you should at least wait and see what the ATI card can do when it comes out in a few days time. Its quite rare these days to be able to get what will be essentially a free upgrade so best of luck to you with what ever decision you make personally i think its a no brainer really free upgrade to the latest hardware yes please
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