Win 7 Upgrade

[Kohan]

Hi all,

I currently have a Radeon x1950xt. But as this is a "legacy" product ATI are not officially supporting it any more.

I tried the legacy x64 drivers from the site but they simply do not install. As such i am thinking of buying a replacement.

What would you suggest that would work on a 64bit Win 7 OS? I just need something that is of equivalent power, as it did me fine for what i do.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Simon

 

[mfarrukh]

Well,
You didn't mention your resolution, your budget and e.t.c.

However,
Here are some suggestions:



For $50:
Radeon 4650
Will give you good performance in most games upto 1280x1024

For $65:
Radeon 4670
Will give you good performance in most games upto 1680x1050


For $120:
Radeon 5750 or GeForece GTS 250
Will give you good performance in most titles upto 1920x1200 .

Personally Speaking I would go with 5750, because:
Newer card, will be good for couple of years or so.
DirectX11
Shader Model 5
...

For $160:
Radeon 5770 HD
Will give you great performance in most games for upto 1920x1200



Choose accordingly
Want to ask a question?
You are more then welcome



GooD LucK

 

[outlw6669]

Welcome to the forums!

You can still use the 9.11 Vista x64 Drivers to run your current card in Win 7.
I believe this will limit you from using the Aero interface but everything else should work just fine...

If you decide you would still like a new GPU, please post your budget, screen resolution and intended usage.

 

[jaguarskx]

The HD 4670 would be the equivalent (maybe slightly more powerful) to your X1950XT.

If you want something more powerful, but want to stay under $100 then I would go with the following:

1. 9800GT
2. HD 5670
3. 9600GT

 

[Kohan]

Well,
You didn't mention your resolution, your budget and e.t.c.

However,
Here are some suggestions:



For $50:
Radeon 4650
Will give you good performance in most games upto 1280x1024

For $65:
Radeon 4670
Will give you good performance in most games upto 1680x1050


For $120:
Radeon 5750 or GeForece GTS 250
Will give you good performance in most titles upto 1920x1200 .

Personally Speaking I would go with 5750, because:
Newer card, will be good for couple of years or so.
DirectX11
Shader Model 5
...

For $160:
Radeon 5770 HD
Will give you great performance in most games for upto 1920x1200



Choose accordingly
Want to ask a question?
You are more then welcome



GooD LucK

Thanks for the advice, my resolution is 1920x1200, i didnt mention it as i just wanted a like for like replacement that simply worked with windows 7. I will take your advice into consideration. Thanks again

 

[Kohan]

Welcome to the forums!

You can still use the 9.11 Vista x64 Drivers to run your current card in Win 7.
I believe this will limit you from using the Aero interface but everything else should work just fine...

If you decide you would still like a new GPU, please post your budget, screen resolution and intended usage.

I tried those and even the old 9.3 Vista drivers, (i heard they worked) but i always have problems. The catalyst installer usually just stalls. I even tried installing them manually but my card is not listed in the .inf file.

 

[outlw6669]

That is unfortunate.

In that case, the above recommendations are pretty good.
I would however take the GTS 250 out of the running.
The 5750 has DX 11 support, draws quite a bit less power and has that nifty eyefinity feature.
Performance is fairly similar between the two with the 5750 being faster more often than not.