X1950XTX - I want!

Spin · Post by **Spin** » 15 Oct 2006, 11:09

Hey guys,

I'm very interested in ATi's latest offering the X1950XTX.
Do any of you know where I can purchase two of these?

Thanks in advance!

WiK1d · Post by **WiK1d** » 15 Oct 2006, 11:17

Prophecy Store

Spin · Post by **Spin** » 15 Oct 2006, 11:51

Ooh, thanks -=WiK1d=-

One question, I've seen many people run a Radeon X1950 XTX 512MB PCI-E + Radeon X1950 CrossFire setup O_o

Do I need to get two specifically different cards to optimize crossfire efficiency, or will 2x X1950XTX's work just as well or beter?

Thanks again!

Hman · Post by **Hman** » 15 Oct 2006, 11:56

Isn't the "Crossfire Edition" card the same as a XTX?

WiK1d · Post by **WiK1d** » 15 Oct 2006, 12:01

AFAIK you need a X1950 Master Card and a X1950XTX or X1950XT to run Crossfire. Two XTX's won't work

Some more sellers

http://www.systemshock.co.za/forums/ind ... topic=7701

Yup...Just as I thought...You will need a XTX and a Crossfire Master Card (I don't think there is Master Cards in SA Yet...)

http://techreport.com/reviews/2006q3/ra ... dex.x?pg=1

Master Card Left...XTX Right

But in all seriousness...Why don't you wait for the 8800GTX. They are MONSTERS. Will kick the X1950 so hard. And you have a fairly frikken good setup at the moment as far as I can remember.

Hman · Post by **Hman** » 15 Oct 2006, 12:09

Then he can wait for R600.

WiK1d · Post by **WiK1d** » 15 Oct 2006, 12:11

Ok...so here is the X1950XTX vs the 7950GTX vs the 8800GTX

Core Clock: 650 MHz
Memory Clock: 1000 MHz (2000 DDR)
Memory Bandwidth: 64 GB/sec
Shader Operations: 31200 Operations/sec
Pixel Fill Rate: 10400 MPixels/sec
Texture Fill Rate: 10400 MTexels/sec
Vertex Operations: 1300 MVertices/sec

Core Clock: 500 MHz
Memory Clock: 600 MHz (1200 DDR)
Memory Bandwidth: 76.8 GB/sec
Shader Operations: 24000 Operations/sec
Pixel Fill Rate: 16000 MPixels/sec
Texture Fill Rate: 24000 MTexels/sec
Vertex Operations: 2000 MVertices/sec

There already you can see that the 7950GX2 is better in all factors.

Core clock: 575MHz
Pixel pipelines: 128 @ 1350 MHz
Memory: 768MB DDR3 @ 900 MHz
Memory interface: 384-bit
Memory bandwidth: 86GB/s

JUST LOOK! at that memory bandwidth.

If I were you I'd wait.

Gouhan · Post by **Gouhan** » 15 Oct 2006, 15:27

Rather a pointless exercise to get 7950GX2 or X1950XTX at this stage esp two of them.