Cybopache Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 i got this girl friend who wonder if there are 3 good reasons not to buy ATI X1950XTX. Does she need a special board to eventually run two of them in crossfire?. Like crossfire boards(like nvidia need SLI). In tests this card really kicks b... ,anyone who has/had experience with ATI cards and drivers?thankscybogirl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veK Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 it's a good card though I wouldn't buy it for 2 reasons:1. it's ATI and I don't like their products very much2. it's not a dx10 card which might become important as soon as vista is launched and the first dx10 games are available.now your questions:if she wants to have a crossfire setup she needs a crossfire compatible boardalso I think she need a "crossfire"-version of the card itself (afaik ati has different versions, a default version and a crossfire version with the cf version being a bit more expensive)experience with ati? yea me... and I don't like them. the drivers were crap most of the time and I almost always used alternate (modded) drivers. I'd rather pay ~100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybopache Posted January 22, 2007 Author Share Posted January 22, 2007 thx veK!I have noticed this at Toms hardware they say that to get the full attention from a 8800 card you really need a top tunes machine like duo extreme or duo2 . Ihave a link in the new hardware of 007. ;Dhehe. AShe dont thinking of doing that upgrade yet.cybo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veK Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 it's not about the power of the 8800 series - it's about that this gpu is the first for directx 10.so if I were her this is what I would do:1. either invest some more money and buy a 8800 series card2. or buy a cheaper and less powerful card than the 1950xtx (a geforce 7600 e.g.) and wait for some midrange models with the g80 gpu (8600 & co should be coming soon (cebit maybe?)). upgrade again then and sell "old" card and still getting a good price for it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybopache Posted January 25, 2007 Author Share Posted January 25, 2007 Yeah , shes going for the 8800GTX ::). and will upgrade to some serious intel stuff later on(duo Extreme or quad ).cybo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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