$250 credit or X1950XT -- your choice?

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v8envy

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Hi all,

Turns out my trusty 1 year old X1800XT will not be repaired after all. The absolutely fantastic fabulous amazing and generaly awesome guys at newegg offered to either credit me $250 for it (very generous), or give me a X1950XT as a replacement.

Which would you choose? And if it's the refund, which card would you get?

I need to decide quickly.
 
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MichaelD

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Not a fanboy of either camp (I currently am running cards from NVidia and ATI in diff PCs).

If it were ME, it'd take the $250 credit and shell out the diff for a 8800GTX. Fastest thing out there ATM and to get one for roughly $300 is a steal.

I know R600 is due out any day now. At the advertised MSRP, you can bet it's not beating an 8800GTX.

My two pennies. :)
 
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v8envy

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Erm. Did a quick check, and a 8800GTX is running about $500-ish, depending on the manufacturer. The 640M 8800GTS is about 400-ish, and the 320M 8800GTS is the only card dipping down to $300. Benchmarks didn't have it convincingly beating an X1950XT.

I play at 1600x1200, and the X1800 was all the card I needed. It'd be nice to upgrade, but is the 8800GTS worth the extra dough? Usualy I research my purchases carefuly, this one is just a completely unplanned sidegrade/upgrade.
 
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conlan

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I'd either take the X1950XT (one very nice free upgrade) or apply the $250 towards THIS

 
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polypterus

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At anything but 1920x1200 the 8800gts 320mb is the way to go for $250, isn't it?
 
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v8envy

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Thanks for the quick advice all. The 1950XT 512M would definitely be an upgrade, but it's the same heatsink on more silicon. Read some quick reviews, and 82C is what these bad boys run at under load. Since my card artifacted at 84C after about 11 months, I'm not willing to take the chance.

I can't praise newegg highly enough. Taking the credit (refund, actually) and budgeting a few bucks toward an nvidia card. Looks like it's unanimous -- the 8800GTS is the card to get today.
 
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Depends on if you care about running high resolution textures without swapping, if not then yeah the 320mb GTSs are a pretty good deal.
 
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yacoub

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Originally posted by: conlan
I'd either take the X1950XT (one very nice free upgrade) or apply the $250 towards THIS
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This guy is presenting the right options. Go with one of his suggestions.
 
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Nightmare225

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Originally posted by: conlan
I'd either take the X1950XT (one very nice free upgrade) or apply the $250 towards THIS
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That's basically saying you can get a X1950XT and 8800GTS 320 at the same price. What a stumper... :disgust:
 
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Cooler

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8800GTS 320 vs. X1950XT 512 the extra memory seems the favor better FPS at higher resolutions with AF/AA on . If I were you I would do one of three things. 1. get X1950XT 512 . 2. Pay The extra cash for 8800GTS 640. 3. wait to see the what ATI next gen has to offer at that price point. It is very hard to beat X1950XT 512 at its current price point. If you want to spend more then $50-100 more and get the 8800GTS 640 go ahead that is worth it. Untill the 8800GTS 320 comes down in price I would not recomend it to anyone.
 
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conlan

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Originally posted by: Nightmare225
Originally posted by: conlan
I'd either take the X1950XT (one very nice free upgrade) or apply the $250 towards THIS
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That's basically saying you can get a X1950XT and 8800GTS 320 at the same price. What a stumper... :disgust:
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The X1950XT he'd be getting for free is the 512MB model ;)

I see now how you have nearly 2000 posts in under a year,
go hump someone else's leg boy :roll:
 
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Moose1309

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If it's the 512 MB one indeed, then go for it. If it's the 256 MB version, take the $250, since it's going for $180 AR. Maybe I'm not reading as close as conlan but I didn't see them specify the 512 version, which isn't nearly as common AKAIK....

Out of curiosity, was your X1800 XT the 512 version or the 256 version? I'm running a 1800 XT 512 700/800 and decided to "sidegrade" to the 1950 XT 256 as an experiment, since the price was right...
 
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v8envy

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My X1800XT was the 512 meg version. The X1950XT replacement offered was also a Sapphire 512 meg version.

I was happy with the performance of the X1800XT, but as I posted before, after 11 months of operating at mid 80s temperatures (I don't modify expensive hardware while it's under warranty) it started artifacting. Awful Linux support my only sore point.

I'm a bit concerned about the thermals of the 8800GTS as well as the grumbling about poor drivers. I guess there's no clear win here, but the 8800GTS gets the nod at the $250 pricepoint for having slightly better performance and being more 'futureproof.'
 
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conlan

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Originally posted by: v8envy
My X1800XT was the 512 meg version. The X1950XT replacement offered was also a Sapphire 512 meg version.

I was happy with the performance of the X1800XT, but as I posted before, after 11 months of operating at mid 80s temperatures (I don't modify expensive hardware while it's under warranty) it started artifacting. Awful Linux support my only sore point.

I'm a bit concerned about the thermals of the 8800GTS as well as the grumbling about poor drivers. I guess there's no clear win here, but the 8800GTS gets the nod at the $250 pricepoint for having slightly better performance and being more 'futureproof.'
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Can't go wrong there :)
 
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JBT

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Originally posted by: conlan
Originally posted by: v8envy
My X1800XT was the 512 meg version. The X1950XT replacement offered was also a Sapphire 512 meg version.

I was happy with the performance of the X1800XT, but as I posted before, after 11 months of operating at mid 80s temperatures (I don't modify expensive hardware while it's under warranty) it started artifacting. Awful Linux support my only sore point.

I'm a bit concerned about the thermals of the 8800GTS as well as the grumbling about poor drivers. I guess there's no clear win here, but the 8800GTS gets the nod at the $250 pricepoint for having slightly better performance and being more 'futureproof.'
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Can't go wrong there :)
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ditto. I think that would be my choice as well.

 
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SickBeast

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Originally posted by: Ichigo
At 1920x1200, would the XTX win over the GTS320?
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No.

I don't understand why everyone on here dogs the 320mb GTS. It's a great card. AA is *not* all that important at 1920x1200! 2XAA is fine, and I find that mine can run with 4XAA enabled at 1920x1200 in most games anyway (FEAR being the only exception so far, but that game was probably coded by a 12 year old).
 
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