Are these 2 X1900 Crossfire cards the same?

[imported_Detoyminador]

I'm thinking about adding a X1900 crossfire card to my system but I'm confused with these 2 cards selling at 2 different online stores LINK / LINK of coarse I want the cheaper one but it says it's a X1900 were as the other site says it's an X1900XT both crossfires. Are they both identical cards???

 

[LittleNemoNES]

as long as it says crossfire you're good to go. ATI cards don't suffer from all the surnames Nvidia cards have (for now!)

BTW, those are some high prices... if you're in the US then try Newegg.com or ZipZoomFly.com

 

[imported_Detoyminador]

I'm in Australia, that's why the high price.

 

[LittleNemoNES]

O_O

wow

feel sorry for you, bud.

Hot there too, eH?

 

[imported_Detoyminador]

lol.

 

[1Dark1Sharigan1]

900 AUD = 692 USD so damn that's pretty expensive for a X1900 Crossfire card that goes for around $490 here in the states.

 

[imported_Detoyminador]

rub it in why don't ya :-(

 

[poohbear]

i've always been curious, y exactly are computer parts so expensive in australia?

 

[LittleNemoNES]

yeah, that's strange considering they're actually closer to Taiwan, china, and japan than we are

 

[trabpukcip]

I just paid $902.00Aus for my HIS x1900xt and $990.00Aus for my HIS x1900xt crossfire edition, yes we always get ripped off in Australia its called the "US Dollar x2" rule.

Just like in the UK its the "Change Dollar Sign to Pound Rule".

 

[Golgatha]

Originally posted by: trabpukcip
I just paid $902.00Aus for my HIS x1900xt and $990.00Aus for my HIS x1900xt crossfire edition, yes we always get ripped off in Australia its called the "US Dollar x2" rule.

Just like in the UK its the "Change Dollar Sign to Pound Rule".

Couldn't have anything to do with the fact that there are about 21million people in Australia. Of those 21 million, how many want a Crossfire edition of the X1900XT? Not to mention that once the cards reach Northa America, there are other places the cards can be shipped by ground to, to sell in North and South America. Once a card reaches Australia, the market is pretty much Australians. Americans number 350 million and probably buy more cards per capita.

 

[trabpukcip]

The "US Dollar x2" rule applies to just about every computing product in Australia not just Videocards, even high volume things like ram and cheap intel cpus.

How much would someone pay for this in the US?


Coolermaster 4-in-3 Drive box with 120mm fan, for Stacker case
SNT 3.5 USB2 & IEEE1394 Combo External case
RantoPad C1H mouse pad
Black 3.5inch 1.44mb Floppy drive, Panasonic
Compro Digital DVB / Analogue TV Tuner card
Coolermaster Stacker810 Black midi-tower case
HIS Radeon X1900XT
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Pro
HIS Radeon X1900XT Crossfire Master
AMD Athlon64 X2 4800+
2x Pioneer DVR-111D Black
MS Windows XP Professional
4x 250Gb Western Digital Caviar 7200rpm SATA-II hard disk, 16mb cache
PC-4400 2048MB Corsair TwinX Pro (2x 1024MB sticks) 550mhz 3-4-4-8 w/LEDs and heatspreader
DFI Lanparty UT CFX3200-DR Crossfire
320Gb Western Digital "JB" 7200 RPM ATA/100 IDE Hard Drive, 8mb cache
Tagan 530W Modular 20+4-pin power supply

$6,737.20Aus

Then $1,599.50Aus for a bandtastic Dell 2407WFP

 

[Golgatha]

About $500.

 

[Crescent13]

EDIT: Nm.

 

[DeathReborn]

Both are Crossfire Master Cards (identical model too). The currency conversion puts it at about the same price as a X1900 Crossfire Master Card in the UK so you aren't alone in the price hikes.

Originally posted by: gersson
as long as it says crossfire you're good to go. ATI cards don't suffer from all the surnames Nvidia cards have (for now!)

BTW, those are some high prices... if you're in the US then try Newegg.com or ZipZoomFly.com

No, ATI just have GT, GTO, GTO2, Pro, XT & XTX oh and AIW too.

 

[Topweasel]

Originally posted by: DeathReborn
Both are Crossfire Master Cards (identical model too). The currency conversion puts it at about the same price as a X1900 Crossfire Master Card in the UK so you aren't alone in the price hikes.

Originally posted by: gersson
as long as it says crossfire you're good to go. ATI cards don't suffer from all the surnames Nvidia cards have (for now!)

BTW, those are some high prices... if you're in the US then try Newegg.com or ZipZoomFly.com

No, ATI just have GT, GTO, GTO2, Pro, XT & XTX oh and AIW too.

Dont forget CF, I mean thats the topic of discussion how can you miss that.
Compaired to GS GT GTX I personally would rather suffer with the Nvidia surname lineup.

 

[Extelleron]

Originally posted by: Topweasel

Originally posted by: DeathReborn
Both are Crossfire Master Cards (identical model too). The currency conversion puts it at about the same price as a X1900 Crossfire Master Card in the UK so you aren't alone in the price hikes.

Originally posted by: gersson
as long as it says crossfire you're good to go. ATI cards don't suffer from all the surnames Nvidia cards have (for now!)

BTW, those are some high prices... if you're in the US then try Newegg.com or ZipZoomFly.com

No, ATI just have GT, GTO, GTO2, Pro, XT & XTX oh and AIW too.

Dont forget CF, I mean thats the topic of discussion how can you miss that.
Compaired to GS GT GTX I personally would rather suffer with the Nvidia surname lineup.

You mean:
GS, Ultra, GTX, GT, GTO, XT, LE, Extreme Edition (6800U EE), and probably a few others that I missed?

 

[DeathReborn]

Originally posted by: Topweasel

Originally posted by: DeathReborn
Both are Crossfire Master Cards (identical model too). The currency conversion puts it at about the same price as a X1900 Crossfire Master Card in the UK so you aren't alone in the price hikes.

Originally posted by: gersson
as long as it says crossfire you're good to go. ATI cards don't suffer from all the surnames Nvidia cards have (for now!)

BTW, those are some high prices... if you're in the US then try Newegg.com or ZipZoomFly.com

No, ATI just have GT, GTO, GTO2, Pro, XT & XTX oh and AIW too.

Dont forget CF, I mean thats the topic of discussion how can you miss that.
Compaired to GS GT GTX I personally would rather suffer with the Nvidia surname lineup.

Another that I forgot... XL. Altho strictly speaking the current generation uses:

nVidia: LE, GS, GT, GTX (7300, 7600 & 7900)
ATI: GT (GTO on some cards), XT, Crossfire Edition, XTX & AIW (X1900 (X1800, X1300 & X1600 is last gen))

 

[AzNPinkTuv]

Originally posted by: trabpukcip
I just paid $902.00Aus for my HIS x1900xt and $990.00Aus for my HIS x1900xt crossfire edition, yes we always get ripped off in Australia its called the "US Dollar x2" rule.

Just like in the UK its the "Change Dollar Sign to Pound Rule".

QFT seriously