budget card choice... (100-150$)

[kv2]

i'm gonna be building my budget comp soon (~900$)

im deciding on my video card... either a x1950pro for $130 after tax, shipping, rebate..
or the x1950xt for $170 after tax, shipping. both from newegg

i know the x1950xt is faster... but is it worth $40 faster? i mean will this 30% price increase give me a 30% boost in performance?

i just wanna hear your opinions on it.
thanks.

 

[nyker96]

8600GTS I think is 150ish sometimes. That's maybe more duture proof. BUt if you just want the best now, I think x1950pro should be it. oh 8600gts also can do much more hardware h264 acceleration.

 

[myocardia]

Originally posted by: kv2
i know the x1950xt is faster... but is it worth $40 faster? i mean will this 30% price increase give me a 30% boost in performance?

The X1950XT can be up to 50% faster than the X1950 Pro, depending on the game, the resolution you'll be using, and whether or not you'll be using AA/AF, and how much of it you're using.

 

[Sonikku]

The X1950XT will smoke the 8600GTS in dx9 games. The XT can't run DX10 games, but all things considered the 8600gt probably won't be able to either.

 

[abaqus07]

Thank's for this post.

 

[bladder23]

Originally posted by: myocardia

Originally posted by: kv2
i know the x1950xt is faster... but is it worth $40 faster? i mean will this 30% price increase give me a 30% boost in performance?

The X1950XT can be up to 50% faster than the X1950 Pro, depending on the game, the resolution you'll be using, and whether or not you'll be using AA/AF, and how much of it you're using.

No Man. On Average 15% Increase
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[RussianSensation]

Originally posted by: bladder23

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Tom's Hardware chart is misleading. It simply adds up all the framerates in all the resolutions tested for a total number of framerates. This means at lower resolutions where X1950Pro is good enough, you are assigning equal weight to the numbers as to resolutions with high AA/AF enabled where X1950XTX smokes X1950Pro. But why wouldn't someone with an X1950XTX play at higher resolutions with higher quality AA/AF settings? Since extra shaders and 512mb allow you to increase AA/AF, it's fair to compare the cards under most stressful scenarios.

At 1600x1200 4AA/16AF X1950XTX is on average 50% faster than X1950Pro in these games:

Anno 1701
Call of Duty 2
Call of Juarez
Company of Heroes
Doom 3
F.E.A.R.
Gothic 3
HL2: Lost Coast
Oblivion
Prey
Rainbow Six Vegas
The Chronicles of Riddick
Serious Sam 2
Splinter Cell 3
Splinter Cell 4
Stalker
Tomb Raider: Legend
Call of Juarez D3D10

But it's even more important to single out some of the latest titles that came out:

Company of Heroes (X1900XT 512mb is more than 2x faster) and Supreme Commander where it is close to 50% faster
2x faster in STALKER, etc.

 

[f4phantom2500]

Originally posted by: RussianSensation

Originally posted by: bladder23

No Man. On Average 15% Increase
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Tom's Hardware chart is misleading. It simply adds up all the framerates in all the resolutions tested for a total number of framerates. This means at lower resolutions where X1950Pro is good enough, you are assigning equal weight to the numbers as to resolutions with high AA/AF enabled where X1950XTX smokes X1950Pro. But why wouldn't someone with an X1950XTX play at higher resolutions with higher quality AA/AF settings? Since extra shaders and 512mb allow you to increase AA/AF, it's fair to compare the cards under most stressful scenarios.

At 1600x1200 4AA/16AF X1950XTX is on average 50% faster than X1950Pro in these games:

Anno 1701
Call of Duty 2
Call of Juarez
Company of Heroes
Doom 3
F.E.A.R.
Gothic 3
HL2: Lost Coast
Oblivion
Prey
Rainbow Six Vegas
The Chronicles of Riddick
Serious Sam 2
Splinter Cell 3
Splinter Cell 4
Stalker
Tomb Raider: Legend
Call of Juarez D3D10

But it's even more important to single out some of the latest titles that came out:

Company of Heroes (X1900XT 512mb is more than 2x faster) and Supreme Commander where it is close to 50% faster
2x faster in STALKER, etc.

I completely agree.

 

[myocardia]

Originally posted by: bladder23

Originally posted by: myocardia

Originally posted by: kv2
i know the x1950xt is faster... but is it worth $40 faster? i mean will this 30% price increase give me a 30% boost in performance?

The X1950XT can be up to 50% faster than the X1950 Pro, depending on the game, the resolution you'll be using, and whether or not you'll be using AA/AF, and how much of it you're using.

No Man. On Average 15% Increase
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It's called reading comprehension.