Crossfire setup?

[imported_browsing]

Would it be better to combine my x1900 xtx with a x1900 cf edition, or to go up the ladder a little bit and add an x1950 cf edition instead? ATI's website suggests the x1900 cf edition but I'm not sure if that is just because of price...

 

[hardwareking]

getting a x1950 cf edition will cause thex1950 card to downclock its memory speeds to x1900 xtx.So it will be as good as getting a x1900 cf card.
Either isn't a good option right now considering that a geforce 8800 gtx would offer the same performance at around the same power draw.
U should just hang on to ur present card and get a directx 10 cable card in January when the prices woulda dropped and hopefully ATI woulda released their cards.
If u still want to get it,get the x1950 cf,cause u can sell ur xtx l8r and use the cf as a single card.If the x1900 cf is a lot cheaper then go for that.

 

[imported_browsing]

Thank you, that was very good advice. The only reason I've been focusing on the crossfire setup anyway (I didn't intend to go cf when I purchased the xtx) is that I've got the spare parts to build another computer over the Christmas break, and one of the few things I still need to get is a graphics card. So what I was thinking is that I could pick up the x1950 cf card and use it seperately in the newer computer, then when the dx10 cards came out, I could add the xtx to it and run it as crossfire, which would make up for the lack of a dx10 card on that system. Then I would need a new dx10 card, and I could pop one into the machine that I took the xtx out of, if that makes sense. I could just drop $150 as opposed to ~$400 and get something decent to run in the new computer I'm building, and worry about dx10 when it comes out, but this seemed like a better choice to me. I don't know, any suggestions? Maybe there's another card out there I'm not thinking of for ~$100 dollars that is decent enough to match my spare e6600 for a few months of gameplay before I go dx10?

 

[beggerking]

check hotdeal forum.. 7900gs sells for around $120-$130 ..

newegg

or frys
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[aka1nas]

For the price of the CE card, you could get a 8800GTS which will perform about the same as am X1900 crossfire setup and be DirectX 10 compliant. You could then throw the X1900XTX in the other box. Having two X1900 cards isn't going to do anything for you by the time you actually need Dx10 compliance. They won't ever to be able run Dx10 only titles and by the time those games are out even an X1900 Crossfire setup would be too slow if they could run them.

 

[imported_browsing]

What timeframe are we talking about for the Dx10 compliance? Also, after skimming a few things, it looks like the 8800GTS would run me about 450 plus shipping and/or tax. I saw that newegg had this going on: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814127208 MSI RX1900 CrossFire RX1900 for like $288 after rebate. When Dx10 does really roll out, is the 88000GTS going to be left in the dust as quickly as the x1900s?

 

[Cookie Monster]

Originally posted by: browsing
What timeframe are we talking about for the Dx10 compliance? Also, after skimming a few things, it looks like the 8800GTS would run me about 450 plus shipping and/or tax. I saw that newegg had this going on: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814127208 MSI RX1900 CrossFire RX1900 for like $288 after rebate. When Dx10 does really roll out, is the 88000GTS going to be left in the dust as quickly as the x1900s?

450?!!? Neweggs got a 8800GTS for $395 AR. (add the shipping)

DX10 is where these DX10 cards belong so i wont think theyre going to be left in the dust.

 

[imported_browsing]

DX10 is where these DX10 cards belong so i wont think theyre going to be left in the dust.

I only meant that since it is the very first one, there will be bigger and better things, etc etc etc...

What's the skinny on this XFX GeForce 7900GS? Will it survive as a decent mid-range card for a while to come? If I was going to go the route of an interum card for 100-150, would this thing work?

 

[LittleNemoNES]

getting a x1950 cf edition will cause thex1950 card to downclock its memory speeds to x1900 xtx

Is this true? Not true with regular xt and CF cards. I know for a fact that I can set different clocks for each card for GPU and Mem on each card.