gt220 vs radeon sapphire x1950

[Leet0nee]

I'm doing a quick upgrade to my pc and I've got a gt220 and a radeon sapphire x1950, which is better of the 2? I'll be playing whatever games it can run at 1440x900, league of legends, bf2 , bfbc2?? , starcraft2 etc.

amd1100t
16gigs of ram
also win 7 ult 64bit

Thanks

 

[toyota]

pro, xt, or xtx for the 1950???

really though that is like asking which is faster between a sloth or a turtle.

both of those cards equally suck for modern gaming and will likely not be very playable for newer games at 1440x900. I would pick the gt 220 since it will use much less power while giving about the same performance.

 

[frozentundra123456]

Toyota is correct, but you could pick up a HD5670 or even HD5570 for around 50 to 75 dollars and have much superior performance to either of those.

 

[GoStumpy]

I have a spare GT220 I could stick into an Athlon64x2 2.5ghz to see if BFBC2 is playable....

 

[blckgrffn]

I would pick the GT220 from a power consumption/driver (x1900 is going to need to use the "legacy" drivers) standpoint. I would be prepared for some pretty low quality settings, but things should be playable given you have plenty of CPU. Starcraft 2, for example, is playable on a 4550 DDR3 @ 1280*1024 low/medium settings and the GT220 is much faster than that.

Seriously, I would hop on the FS/FT forums and get a GTX 260 for ~$50 and call it a day. It may not have all the features/dx levels but it has a ton of performance. It doesn't sound like an up to date feature set is high on your needs list.

Stumpy, you need to keep folding! No distractions! Speaking of which, why aren't you getting the 2k ppd out of that 220???

 

[cheez]

Toyota is correct, but you could pick up a HD5670 or even HD5570 for around 50 to 75 dollars and have much superior performance to either of those.

Are you sure the HD5570 is faster than the X1950XT? The price does matter and often dictate what the performance will be. The X1950XTX (single card) was a $500 card... Do you have graphs of both showing head 2 head?

 

[toyota]

Are you sure the HD5570 is faster than the X1950XT? The price does matter and often dictate what the performance will be. The X1950XTX (single card) was a $500 card... Do you have graphs of both showing head 2 head?

a 5570 is easily a little faster than an x1950xt. the x1950xt and 7900gtx were basically tied and even an 8600gts can match a 7900gtx in newer games.

 

[cheez]

a 5570 is easily a little faster than an x1950xt. the x1950xt and 7900gtx were basically tied and even an 8600gts can match a 7900gtx in newer games.

Thanks for the confirmation, Camry, oops I mean Toyota. Interesting name btw.^_^

 

[blckgrffn]

a 5570 is easily a little faster than an x1950xt. the x1950xt and 7900gtx were basically tied and even an 8600gts can match a 7900gtx in newer games.

I can vouch for this. I thought that a x1950 was going to be a solid card even a couple years ago for a guy at a LAN party... yeah, even mid range cards then were handling the games better. You need shading power these days.

I paid good money for a 6800U but I know it would be nearly worthless in modern games.

You can get a GTS 250 for less than $30 @ TigerDirect that will absolute curb stomp it.

And as I mentioned before, you don't get current drivers for the x1900 series, it's time to move on.

Plus we are getting to the point where games are DX10+ and we know where the x1900 series stands on that!

 

[cheez]

^ Does this mean the X1950XT will be faster than HD5570 on old games that are not DX10+ based?

 

[toyota]

Thanks for the confirmation, Camry, oops I mean Toyota. Interesting name btw.^_^

tbh I regret choosing that name. I was new to forums and just chose that name at random. I have never even owned a Toyota. lol

the OP really needs to get a better card than either of those. why have such an otherwise nice pc but hamper it with a super slow gpu?

 

[toyota]

^ Does this mean the X1950XT will be faster than HD5570 on old games that are not DX10+ based?

I doubt it but there might be a rare case where it could happen.

 

[cheez]

^ Thanks.

 

[GoStumpy]

Stumpy, you need to keep folding! No distractions! Speaking of which, why aren't you getting the 2k ppd out of that 220???

Hah! I have no machine to put it in! All my PCI-E Machines are filled (GT240, GT430, HD6850) and the only other machines I have are AGP! So the GT220 just sits there.... (was replaced with the GT240)

 

[blckgrffn]

I doubt it but there might be a rare case where it could happen.

Using 4x-5x the juice in the process? Perhaps!

If it has only 256 MB of frame buffer that is even further damning.

He's not asking whether his Windows 98 machine should have a Voodoo 5 or a Geforce 2 GTS for retro gaming, it looks like the games he wants to play could include recent releases. The theoretical performance of an unsupported card is largely besides the point.

Hah! I have no machine to put it in! All my PCI-E Machines are filled (GT240, GT430, HD6850) and the only other machines I have are AGP! So the GT220 just sits there.... (was replaced with the GT240)

I guess that is acceptable

 

[Leet0nee]

Thanks for all the reply's. I decided to go with the x1950 and I made a mistake its not a xtx but a GTX.

Solved all the hassle and snagged a Hd6850 on ebay for 140$ :whiste:

Funny story actually, I am buying a i5-2500k with a 300-400$ card and building around it for bf3, but now it seems I can play it fine ( once I get the 6850 ) So i'll happily play that till income tax time where I plan on building a nice pc.

 

[blckgrffn]

Thanks for all the reply's. I decided to go with the x1950 and I made a mistake its not a xtx but a GTX.

Solved all the hassle and snagged a Hd6850 on ebay for 140$ :whiste:

Funny story actually, I am buying a i5-2500k with a 300-400$ card and building around it for bf3, but now it seems I can play it fine ( once I get the 6850 ) So i'll happily play that till income tax time where I plan on building a nice pc.

Hah! Nice!

Indeed, you should be fine with your current rig + 6850. For all the talk of 2500k this and Bulldozer sucks that, it is a remarkably good time to be a capable rig with parts of your choosing. Would the 2500k be faster than your x6 in games? Probably. Would you notice? Maybe.