Looking for a budget card and found a BFG 7950 GT 256mb PCI-E

[novasatori]

Topic & Summary

Thinking about a Geforce 7950 GT 256mb PCI-E for 139.99 after MIR from Newegg, but I wanted to see if there were any better deals.

I don't care about the chip set (ATI/NV) whichever one is better bang for my buck.

 

[hans007]

that seems like a great deal.


i suppose if you want to save some money you could get a 7900gs or something but the 7950gt will be faster.

 

[bryanW1995]

that's not bad, but I read a post last night from somebody who saw an x1950xt for 145. that would be a much better deal imho if you can find it.

 

[novasatori]

Originally posted by: hans007
that seems like a great deal.


i suppose if you want to save some money you could get a 7900gs or something but the 7950gt will be faster.

Yeah that was my thinking, and they are about the same price after the rebate.

Originally posted by: bryanW1995
that's not bad, but I read a post last night from somebody who saw an x1950xt for 145. that would be a much better deal imho if you can find it.

Thanks for the info I will be sure to look around for that.

 

[novasatori]

X1950 Pro v 7950

Seems a little slower but I see em for ~130 w/o rebates.

Opinions? I'd rather not deal with rebates if its not too much worse because last time I did rebates I didn't get my $20 back.

 

[Specop 007]

At the current time I'd take an ATI chipset or an NVidia chipset as I've not been impressed with NVidia drivers.

 

[Raider1284]

Originally posted by: novasatori
X1950 Pro v 7950

Seems a little slower but I see em for ~130 w/o rebates.

Opinions? I'd rather not deal with rebates if its not too much worse because last time I did rebates I didn't get my $20 back.

i think bryan was talking about the XT model like this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814102067 ati 1950XT for 167. This should be quiet a bit faster then a 7950gt, once its back in stock that is

 

[LOUISSSSS]

another vote the the x1950xt(x), it'll blow the nvidia 79xx series out of the water

 

[bryanW1995]

yeah, I went there to check it out the other day, but that's not it. I bought mine for 155 AR shipped 6 wks ago, but they sold down to the ground on them. they have an open box but i'd be very cautious going for an open box vid card. no, I saw the x1950xt for 145 here:

http://forums.anandtech.com/me...erthread=y&STARTPAGE=2