Radeon X1950 XT 512MB

[bloodandsoil]

I am looking to buy a Radeon X1950 XT 512, but I can't seem to find it anywhere. I've looked on newegg.com and tigerdirect.com but they don't have it.

The reason I need this particular video card is that it's the most powerful one that has a free 3D driver in linux. The R600 and R700 series are not yet supported.

Thanks!

 

[njdevilsfan87]

There's always Ebay.

 

[ViRGE]

I assume you mean the X1950XTX (notice the extra X)?

That whole line of cards is old enough that AMD wouldn't be producing them any more. You're not going to find one brand new, you'll have to look for second-hand cards.

 

[Ike0069]

Ebay or FS/FT forum will be your best bet. I just RMA'd my X1900XT ans was sent a HD2900 as a replacement since the manufacturer does not have any X1900 stock. I doubt you will be able to find a new one in a regular store anywhere uless they are still charging the original MSRP.

And I suggest you don't get hung up on the X1950XTX as a X1900XT or XTX are only slightly slower and may be easier to find.

 

[v8envy]

Before you spend enormous amounts of time trying to score a old card you may wish to consider what you need the power for. The free drivers are not very performant in games and may not support all the card's features. That's just the way life is -- ATI and NV spend enormous resources into optimizing drivers for likely game applications and fixing breakage where it occurs. You don't need a 1950 level card to do basic desktop effects.

As a Linux user you have to choose between having a 100% open system and functionality when it comes to 3d hardware. I managed to soothe my guilty mind by considering binary drivers as no different than firmware -- the whole thing is a black box to enable functionality.

Also, there is another open source driver effort other than radeonhd. That one does support the R700 GPUs, including the 4870/4850 but not including the 4760. None of the open source drivers enable video playback acceleration. I could be a bit out of date, I gave up trying to get ATI hardware to work properly on linux over a year ago. Head to phoronix and find out!

 

[myocardia]

From your link:

supports video cards based on the following ATI chips:


R600: Radeon HD 2900 GT/Pro/XT

RV670: Radeon HD 3850, HD 3870

RV680: Radeon HD 3870 X2

RV770: ATI Radeon 4800 Series

 

[ViRGE]

Originally posted by: myocardia
From your link:

supports video cards based on the following ATI chips:


R600: Radeon HD 2900 GT/Pro/XT

RV670: Radeon HD 3850, HD 3870

RV680: Radeon HD 3870 X2

RV770: ATI Radeon 4800 Series

3D acceleration isn't supported beyond the R5xx cards.

 

[Oyeve]

What are X1950XTX cards going for? I am about to put mine up for sale soon.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Originally posted by: Oyeve
What are X1950XTX cards going for? I am about to put mine up for sale soon.

No price checks, remember?