Was this a good deal? Could it give a 8800GTS 320 a good fight?

[joaoparaiso]

Hi,

I had a Sapphire x1950pro Ultimate Silent and wanted to trade it for a superior performance card. I was about to buy a 8800GTS 320mb for around 270$ when I found a 7950 GX2 for just 150$.

It felt it was a deal too good to let it pass, so I bought it. Besides the obvious lack of DX10 support (wich I honestly don't care), have I really made a good deal? In terms of pure performance, is it a match for the 8800GTS 320? (please bear in mind that it costed me 120$ less than a 8800GTS 320). It would be nice to get some oppinions.


PS - Does anyone know if this particular card, the XFX 7950 GX2 is noticiably noisier than my old near-silent x1950pro Ultimate? My PC is almost silent and I fear that this new card could ruin my near-silent-PC project.

 

[Laminator]

$150 for a 7950GX2? Hell yes, that is a good deal. Instead of the 8800GTS, compare it to the X1950 XTX. Is $150 a good deal for an X1950 XTX? Hell yes. The 7950GX2 is faster than the X1950 XTX AND consumes less power.

I don't know where you got an XFX 7950GX2 for $150 but I am tremendously jealous.

EDIT: Wait, your question is if your 7950GX2 is a match for the 8800GTS 320MB. That depends. It should be a little slower or faster in general (a little slower in shader-heavy games, a little faster in other games).

 

[Gneisenau]

The Gx2 would have an advantage at higher resolutions because of it's increased texture memory. (512 megs useable -vs- 320Megs.) Say anything above 1600 or so. If you're below that, the 8800 would be faster but probably not $120 faster.

I have a GX2 and love it. It's not noisy that I can tell, but then again I have my TV in the same room as my computer so it may dround out the fan noise. It will be at least one more generation of video card before I consider replacing it, and then only when any games I play then warrent it.

 

[fire400]

give him a simple answer: YES.

 

[bryanW1995]

sheesh, that is a fantastic deal! Where did you find a gx2 for $150??? I thought I got a good deal on an x1950xt for $155 shipped, but that is nothing compared to yours!

 

[WhipperSnapper]

Yes, yes, please do tell us...

Where did you find a 7950 GX2 for $150 !?!

I'm betting that you didn't get it off of eBay because the eBidiots would have bid the price up to $300. I figure that you must have found it at some online store that doesn't understand video card values.

 

[Laminator]

Source or ban!

 

[Atreus21]

Cake or death!

 

[Atreus21]

:shocked:

 

[WhipperSnapper]

I have a funny feeling that the mythological 7950 Gx2 for $150 is just a joke.

 

[bryanW1995]

yeah, that did seem a little too good to be true. of course, maybe he really did get the card for 150 but he can't post b/c his vid card isn't working any more...

 

[RussianSensation]

Quake 4 1600x1200 16AF Ultra Quality
8800GTS 320mb = 49fps
7950GX2 = 42fps

*At 2048x1536 8800 still outperforms it at 28fps vs. 22fps (but both too slow)

HL2 : Episode One 2560x1600 16AF
8800GTS 320 = 65fps
7950GX2 = 31fps

Battlefield 2142 2048x1536 16AF
8800GTS 320 = 66fps
7950GX2 = 53fps

Company of Heroes 2560x1600 16AF
8800GTS 320 = 34fps
7950GX2 = 28fps

Neverwinter Nights 2 1280x1024 16AF
8800GTS = 33fps
7950GX2 = 24fps

Source - VR Zone

STALKER 1600x1200 16AF
8800GTS 320 = 42.3fps
7950GX2 = 42.0fps
tie

Splinter Cell : Chaos Theory 2560x1600 4AA/16AF no HDR
8800GTS 320 = 29.6fps
7950GX2 = 45.1fps

Call of Juarez - 1280x1024 no AA/no AF with HDR
8800GTS 320 = 42.7fps
7950GX2 = 22.3fps

Prey 2560x1600 4AA/16AF
8800GTS 320 = 36.4fps
7950GX2 = 37.3fps
tie
* It should be noted that at 1600x1200 with same settings 7950GX2 provides 76.9fps while 8800GTS 320 62.4fps

Serious Sam II 2560x1600 4AA/16AF (no HDR)
8800GTS 320 = 33.7fps
7950GX2 = 42.7fps

Serious Sam II 2560x1600 no AA/no AF with HDR
8800GTS 320 = 72.4fps
7950GX2 = 55.9fps

Source: Digit-Life

 

[kmmatney]

shens?

 

[firewolfsm]

That's the 640MB version but still, the 8800 is faster, just not by too much, plus it consumes more power.