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Originally posted by: akshayt
1)nVidia doesn't support both HDR and AA together in its current crop of cards, therefore winner is 1900XT.
2)At stock 1900XT is faster, I would even choose it over a 7900GTX, what to talk of 7900GT.
3)Overclocked, 1900XT should overall be better, even a 1900XT can be overclocked
4)GEforce 7900GT won't be able to play games like GRAW, Oblivion, UT07, Crysis etc with AA at decent resolutions and max settings.
A 7900GTX is faster than a X1900XT. You show me a benchmark which sees the XT being overall faster. No frackal, your not going to show be an old benchmark using high quality because the performance boost from current drivers were not present way back then notably F.E.A.R, GRAW etc. Not to mention it draws less power AND is more quieter/cooler.
A EVGA 7900GT KO similiar performance to X1900XT
At 1600x1200, we found that we could play GRAW with the medium texture setting enabled. Dynamic lighting was enabled and Effects, Post Effects and Dynamic Shadows were all set to high. These settings were the highest-available settings for the GeForce 7900 GT, and it played pretty smoothly - the frame rate didn't drop too low, and there were very few occasions where the frame rate was stuck below 30 frames per second for more than a second or two.
We didn't have the same problems with the Radeon X1900XT, as it has a 512MB frame buffer. Thus, we were able to turn on high quality textures. Dynamic lighting was also enabled and Effects were set to high. However, in order to achieve a smooth gaming experience, we had to lower Dynamic Shadows and Post Effects to low and medium respectively.
I mean look at the HL2 episode1 benchmark. The 7900GT uses HQ in the driver, 4x TSAA 16xAF at 16x12 plus HDR, compared to the X1900XT using 16x HQAF, 4xQA, at 16x12 plus HDR.
The 7900GTs in general are easy to OC even without a vmod.
If power is a problem, check this out.
7900GT stock consumes 48W. X1900XT consumes 108.7W Not to mention OCing the XT means, higher power conumsption plus hotter. The card itself is already hot.
When G80 hits, i bet its going to feel the $599~699 spot. The midrange G8x cards wont come til maybe around early 07. Well thats my predictions, and according to the Q2 conference call, NV mentions that more G7x variants are coming. Maybe you could hold out til the X1950pro hits or the rumoured 7950GT (512mb).
NOTE - if your not going to hold out, BOTH cards need a 3rd party coolni solution to get rid of the noise and heat (especially the X1900XT).