X1900xt vs 7900GTX

[Kyanzes]

Originally posted by: Pugnate
... And for god's sake, no one say 7950GTX!

I respect your request, I won't say anything.

 

[Pugnate]

Well right now I am on a TNT2 hehe.

 

[nitromullet]

Originally posted by: Pugnate
Well right now I am on a TNT2 hehe.

In your shoes right now, I would take the gamble that G80 will come out in the next 3 months and pick up an eVGA 7900GT(X) with the intention if stepping up when G80 comes out. As long as G80 comes out in 90 days or less, you can set yourself up with a sweet card now and have an upgrade plan for G80. Yes, I do think that the XT(X) is a better card for the money right now, but nothing beats the step-up to G80 plan provided they come out by mid October. it is a risk, but if it pays off it would be the way to go.

 

[josh6079]

Originally posted by: nitromullet

Originally posted by: Pugnate
Well right now I am on a TNT2 hehe.

In your shoes right now, I would take the gamble that G80 will come out in the next 3 months and pick up an eVGA 7900GT(X) with the intention if stepping up when G80 comes out. As long as G80 comes out in 90 days or less, you can set yourself up with a sweet card now and have an upgrade plan for G80. Yes, I do think that the XT(X) is a better card for the money right now, but nothing beats the step-up to G80 plan provided they come out by mid October. it is a risk, but if it pays off it would be the way to go.

:thumbsup:

Also, that DFI board isn't a lanparty A lanparty is what I'm really waiting for.

 

[nitromullet]

Originally posted by: josh6079
:thumbsup:

Also, that DFI board isn't a lanparty A lanparty is what I'm really waiting for.

DFI can only do what the chipsets can do, and right now the 975X is the best available chipset that supports Conroe (on certain boards). It doesn't really matter if DFI calls it a LanParty or not. I am guessing that they aren't really that impressed with the featureset of Intel's supposed "enthusiast" chip either or they would have made that board a LanParty series board.

 

[Elfear]

Originally posted by: ss284

High heat is a negative because thats extra heat in your house. Last I checked, extra heat in your house is bad during summer. 60 extra watts coming out of your computer within one room will make a noticable difference in the rate of temperature rise. While the extra cost of electricity from usage might be minimal, the electricity cost needed to cool that room back down isn't. Not to mention, with central air its difficult to cool one room in the house down without cooling the others.

I get where you're going with this but do you think 60W is going to make that big of a difference? Do you feel uncomfortable sitting in a room with a 60W lightbulb turned on or do you have any extra cooling costs when a 60W bulb is turned on in the house?

As for the noise issue, I would have to say you are in the minority if you consider the noise really not that bad. The thing is insanely loud, and it only gets louder when you overclock. Even at stock load, with the fan at 50%, the card is noisy, and definitely audible in most systems, as many reviews have confirmed. It is a jet engine when compared to the 7900GTX's cooler, but thats necessary since it puts out so much more heat.

The 7900GTX definetely has a quieter cooler on it but I guess bothersome noise levels are rather subjective. For the 3 days I kept the stock cooler on the card it only got loud to me at startup.

Replacing the cooler with an Accelero voids the already short warranty, something you wouldnt have to do with the 7900GTX.

True, but so does overclocking.

If your 7800GTX ran at 80C then the x1900xt is going to run much hotter.

I guess it depends on what you mean by "much hotter". My 7800GTX hit temps in the 78-83C range when I had it. Most people report the X1900XTX to hit temps in the 80-90C range. Hotter, but not by a whole lot.

 

[Pugnate]

Man living without gaming isn't easy. It is like fasting or something.

But my sis has an ok rig with my old 9800xt. It is running most games ok at low settings so I make do.