X1950GT inferior to X1900GT?

[f4phantom2500]

I read the specs for this new card, and it looks inferior to either of the X1900GT's; it's clocked at 500/600 while the X1900GT rev 1 is 575/600 and rev 2 is 512/660. It also has the same pipeline configuration, but if you really wanted to push it some of the rev 1 X1900GT's can be unlocked, making them slow X1900XT's. Why would ATI release a slower card and give it a higher number with the same suffix? As far as I can tell the RV570, though a cooler running chip, doesn't seem to be more efficient per clock than the "old" R580, so what the hell?

 

[HannibalX]

According to GPU review you are correct.

On paper the X1900 GT should be faster than the x1950 GT.

 

[imported_Nacelle]

VGA Chart

 

[Hulk]

Pale Rider,

I like your sig.

But you should change that to "HP gets it done faster."

Torque measures how much twist you can apply to the shaft. Horsepower measure how fast you can rotate the shaft while applying that twist.

Using gearing you can achieve any torque number you want.

But you can't fake horsepower as it is a measure of the rate at which work is done.