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NvidiaKiller (8)    Aug 29, 2006 - 07:38 am

Nishua. I assume you're after a hardcore DX10 gamers box......well you could be waiting until Feb-March of next yr, cause Vista may not be out till then{the GPU's will come out regardless, and offer insane grunt for all existing games}....but you need Vista and ATI DX10 R600{G80 for Nvidia}. IMO, one must wait until a sufficient amount of software is available before one commits to hardware purchases, IOW, I wouldn't buy a DX10 PC until Vista came out and 3 or more games/apps popped up as well. If Crysis is delayed, then that fucks up everything....Crysis is a killer app/game....you can get 850x480 SD downloads of this game....it's looks insane graphically and technically{realism}, and Crytek have proven themselves with solid gameplay{Far Cry being the best FPSer of all time IMO} » Login to reply to this

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NvidiaKiller (8)    Aug 29, 2006 - 06:45 am

No DX10 support until the next gen cards come out later this yr.....so I wouldn't buy a high end card now{but that's just me, it depends on what resoultion and IQ you must have}. » Login to reply to this  Nishua (3)   Aug 29, 2006 - 07:23 am Damn it, I really thought this card had DX10 support looks like Ill have to go without a computer for a few more months. » Login to reply to this

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NvidiaKiller (8)    Aug 29, 2006 - 07:01 am

Demi....forget about fake gamers with 7600GS/GT{both are garbage these days}....7900GT/1900GT are what real gamers have or aspire to as a minimum. I think everybody accepts that Crysis will be an amazing technological achievement, and that will require a 7900GT DX10 equivalent to play properly. I think a 7600GT will handle Crysis at 800x600....but never admit to playing it at that poverty resolution, man up as I suggested when the time is right. Crysis. Stalker Bioshock. BIARMS 3 UT2007 are the games that demand a mansized upgrade. FYI...1950XF will be approximately the grunt of the mid range DX10 card, ie, we'll probably get 3 meaningful flavours, and I'd say a XF will comfortably run next gen of games, but will obviously lack max IQ{DX10} » Login to reply to this

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DrMonkeyButt (1)   Aug 24, 2006 - 10:49 pm

OK I will feed the troll. The 7950 is a about $80 more expensive than the X1950 RRP (approximately 18% more). But the 7950 does offer substantial framerate benefits in most benchmarks. I am sitting on the fence for my next purchase and would like to know which of the two is the quietest and which draws least power. I suspect the X1950 would draw less power (as well as being smaller for my case). The only thing that puts me off the X1950 is the poor overclocking performance. How well does the 7950 overclock? » Login to reply to this  NvidiaKiller (8)   Aug 29, 2006 - 06:51 am I don't know which is quietest or which draws the least power...I doubt there's that much in it...all I know is that the 1900XT's were obscenely loud, and ATI have rectified that. FYI, I'm a fanboy of good products...and I wish "both" Nvidia{Hyundia} and ATI{Merc} would ensure that the orginal cooler is relatively quiet.....otherwise just hand over all high end stuff to HIS. » Login to reply to this

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