Lost in space
💻 Oldtimer
- Joined
- Dec 21, 2003
- Messages
- 3,608
- Best answers
- 0
Both points are true. ATI's current stock HSFs are screaming loud in comparision to nvidia coolers, there also double slot (however the 7900gtx is both of these, but the fan is not as loud according to people that have owned both cards). The only single slot soulution for a X1900 card atm is the X1900GT, and hopefully the X1950 HSF will be quite compared to the X1900 XT/XTX Coolers. Also, G80 is expected to still be a 90nm part while ATI is shrinking it's chips to 80nm (X1650 and X1950 series).Devion said:If you are so on graphics, then why take crossfire with the x800?
Crossfire(Only the X serie, not the X1) is limited to 1600x1200 @ 60hz.(So there goes your "so I'd rather be capped at 85 and have it look comfortable...." story)
nVidia doesnt have weird glitches, dont make some bull**** up.
nVidia only dont have independent angle AFiltering, which you dont notice running and shooting through a level, but it could be anoying.
But then again ATi has got texture crawling(In some cases, both Radeon and nVidia have it, most of the time ATi though), which is just as anoying as independent AFiltering.
Also ATi has sucky support in Linux or other OS.
nVidia drivers menu may not look shiny like ATi(Although there is alternative skin and layout now), but its 1000x more efficient IMO.
ATi has HDR+AA and nVidia doesn't except Half-Life 2.
New Geforce serie(7) runs more quiet and cooler then the Radeon's X1 serie delivering the same performance.
Both cards have their own strong and weak points, there isnt a clear superiour GFX maker.
So dont be so ATi-biased and go and pick up an nVidia card sometime. You'll be surprised how well they work and especially the user friendly driver menu.
A picture of the X1950 reference cooler:
(It looks simlar to a HIS designed cooler if you ask me)
http://theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33215 - X1950 has HDCP support.
Also, a few links on AMD's 4x4 platform, which is a concept to introduce quad core setups to desktop/gaming segments of the market. This is what will fight off Conroe untill AMD releases the K8L core and was just recently demonstrated
Links:
http://techreport.com/onearticle.x/10428
http://theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33268