madian225 Posted June 4, 2006 Posted June 4, 2006 Hi I, like many others here I guess, find myself in the situation of looking to replace my current XFX 7800 GTX 265 mb card with something a bit more current. I admit that there is nothing wrong with it at all but even so it is still nice to look and wonder .....what if...... However, I am now a bit worried if my future upgrade will cause me more hassle that it is worth. I seem to keep on reading that a number of people here and elsewhere have had problems with thier 7900 GTX cards regardless of who made it and I am wondering if I should just keep what I have. This also raises the next question of what card will the manufactures produce that will actually work properly 99% of the time from day 1 rather than producing a card that seems to have no end of problems knowing all to well that the next generation of video crad is only 3 or 4 months away and that the amount of effort to fix/repair/RMA may well not be worth thier time and effort. I had been looking at the 7900GTX 512mb card or going for an SLI pair but with the new 7950 cards just around the corner will these fair any better or any worse than the current crop ??? All I do know is that gone are the days of the getting a video card as soon as it hits the shelf for me I will now be waiting to see if those who do take the plunge are having problems with it or not. I am guessing that I am going to have to wait awhile to see if a pair of 7900GTX card in SLI are better or worse, performance wise, than the new 7950 cards. just my thoughts really on a situation that seems to have gotten out of control and where the increase in profits and the high demand has been ofset against a high standard of quality control and in depth testing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splave Posted June 4, 2006 Posted June 4, 2006 I cant imagine the 7950 will be that huge of an improvement if you take it in the context of 7800 to 7900 and then a half step to 7950. Should affectively drop the 7900gtx price point though Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Synchronize Posted June 4, 2006 Posted June 4, 2006 7950 is SLi on one card but i don't think it will be faster than two 7900GTX's in SLi might be more like the performance of two 7900GT's maybe? Who knows, really need to see more results with the card. I'm really tempted to get one, the thought of SLi in one slot sounds awesome. Prices aren't gonna be modest though.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CopyNinjaKakash Posted June 4, 2006 Posted June 4, 2006 I had a Gigabyte 6600 card that was dual GPU and ran in SLI in one slot, but it only worked for certain gigabyte SLI boards, so i never got to try it in that reguard, but i can say i owned one of the first dual core graphics cards! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squid1 Posted June 5, 2006 Posted June 5, 2006 7950 is SLi on one card but i don't think it will be faster than two 7900GTX's in SLi might be more like the performance of two 7900GT's maybe? Who knows, really need to see more results with the card. I'm really tempted to get one, the thought of SLi in one slot sounds awesome. Prices aren't gonna be modest though.. The 7950 is clocked about like the 7900GT, but more RAM. It will not reach 7900GTX speeds in SLI. It's made for qud SLI. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
red930 Posted June 5, 2006 Posted June 5, 2006 Aren't they still haven't issues with those cards? I thought there was alot of problems with those 7950 SINGLE or SLI cards. You might want to just invest on an X1900XTX which would be a nice performance boost if you're playing games like F.e.a.r, oblivion. If you're still on Quake4, Doom3, opengl games, i wouldn't bother if you're already maxed out at 1280x1024 4xaa/8xaf. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellasvagabond Posted June 5, 2006 Posted June 5, 2006 Actually the 7950 will be about 80% of the speed of 2x7900GTXs in SLi. However we are talking about a single card ( thus having better support in games than SLI ) and quite cheaper than 2 7900GTXs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
red930 Posted June 5, 2006 Posted June 5, 2006 Eh, if evga ever gets their crap in order I plan on stepping up to a 7950, just to try it out if noithing else. The benchmarks look fairly impressive, and it might overclock some as well. Those were also preproduction drivers so it'll probably be optimized better in the future. I figure for $70 how can I go wrong? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellasvagabond Posted June 5, 2006 Posted June 5, 2006 Its one hell of a card but i think its too much for 19 inch LCD users like myself. If i get it i must step up to at least a 21 inch LCD... Quite some budget Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squid1 Posted June 5, 2006 Posted June 5, 2006 However we are talking about a single card ( thus having better support in games than SLI ) No the 7950 is SLI software-wise, same issues. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellasvagabond Posted June 5, 2006 Posted June 5, 2006 http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/7950_Series.html Well its here and its in stock ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redbeaver Posted June 5, 2006 Posted June 5, 2006 here's the review..... http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2769 interesting to know, Quad SLI will NOT be officially supported by nvidia (just like overclocking), and it seems to beat 7900GT (stock) in SLI... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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