K33B4 Posted December 29, 2006 Posted December 29, 2006 Apparently i happen to drop the screw driver that i was using to tighten the HSF on my current 7800GTX and broke off a transistor... now the card is artificating and acting wierd. SOo i'm looking for a good affordable gfx card that would play Source, Oblivion at high resolution without glitch. I wanna spend around 200-300 max. Recommendations? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vitus78 Posted December 29, 2006 Posted December 29, 2006 get the 7900gs ko from EVGA... best bang for the buck card.. overclocks nicely and has a nice heatsink on it from evga Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest caffeinejunkie Posted December 29, 2006 Posted December 29, 2006 I say grab a cheap x1950pro. Overclocked it's comparable to 7900s and it only costs 200$ mine even came with an accelero on it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WintersFury Posted December 29, 2006 Posted December 29, 2006 I'll second that 7900GS. I have mine running at 620/805 from clicking the "Find Optimal" with coolbits, which means it's got some more in it when I feel like tweaking it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
-CsA-TAZ Posted December 29, 2006 Posted December 29, 2006 here we go again! the internet is your friend, do your home work and work it out for your self cos asking people on here just seems to start fanboy warfare, both ATI and Nvdia make the best cards on the planet, oh wait a mo they are the only ones that make them! the 7900 GTO would be my choice but then again the 1900XT is very nice too! toss a coin M8! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
THEnumber337 Posted December 29, 2006 Posted December 29, 2006 Go here and look at all the different comparisons. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
K33B4 Posted December 29, 2006 Posted December 29, 2006 Thanx for your suggestions. I'll Look into it!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vitus78 Posted December 29, 2006 Posted December 29, 2006 i wanst't trying to be a nvidia fanboy... just to let you know...the 1950pro is a nice card to... i was just going by some reviews i found that showed that the 7900gs ko when overclock has the best performance/price ratio out there... and then there is me.... eagerly waiting for the R600 from ATI......:drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yukon Trooper Posted December 29, 2006 Posted December 29, 2006 I had never seen the benchmarks of the 1950pro but those are very nice especially for that price. 7900GS doesn't even come close. It's especially interesting because the 1950pro they are using is a 256mb version and the 7900GS is a 512mb. Based on those benchies I'd definitely pick up the 1950pro. You can also get the 1950pro in a 512mb configuration for about an extra $100. That's the one I'd get. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
K33B4 Posted December 29, 2006 Posted December 29, 2006 Well i got the HIS Hightech 512MB x1950 Pro for 249.99 from the EGG. I think i like the card for the extra pixel pipelines it has compared to the 7950. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yukon Trooper Posted December 30, 2006 Posted December 30, 2006 You made a healthy choice. Note that you have to use the drivers on the CD supplied with your card. It seems that the drivers found on the web do not work properly with the card for some reason (for now anyways). This is probably because the card is fairly new and might run on a slightly different architecture than other ATI cards. I imagine ATI hasn't updated their drivers to support the 1950 fully yet but they should soon. Also if you are going to over clock your card make sure to use CCC instead of other apps because they will not recognize the card properly. When Kingfisher first bought his 1950pro these are the problems that he ran into. However this was about a month ago and the updated Catalyst drivers might support the 1950pro now. Cheers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
K33B4 Posted December 30, 2006 Posted December 30, 2006 Thanx m8 for the advice and info.. i did hear bout the driver problems while i was researching this specific card. Thanx for the headsup! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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