Buy ATI Radeon X1950XTX/512MB PCI-E Video CardATI Radeon X1950XTX/512MB PCI-E Video Card Product Description:
- Turn your system into the ultimate gaming platform
- Experience stunning 3D graphics in today's most advanced games with Shader Model 3.0
- Rip through games with 512 MB of GDDR4 memory for maximum performance
- Watch characters and their surroundings come to life with adaptive anti-aliasing and high dynamic range lighting effects
- Native PCI Express x16 bus interface
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New 100435843 ATI Radeon X1950XTX 512MB PCI-E x16 DDR4 2xDVI/VIVO/TV ROHS w/ c
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful.
By Bryan Bugaj
The Radeon X1950XTX is ATI's latest offering in the world of high-end videocards. With 384 million transistors on a 90-nanometer fabrication process and 512 megabytes of 1.0 Ghz (effectively 2.0 GHz) GDDR4 memory, it boasts a myriad of cutting-edge technology. With 48 pixel shaders and 8 vertex shaders, this card is ready to handle the demands of today's newest games, and ATI's avivo technology provides high-quality video playback. It evens supports HDTV output in 480p, 720p, and 1080i.By going with the new GDDR4 memory technology, the X1950XTX gains an appreciable memory bandwidth increase over its predecessor, the X1900XTX. Oddly, this increase in memory bandwidth doesn't always translate into a proportionate performance increase, so the X1950XTX doesn't necessarily have a huge edge over the X1900XTX, although the difference can sometimes be pretty significant, and tends to widen more when running games at very high resolutions, although not in all games. I definitely recommend checking out some benchmark sites such as X-bit Labs and Anandtech to see the numbers. In some benchmarks, it's on-par with NVIDIA's GeForce 7950GX2, which is pretty impressive, although the 7950GX2 has a significant lead in other benchmarks. Overall, the X1950XTX shows a consistent performance advantage over the X1900XTX, and is also consistently ahead of NVIDIA's 7900GTX, which the X1900XTX had been lagging behind. The X1950XTX is perhaps the fastest single card available, and has the advantage of being able to run HDR lighting and FSAA simulataneously.One welcome feature of this card is its redesigned cooling system. It generally runs very quietly, although it can get a bit noisy when the card gets hot. It's still a two-slot solution that uses the extra slot to blow hot air out the back of the system chassis, but for the most part it works quietly and efficiently. However, the card is pretty power-hungry, and can consume well over 100 watts of power at it's peak, meaning you need a pretty beefy power supply - ATI calls for a 450W unit with 30 Amps on the 12-Volt circuit.Overall, I was pretty impressed with the X1950XTX. Its performance increases were enough for me to justify the higher price over the X1900XTX, and its performance often rivals or surpasses that of two lower-end cards running in SLI. The only reason I docked it a star is the timing of its release, since DirectX 10 cards are very close on the horizon, although it's anybody's guess as to when games will be fully exploiting DX10's features. Also, the early word is that first-generation DX10 cards will be extremely power-consuming, possibly double that of current high-end cards. If you're looking for a single-card solution and aren't too concerned about the coming of DX10, the X1950XTX is worth a look; it's Vista-ready and has plenty of power.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
By Diego Musacchio del Brio
This is just great for a single VPU video card, the cooling system works great, moving all the hot air outside the CPU. The software overclock is good too, u can change values any time u want and u can select if u want those applied for 3D games only.It works with any game, I've tested it with Oblivion at 1280x1024, HDR enabled and every option at maximum. It works great with F.E.A.R at 1280x1024 with AAx8 and FFA x 4the price is good for a very high end video cards.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
By Janet C. Walker
I have been using this card with Core 2 Duo E6700 since January 2007. (10 mos.) I have not found any game it cannot streak through including Crysis Demo. It is much better than sliced bread, and if it had DX10 support it would be absolutely the greatest.
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