• ATI X1950 XTX 512 MB

    ATI X1950 XTX 512 MB

    Punit Lodaya, Sep 29, 2006 1800 hrs IST

    Today, we take a look at ATI's flagship model X1950 XTX.

    Quiter than X1900XTX, Catchy looks, High performance.

    Heats up a lot, Consumes lots of power, Very expensive, Can't beat the competition.

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Today, we take a look at ATI's flagship model X1950 XTX. ATI and Nvidia are generally known for releasing new line of products every 6-8 months. Nvidia released the Geforce 7950 GX2 few months back and we have already reviewed a couple of them with still more to come. The Geforce 7950 GX2, though it houses the same core technology used in their previous flagship product, the Geforce 7900 GTX, was able to get the technology to the masses. The 7950 GX2 combines two extremely high performance GPUs running in total harmony on two conjoined, multi-layered PCB cards with plenty of speed and memory and fits on one PCI-E slot. Pair two of those and you have Quad GPUs working together.



On the other hand, ATI concentrated on getting out as much juice as possible from a single GPU. In order to match the performance of two GPU based 7950 GX2, with a single core design, it had no option but to raise GPU core and memory speed to never before heights. ATI still continues to use the same core of X1900 XTX. The GDDR3 memory used on X1900 XTX had already reached its saturation point with speeds in excess of 1.4 GHz. So, ATI accepted the new GDDR4 format, which is currently running at a blistering 2 GHz on the ATI X1950 XTX.

The ATI X1950 XTX is capable to obtain more performance when paired with another X1950 XTX in Crossfire mode. You can read all about the Multi GPU Technology, we had some time back.

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(28) Comments
vidyadhar
,bangalore, on Oct 29, 2008 02:49 PM
wanted 20 cards of ATI X1950 XTX 512 MB in india. Please send me details how to where to procure asap.
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NAS
,Bangalore, on Oct 02, 2006 09:39 PM
I agree with Rajesh...That ATI is packing almost enough punch in one GPU, rather than Nvidia's Dual GPU....Maybe the ATI card with GDDR4 will take care of cooling issue ...Great Architecture ..Smart work by ATI
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saumya
,lucknow, on Sep 11, 2007 05:05 PM
very nice
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anadi krishan
,chandigarh, on May 06, 2007 01:16 PM
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Pradeep
,chennai, on Oct 04, 2006 10:25 PM
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egulab
,Mumbai, on Oct 12, 2006 08:14 PM
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anadi krishan
,chandigarh, on May 06, 2007 01:12 PM
interested to have ati x1950 xtx 512 mb cross fire
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james
,mumbai, on Nov 07, 2006 02:13 PM
ati technology is far better than nvidia. the situation is similar to the one with intel and amd; intel leads in spite of having inferior processors than amd. same case here as well
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abhinay122
,Delhi, on Oct 15, 2006 12:22 PM
Can anyone tell me the name of the shop vender who sells XFX GEforce 6600gt 256mb 4X AGP graphics cards in Delhi?
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rajat
,delhi, on Oct 07, 2006 10:56 PM
things like these never see the light of day here because they are exceptionally overpriced !
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Blogger
,yeah right, on Oct 03, 2006 07:32 PM
ok so u ppl are rather stupid. does it MATTER if ATI's one card produces ALMOST as much performance as NVIDIA's dual gpu soln?? ur gonna pay for it right? what u shud look for is best possible performance in that much money. NVIDIA has that ATi doesnt. Also, think of it like this, NVIDIA's solution is SO efficient, they can plug two cards into one PCIE socket while ATi can plug in only one (and that too barely!) wow..the kind of ppl who read and comment here!! wow!!
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NAS
,Bangalore, on Oct 04, 2006 01:59 AM
I think its about time you checked the price of the Dual card solution from Nvidia ....Its twice that of a single nvidia card solution. buying a card on Price/Performance ratio is more sensible...rather than burning a hole in your wallet. ..And from the charts ATI's card is leading in the price/performance category,...and I don't like the noise and heating issue on the ATI card. and using GDDR4 should take care of that issue.
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Blogger
,Yeah right, on Oct 05, 2006 02:57 PM
well the 7950 GX2 is available for 38k from rashi peripherals. that is not a bad price for the performance. and as for the x1950, i cant find the price because i cant find a vendor with a card to sell!! so, even if i agree to the arguement that ati technology is better (i dont agree but lets suppose) wats the point? they can talk abt it all they want but if i cant buy it, the whole thing is wasted.
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Subha
,Kolkata, on Oct 07, 2006 09:15 PM
I smell a nVidia Fanboy here. This benchmark is not right. Why we are still using last last gen Quake 4 (which uses Doom3 engine) and where are games like Oblivion (you don't need this card to play Quake4). If you read any good site where reviews are at least 12 pages long you will know what this card is capable of.
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ab1
,mumbai, on Sep 29, 2006 10:17 PM
i think one important point missed by the reveiwer is that x1950 is capable of playing games in HDR & 7950 is not.and in certain games HDR makes a lot of difference and hence imo is a better by than the nvidia 7950.But anyone thinking of buying this card should wait till ati and nvidia both release dx10 cards
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Punit
,Techtree Test Labs, on Sep 29, 2006 10:26 PM
Nvidia 7950 GX2 can't do HDR + AA.
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Blogger
,yeah right, on Oct 03, 2006 07:25 PM
untrue. x7950 will let you play games in HDR and AA. The only problem is, it doesnt work on ALL games so if u want to play Far Cry, and ONLY far cry, buy ATi otherwise, stick with NVIDIA cuz its much better.
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Punit
,Techtree Test Labs, on Oct 04, 2006 11:10 PM
Well, still untrue. Nvidia cant do Floating point 16 based HDR along with Full Screen Antialiasing. This thing majorly affect in some games such as Far Cry, Oblivion, etc. however, some game developers such as Valve have given in a lot of effort in developing source engine, which can do HDR + FSAA even on Nvidia cards. but the catch over here is HDR is integer point based and not floating point. The difference between the two is from the developers side, as IP based HDR programming is time consuming.
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Blogger
,Yeah right, on Oct 05, 2006 02:47 PM
NVIDIA can do it if it is below 16 bit floating. the only 2 games that dont work in HDR and FSAA are far cry and Prey. It works fine on HL2 (doesnt matter if valve spent lots of time to develop it) it works right? age of empire 3, fear and all others. also, far cry is so old, it doesnt matter. Prey is an issue yes but im sure they are doing something with G80 on that. finally, i dont think ppl play just one game, what they should see is the experience they will get across the board and 7950GX2 beats ati there. wat say?
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Blogger
,Yeah right, on Oct 05, 2006 02:51 PM
also, just wanted to mention abt the DX10 bit. I think people buying cards now should just go ahead and buy them. There wont be too many DX10 games for the next 12 months. Also, the DX10 cards, if you buy them now (meaning immediately after launch) will have a high premium on them. Why pay the premium when you cant use the technology you are paying for? no games right? So i think ppl should wait for DX10 hardware to come out maybe, but then buy 7800 or 7900 as their prices will fall dramatically. Abt ati, i dont even know if they will come out with R600 this year. i think maybe q1 2007.
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Pradeep
,chennai, on Oct 03, 2006 10:40 PM
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Pradeep
,chennai, on Oct 03, 2006 12:33 PM
Call SETHIA INFOTECH for Best Product and Prices Of ATI based cards.Ph 32982159/42149599 or mail at Sethiainfotech@gmail.com
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rohit godbharle
,nanded, on Oct 01, 2006 01:54 PM
i have one account on techtree.
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absmas
,Kolkata, on Sep 30, 2006 01:34 PM
Hey Punit, why do the catalyst drivers recognise the card as a X1900 Crossfire Edition? I think the latest release of Catalyst incorporates support for the X1950. Maybe you should rerun the tests with the latest Drivers. I'm sure there will be noticible increased in OpenGL benchmarks like Quake 4.
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absmas
,Kolkata, on Sep 30, 2006 01:35 PM
sorry, i meant noticible increase in performance...
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Punit
,Techtree Test Labs, on Sep 30, 2006 06:22 PM
Well, I have used 6.9 Catalyst from ATI. It recognised only as X1900. Anyways, I did compared 3D Mark scores to the scores ATI has supplied in the press kit. And it matches. So it means, it running upto the mark.
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Rajesh Sundaram
,Chennai, on Sep 30, 2006 03:37 PM
In one way, I would say this card is better in terms of hardware. Atleast it matches 80% of 7950s (Dual GPU) performance with a single GPU.
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Soham Dutta
,Jorhat, on Sep 30, 2006 08:01 AM
The ideal price would have been 27-28k . Because it lags even the 7900gtx in many of the tests. Can anyone give me the current price of the XFX 7900gtx and x1900xtx.
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