• Palit X1950Pro Super

    Palit X1950Pro Super

    Sudeep Naik, Apr 13, 2007 1600 hrs IST

    It's bright red, big and fat. No, it's not Rudolf's nose we're talking about. Palit's 512MB Graphic Card with a humungous HSF is here to entertain you.

    Good performance, 512 MB memory, Good HSF, Well priced.

    Dual-slot design, Poor over-clocker.

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Performance
The benchmark scores don't clearly mark the Palit X1950Pro Super as a clear winner, but it does give a good AA and AF performance, atleast better than most of the others it has been compared to. It provides more than enough frame rate to smoothly play your favorite games at resolutions of 1280*1024 and higher.
Good show from Palit indeed.

Overclocking
We tried overclocking the Palit X1950Pro Super but couldn't really manage much, just a few points up from the default score. After a few tries the GPU throttled and gave a score lower than the one at default settings. The memory just refused to budge from the standard 1380 MHz mark. No overclocking this one. I guess the Qimoda memory chips with a 1400 MHz peak frequency are the reason behind it. Anyway, given the performance in the current games and benchmarks, you won't need to overclock it to play most of the future games (the ones releasing in 2007) as well.



Conclusion
The Palit X1950Pro Super is available for Rs. 11500 with a 3-year warranty. For that price and performance and the fact that you get 512 MB graphics memory, it's a great buy. Although it's just a little more expensive (1000 rupees) than the Asus EAX1650XT we reviewed some days back, it sure gives a massive boost in performance.

Also, the competing Geforce 7900GS from Nvidia doesn't really match the performance or , in some cases, the price as well. Clearly the X1950Pro Super from Palit is a much better choice indeed.

Overall, the Palit X1950Pro Super offers good value for money, considering the price/performance ratio being higher than most cards available in the market today.

Test unit sourced from: Shree Sagarmatha Distributors Pvt Ltd.

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(18) Comments
chris
,missouri, on Feb 23, 2008 06:45 AM
if you can Please tell me how many stream processors,"Pipelines" this video card has i am thinking of buyin it
zakir
,Mumbai, on Apr 18, 2007 09:37 AM
what is the cost of it and its used or new
bhargav
,hyd, on May 28, 2007 04:58 PM
how much soes it cost?
ashwani
,jaipur, on May 26, 2007 11:15 PM
Not used yet but look wise good,i mean sink fan shows the high speed graphic card
sagar
,bangalore, on Apr 25, 2007 02:23 PM
well it'? good............
vijayshimla
,Shimla 171001, on Apr 13, 2007 07:27 PM
With eminent advent of DX-10 cards- every mfr is throwing their excess inventory of DX-9 cards at cut prices. Consumer needs to be very wary of purchase of exp. cards now- because DX-10 games will need DX-10 Cards !! & they are going to hit the market with 8600, 8500 series soon.
Mohit
,Pune, on Apr 14, 2007 07:23 AM
You dont NEED a dx10 graphic card to run a dx10 game. Something of the processing power of an x1950pro will run all these dx10 games without a hitch.
vijayshimla
,Shimla 171001, on Apr 14, 2007 10:12 AM
directx 10 has program volumetric shaders, program high defition so if you have a directx10 graphic card and a directx 10 game you can benifit form this, however if you don't and you have a directx 9 card then you can still play directx 10 games but you will not be able to have volumetric shaders, program high defition enabled.
sidk
,Ghaziabad, on Apr 14, 2007 10:32 AM
Whose reply was that,vijayshimla? Weren't you the one who taught me not to copy other people things, eh?
Me !
,From my Rig, on Apr 21, 2007 01:54 AM
Why are you cribbing about volumetric shaders etc. Buy a Playstation 3 if you want raw game processing power. Otherwise this sounds like two nerds talking about things the whole world wouldn't give a phuk about !!
Anonymous
,From my Rig, on Apr 21, 2007 01:38 AM
As if calling something "B" instead of "A" makes such a difference. OS , Games , Utilities , Music , Video ... and "you" make the whole rig. And what "you" need is a machine which complements your need. To that end graphics cards are peripherals. Because not everyone on this earth likes the "big boys" and not everyone is hung on the latest phart from Microsoft. Lemme give you some advice ... sit and meditate and find out what you want to do in life ... you will find your "rig" and your OS and most importantly you will find there is no need for such inane comments ... comprende dude ?
krishnaraja
,chennai,india, on Apr 19, 2007 09:23 PM
is better then other card
muzux2
,Srinagar, on Apr 18, 2007 12:35 PM
on which Catalyst display driver Palit X1950 was tested....not given if they tested driver from it's CD, then the driver must b Catalyst 6.10..bad upto catalyst 7.3 there is performance gain of 25%-30%...not a good test setup
Harish
,bangalore, on Apr 17, 2007 04:56 PM
Hey fellas and Techtree, I have something to say. The new Microsoft OS, Vista, needs a decent dx9 graphic accelarator to run in its full glory. Which means a graphics card is no longer a peripheral. Not that it was since the last few years considering the stunning leaps in technology, but now that Big Brother recommends them, Graphic accelarators have officially become an essential component of the rig to run a state-of-the-art OS, bells, whistles and all. And lets face it, how many of us are really willing to settle for a basic version of Vista? We want the frills, right? :D So, maybe its time we stopped referring to graphic accelarators as peripherals, eh Techtree? Or are you gonna wait till the foreign websites do it so you can follow the lead? Or until all Indian PCs have Vista Ultimate installed? Cuz thats gonna take a while. The torrent sites don't have fully functional pirated versions of Vista Ultimate yet. :D Regards.
Rockfell
,gurgoan, on Apr 14, 2007 01:39 AM
Good point Vijay Ji
Gdn | TD
,Chennai, on Apr 14, 2007 12:47 AM
Good point vijay.. V indeed need to remember the DX10 factor..
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,!, on Apr 13, 2007 06:25 PM
Something is wrong with F.E.A.R benches,x1650 beating everything above it??
Grawp
,The Dark Forest, on Apr 13, 2007 05:33 PM
In the specification chart the Fab process is 80nm and in the article it is 90nm ??? Which is the real one???

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