| 7950 or 8600? [message #249716] |
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Viking
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Should I get the BFG 7950 512MB video card.
Or?
Wait for the 8600 card? I couldn't care less about DX10 as by the time I get vista way better cards will be out anyway.
If I get 7950 I can get is now! 
8600 wait about 30 days!
WHAT SHOULD I DO!!!!!!!!!!!!
DO NOT SUGGEST ATI I LIKE NVIDIA BETTER!
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| Crimson wrote on Thu, 17 May 2007 05:22 |
| Memphis wrote on Tue, 15 May 2007 03:54 |
...fatally die to death...
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I don't know if you meant to do that, but triple redundancy for teh win. I LOL'ed.
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| Re: 7950 or 8600? [message #249719 is a reply to message #249716] |
Tue, 13 March 2007 17:52  |
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I've got a 1GB 7950 GX2. It works fine and I have no complaints, but I would get the 8600, then you will be set for DX10 games like Crysis when it comes out.
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| Re: 7950 or 8600? [message #249727 is a reply to message #249716] |
Tue, 13 March 2007 18:50 |
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I would go for either if I had the money. If you can afford it, wait a month for the 8600.
| HORQWER wrote on Tue, 18 September 2007 20:47 |
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| Re: 7950 or 8600? [message #249822 is a reply to message #249739] |
Wed, 14 March 2007 11:54 |
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| Comrade wrote on Tue, 13 March 2007 21:44 |
R600
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Make sure you get a nuclear reactor with that.
WOL nick: JPNOD
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| Re: 7950 or 8600? [message #249825 is a reply to message #249716] |
Wed, 14 March 2007 12:10 |
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So 8600 it is than!  Just gotta wait till the 17 next month... weeeeeeeeeee... 
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| Crimson wrote on Thu, 17 May 2007 05:22 |
| Memphis wrote on Tue, 15 May 2007 03:54 |
...fatally die to death...
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I don't know if you meant to do that, but triple redundancy for teh win. I LOL'ed.
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| Re: 7950 or 8600? [message #249894 is a reply to message #249716] |
Wed, 14 March 2007 21:02 |
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There are no real performance numbers out, you're talking out your ass.
How exactly is doubling the performance of their previous generation "pulling a 5800?" The 8800 rapes every single game out there.
The R600 is meant to compete againt the G80. nVidia is releasing the G90 shortly after the R600 is released, then are planning to release G100 in 1Q 2008. nVidia has gone unchallenged for the last 6 months, and not only has it made them hundreds of millions of dollar, but it has put them far, far ahead.
I'm not saying the R600 will be a bad card, but it would simply be illogical to buy it since the card it is competing against will drop drasticly in price at the time of its release and be outdated.
Edit: The RV630 is a mid range card, likely to be the X2600. At 125W that measn you'll need to connect it to the PSU since the mobo can only supply 75W through the PCIE slot.
http://level505.com/2006/12/30/the-full-ati-r600-test/1/
Those were the only R600 benchmarks released and they were found out to be fake.
~Canucck
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| Re: 7950 or 8600? [message #249898 is a reply to message #249716] |
Wed, 14 March 2007 22:29 |
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To be honest though, I'd rather have a power efficient video card that is a little slower than one that consumes a lot more power. I seriously hope we don't end up buying 1K watt PSUs in the near future. Those things are just so unnecessary. And imagine what your electric bill would be...
But if it meant using ATi instead of nVIDIA, I wouldn't do it.
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| Re: 7950 or 8600? [message #249902 is a reply to message #249716] |
Wed, 14 March 2007 23:01 |
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My parents electricity bill is at least $40 more a month just from me alone due to my servers running all the time. One reason I am skeptical of upgrading to these more powerful components is because I would rather not have to pay the electricity bill right now...
Although, if I did do an upgrade, I would pay it anyway since I'm the one who uses it all the time.
To me though, they should start looking into ways to reduce the power consumption instead of just increasing output power. In the end, its going to bite them in the butt when people choose to save on their electricity bill rather than purchase new components.
David Anderson
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DCOM Productions
Microsoft Partner (MSP)
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| Re: 7950 or 8600? [message #249903 is a reply to message #249716] |
Wed, 14 March 2007 23:06 |
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I think right now it's biting them in the butt. They're responding to this problem, but not as much as I would like. At least they're working on it...
I started figuring this out when I got my 6800 almost two years ago, when I saw how huge and power hungry it looked.
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| Re: 7950 or 8600? [message #249911 is a reply to message #249906] |
Thu, 15 March 2007 00:20 |
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That isn't something to be proud of...
And, the 8600 should be around a 7950 GT for the GT version and the 7950 GX2 (perhaps a tad less) for the 512MB Ultra version. This is based on the fact that the 7600GT matched the top card for the 6-series. IIRC, the 6600 matched the 5950, too.
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| Re: 7950 or 8600? [message #249970 is a reply to message #249716] |
Thu, 15 March 2007 13:39 |
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OMFG YEAY! Here is my story of ghetto video card repair!
I saw a old AGP 64MB card sittin there, the fan is the same size as the one that broke on the card I am using. I took the fan off of that card and took the fan off of the card I am using. Put the working fan on the good card, BAM! Now it is keeping it cool! Now I can play games as I get the rest of the money for a new card! 
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| Crimson wrote on Thu, 17 May 2007 05:22 |
| Memphis wrote on Tue, 15 May 2007 03:54 |
...fatally die to death...
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I don't know if you meant to do that, but triple redundancy for teh win. I LOL'ed.
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Awesome l337 people= Icedog90, Blazea58, Canadacdn, Crimson, jonwil
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