low end 8-series or high end 7-series?

[Jewels]

X1950XT is definitely the best value for money. Overall it's better than all the 7 series cards bar the 7950GX2.

 

[veg1992]

evga is a subsidary for Nvidia, ppl like bfg, evga, foxconn etc etc manufacture the card

 

[Nagasama]

X1950XT is definitely the best value for money. Overall it's better than all the 7 series cards bar the 7950GX2.

*cough*
huh?

 

[Jewels]

*cough*
huh?

Well OK it's on par with the 7900GTX I guess, but it's more widely available and much cheaper.

 

[Nagasama]

yeah but my 7900gs' will both clock as high as the gtx..?
they're even cheaper.

 

[mgcook]

8800GTS 320MB

can be had for $279.99 USD

 

[Jewels]

yeah but my 7900gs' will both clock as high as the gtx..?
they're even cheaper.

It's more than just about clock speeds though isn't it? Besides, the X1950XT can be overclocked too.

 

[Nagasama]

yeah but (probably) not 25% more than a 7900gs (at max overclock), which is the cost difference between the two roughly.
its about more than clock speeds now, the last series of cards, not so much i dont think.

 

[Poizen22]

yea but they got more pixel pipeline sorta,they have16 and can handle as much load as 3 regular pipes so they have like 46 pipelines wich is what makes the x1000 series more performing over the 7xxx series

 

[veg1992]

yea but they got more pixel pipeline sorta,they have16 and can handle as much load as 3 regular pipes so they have like 46 pipelines wich is what makes the x1000 series more performing over the 7xxx series

this is true, but u can easily overclock 7 series cards (don't say that u can overclock the x1k series too, because u can, but not that well)

take the 7900gs and its closest competitor the x1950pro, at stock speeds the pro wins, but if u overclock the GS to its max and the pro to its max (which isn't that much) the 7900gs wins...