Recent content by Mcmlxxx IV

Wow, so I'm pricing out some items for a couple of computer upgrades and when I got to the memory, I was stunned. There are no filters for memory capacity or memory speed anymore. What's next, no filters for core count and ghz on processors? Maybe they are still working on the new filter...

I was in a hardware store about three miles from the epicenter when it hit. It actually didn't feel that bad. I estimated a 5.0, if it was close. I didn't find out the epicenter for a bit afterwords as cell phone coverage went out. Hmm, I think I just felt a very small aftershock as I type this.

They already have...barely. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102067 Sapphire x1950xt 256 for $209 with a $20 MIR. You can get x1950pros approaching $150 now after MIRs. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161062

Actually, if I remember correctly, the NV30 was on 130nm without Low-K. Next generation, the r420 and r480 were on 130nm with Low-K, whereas the r430 was on 110nm without Low-K. I think the first high end card Nvidia that had with Low-K was the 7900GTX, which was 90nm Low-K. The 7800GTX was...

Oops, that was written by VS a couple days ago. I guess I forgot about it when I read it. It makes sense, though.

If those are true, it looks like it is a good bit slower than an x1950xt stock and slightly slower when overclocked. Still, that is not too bad for a midrange offering. The interesting thing is the SM2.0 and SM3.0 scores are opposite of the x1950xt. The x1950 gets higher SM3.0 than SM2.0...

Here is 3dmark06 running at my CPU's stock speed. I have also put in the links for the OC and stock run. I hope they work as I have never posted a 3dmark link before. The one I posted yesterday was stock GPU speed, but over-clocked CPU in case I was not clear. Anyway, here is the speed at...

Since there was discussion of the x1950xt 3dmark score, I decided to run it real quick in case anyone was interested. My x1950xt at stock speeds on a 3.2 Core 2 Duo got these scores: 3DMark Score: 6750 SM 2.0 Score: 2497 SM 3.0 Score: 2869 CPU Score: 2800

The question is: Which card is newer and are they the same top of the line OEM model? If the new picture is the latest version (and they are the same line), that means that the 240-270w rumors are false as it only has two 6 pins from what I can see.

I thought the same thing, but if you zoom in on the left connector, it looks like there are two unused power pins. Maybe this is a lower clocked dev part and the release will have a 6 and an 8 pin.