New ATI Radeon X1950

Mithosphere · July 22nd, 2006

http://dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=3446

fps justin · July 22nd, 2006

i guess they are hoping that this will tie them over until the R600 video cards come out. This is prolly a good way of testing weather or not DDR4 will be a large advantage or not. Interesting though.

polobunny · July 22nd, 2006

650mhz is alright on the core.
but...GDDR4?!

*Waits*

RangerXLT8 · July 22nd, 2006

Nice cooler ATI. Hopefully it's not anywhere NEAR as loud as the hair-dryer on current X1900.

How much or a performance gain will X1950XTX offer over current X1900XTX, probably not that much, MAYBE 10%(and that's generous).

Though I am really diggin' that new cooler.

polobunny · July 22nd, 2006

Looks alot like HIS Ice Q series cooler.
Rip-off? :P

**One4yu2c** · July 23rd, 2006

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Originally Posted by polobunny

Looks alot like HIS Ice Q series cooler.
Rip-off? :P

Which in turn looks a lot like Arctic Cooling's Silencer series.

**gvblake22** · July 23rd, 2006

Yeah, that new cooler looks MUUCH better than what has previously been produced by ATI; I like it!

But I have a feeling it is going to take more than a revised cooler and GDDR4 memory to make this card worth the cost; I'd wait for whatever is next...

polobunny · July 23rd, 2006

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Originally Posted by One4yu2c

Quote:

Originally Posted by polobunny

Looks alot like HIS Ice Q series cooler.
Rip-off? :P

Which in turn looks a lot like Arctic Cooling's Silencer series.

Doh, didn't think about 'em. Indeed. Well if it gives better performance, or at least no more whining, i'm all for it on future cards. Even if that means the price go up a bit.

fps justin · July 23rd, 2006

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Originally Posted by gvblake22

Yeah, that new cooler looks MUUCH better than what has previously been produced by ATI; I like it!

But I have a feeling it is going to take more than a revised cooler and GDDR4 memory to make this card worth the cost; I'd wait for whatever is next...

i'd have to agree. I think they are just gonna release this card to test DDR-4 and to create a bit of hype amongst ppl that aren't as educated in terms of computer parts.

Upgrades to things like DDR-4 gives me a warm feeling inside. Hopefully, all the next gen DX 10 with SM 4 and unified shaders cards will have DDR-4.

Question: is there DDR-5?

Lead Head · July 23rd, 2006

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Originally Posted by fps justin

Quote:

Originally Posted by gvblake22

Yeah, that new cooler looks MUUCH better than what has previously been produced by ATI; I like it!

But I have a feeling it is going to take more than a revised cooler and GDDR4 memory to make this card worth the cost; I'd wait for whatever is next...

i'd have to agree. I think they are just gonna release this card to test DDR-4 and to create a bit of hype amongst ppl that aren't as educated in terms of computer parts.

Upgrades to things like DDR-4 gives me a warm feeling inside. Hopefully, all the next gen DX 10 with SM 4 and unified shaders cards will have DDR-4.

Question: is there DDR-5?

GDDR4! Remeber the G! DDR4 and GDDR4 are very very different in terms of densities, although GDDR3 is based of DDR2, and DDR3 is based of GDDR3

July 22nd, 2006	#1
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RangerXLT8 Worker Ant Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 945	Nice cooler ATI. Hopefully it's not anywhere NEAR as loud as the hair-dryer on current X1900. How much or a performance gain will X1950XTX offer over current X1900XTX, probably not that much, MAYBE 10%(and that's generous). Though I am really diggin' that new cooler. Quad Core Xeon 3210@3.22ghz GA-EP35C-DS3R 460FSB x 7 -- 60mm Delta fan on NB 2x1gb OCZ3-1333@1380MHZ Sapphire 4870 512mb GDDR5 2x Raptor 150 ADFD RAID 0--WD320YS RE 16mb Storage Samsung Super WriteMaster 20x DVDRW X-Fi eXtremeGamer w\Logitech Z-2300 Silverstone OP650 54A 12v Rail @50C DamgerDen Torture Rack--MC-TDX--Black Ice GTX240--MCP355 Rev 2--Swiftech MicroRes-- Tygon 3603 3/8"ID Logitech G5 - Logitech LX-710 wireless KB Vista Ultimate 64

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