X1900GT - have you guys heard about this thing?

[Fronic]

http://www.hkepc.com/hwdb/x1900gt-1.htm

Top end cards from ATi seem to offer very little in the way of performance to dollar ratio :(

7900GT performs better in half of the games at stock clock speeds, but it also rarely ever sells at stock clock speeds.

[Evilsizer]

some 7900gt's do come oced but the cheaper 7900gt's are stock. i guess it just a price standpoint. i havent looked at the price differences of the those two. It just comes down to how much faster for the $$ are you willing to spend vs the other one?

[HousERaT]

The card was just released today so it will be a few days before you start seeing forum member results.

[Seufari]

then there is always the possiblity of it unlocking...

*crosses fingers*

[dreamtfk]

From the ATI press release..

X1900GT (http://ir.ati.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=105421&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=852877&highlight=)

Saw one listing on Pricewatch but it was well over $400. This card seems interesting, I might have to go with a Crossfire setup instead of SLI.

[andyisc00l]

The Inquirer said that a guy bought one of these from best buy somewhere and said that that card was actually labeled as a x1900gto...so the fact that it was even labeled gto might mean something in relation to getting this card unlocked. A x1900gt unlocked to a gto @ $300 looks like it will be the card to buy.

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=31400

[Seufari]

i thought that the gto-->gt was purely a name change...

Now gt unlocking to xt would be the goal and it would make it the best deal in america

[andyisc00l]

I just kinda figured gt and gto were simliar products just less pipelines on a gt since the guy bought a x1900gt and it was labeled gto, and I thought gtos are better then gts..maybe someone else knows.

[Seufari]

actually from what I have been reading... it looks like the x1900gto to be released in the future will be a lesser card and retail in the $230 range.

[andyisc00l]

Really, I was going by the fact that I thoguht the x800gt and the x800gto were the exact same thing just the gto had more pipelines? Am I right?

[Mr. Perfect]

You're right about the X800s, but it can all change with the new cards.

[andyisc00l]

Anyways the card got beat by the 7900gt. By a good amount. Unless you can unlock it I doubt it'll be worth it, and if you can unlock it I still doubt it'll worth it.

[SemiCycle]

I'm currently considering this care myself. One thing has REALLY interested me, but I can't remeber where I read it. I heard ATI may release a driver that enables Crossfire without the need of a master card and will operate over the PCI-epresss bus. Anyone else have an update on this?

[ixq]

Hrmf.. well i just checked the green label on my card.. it says X1900GT.. so maybe a misplaced sticker or the just change the name from GT to GTO halfway threw the production?

but i would love to sometime in the future be able to unlock my X1900GT to XT. atm im just thinkin on maybe to force a XT bios onto mine but im afraid that ill blow it up :S

[Super Nade]

The hkpc forum says it has 1.4ns RAM and has 12 pipes as opposed to 16 of the x1800xl. Let us see how this will clock.

[Mr.Guvernment]

hey an x1900 AIW - it hyas the same 48 /16 stuff as the XTX just has slower clocks - overclock it and off u go :)

i was looking at the GT and it has been known about for a good month or so. and the price i saw were sub $300.

[IWasHungry]

From what I've seen, X1800XT > X1900GT