Pine GF XFX7900GT

[jackal]

I want to buy Pine GF XFX7900GT, 256MB DDR3 (256bit, 1,5GHz), PCI-E, Dual DVI/TV, retail But iam not sure about its quality. Does any one have one and can tell me if it is worth buying?

http://www.xfxforce.com/web/product/...ationId=186017

[Vlad]

That's a wee bit out of the Vintage Range. Vintage would be more like EGA and CGA, and the good old days of Monochorme. Thats about as Modern as One could get.

Moved to a better spot.


-Vlad
VC Forum Moderator

[alexkerhead]

What? I got a Kaypro IV sitting here that could blow that crap out of the water!

Seriously, XFX is a good company, and the 7900 is a great card, perhaps the fastest on the market now for gaming.

[Vlad]

What? I got a Kaypro IV sitting here that could blow that crap out of the water!

I was thinking the same about my Zenith Super Sport 286

XFX is a nice company, I have a GeForce MX4000 thats really nice....

-V

[alexkerhead]

I was thinking the same about my Zenith Super Sport 286



-V

Ah man, those things are sweet, I saw one running quake 4!

[carlsson]

I'm not sure if this is a genuine question or a way to get a referral link, but why would a big graphic card manufacturer want el cheapo referral links out of context? I found a similar thread here:

http://discuss.pcmag.com/forums/1004.../ShowPost.aspx

It appears the 7900 chipset is the currently most powerful and sought after. I don't know if the brand in question (XFX) has a better implementation or price than MSI, Asus, Gainward, Albatron etc. For some reason, I think Google will be a better place to ask these types of questions than a vintage computing forum.

[Vlad]

I kept it beacuase we always get so much joy from comments like mine and Alexkerhead's. If anyone wants me to, I can remove the link or I can just ax the whole post.... Remember the Teapot one? God that was funny. Espeially Erik's comment.

-V

http://www.vintage-computer.com/vcfo...ht=base+belong

[carlsson]

On Tom's Hardware, it appears that they only make a distinction between the different GPUs. I couldn't find any test of several graphics card with the exact same GPU but from different card manufacturers. Maybe it doesn't matter, but then why would anyone want to pay $10 extra for a card with the same specs as the cheaper one? More bundled software, better known brand?

Heh, someone else asked the same question:

http://forumz.tomshardware.com/hardw...ict178631.html

and it appears some cards are better with overclocking.

[alexkerhead]

I kept it beacuase we always get so much joy from comments like mine and Alexkerhead's. If anyone wants me to, I can remove the link or I can just ax the whole post.... Remember the Teapot one? God that was funny. Espeially Erik's comment.

-V

http://www.vintage-computer.com/vcfo...ht=base+belong

Aww, dont do it..lol.....that junk is hilarious.
I have seen these kind of posts before, and dont understand why people do it. Google/Yahoo/etc. can give you much better results than a bunch of people who think tandy, commodore, apple, ibm, etc. rule.

[Vlad]

That's why I kept this post, I knew we would get some joy out of it. Yes, Tandy does indeed rule. Don't get me wrong, I'm still a Vintage collector and all but I like Modern, High Powered machines as well. (Like my 64-bit rig and Cray I Telnet to which doesint really count since it's a Vintage Cray.) I love both Vintage and super modern high powered. I was always intrested in HPC*, but I like Vintage machines too.....

-V

*HPC = High Performance Computing