Question about X1600 Pro

[I'mAMac]

Its ok. When i'm in a bad mood im mad at everyone too. Espceially when people are stupid. (like my cousin )

 

[waddmyster]

X1600 Pro 512mb crossfire edition pci-e

Hi, i am new to these forums and i have been reading through some of them and they are all up to date which encourages me to ask this question . I have an X1600 (stated in title) in Crossfire with another X1600 pro. I was hoping for some decent frame rates in games but they are pathetic!! My old comp had a ATI 9800XT and that was almost as good!! It is in crossfire mode because i checked on the Catalyst Control Centre, so i just dont know if i am doing something wrong, or weather its just that the X1600 is a pile of poo. For example i get 30Frames per second on BF2 in max graphics and 800by600 res, all while they are set in crossfire mode!! I cannot believe this because my old comp was able to do that with the 9800XT. Please if anyone can help i would really apreciate it. Btw, my pc is: AMD Athlon 4600+ X2, 2gb ram, ATI X1600 Pro 512mb Crossfire eedition, ATI X1600 Pro 512mb Crossfire Ready and a "Sapphire Pure Crossfire Advantage Radeon Xpress 200 PC-A9RD480ADv" Motherboard. So, if this is as good as the X1600 gets, then i would prefer just the one X1900XTX my self only £50 more than the X1600 crossfire setup.

 

[IEatApples]

Uh... X1600 not X600 people...

Yes I know
Sorry for hijacking your thread
I'm just getting mad about waiting for that game

 

[Lord Blackadder]

...I have an X1600 (stated in title) in Crossfire with another X1600 pro. I was hoping for some decent frame rates in games but they are pathetic!!...etc.

I don't own an SLI or Crossfire setup, but IMHO you should take the money spent on those two X1600s and buy one X1900 - singe video cards are less finicky. Maybe someone around here with more dual vid card experience can say more.

 

[storage]

Maybe I missed something in this thread, but why does Apple say the 7300GT in the 24" iMac performs better than the X1600 in the 20"? While people here say the iMac annihilates (etc) a Mac Pro with a 7300GT?

 

[Lord Blackadder]

I'll reserve judgement until we see some benchmarks from Barefeats, but on paper the X1600 should outperform the GeForce 7300.

 

[waddmyster]

Ty

Thankyou Lordblackadder, i'll take yr advice and save up 4 the X1900. (money,money,money)

 

[bradz_id]

The X1600 mobility and the 7300GT are very similar in performance. The reason for the change is that AMD now own ATi and Intel don't want Apple supporting them so Apple will transition over to Nvidia chips to suck up Intel's ass.

 

[Zwhaler]

Will it run games like Battlefield 2 and Call of Duty 2 ok?

I own Call of Duty 2 and I can run it with everthing on full. Full resolution, AntiAliasing at 4X, All 3 texture settings at "extra" (which is better than high) dynamic lights on high and everything else on high or full. And it gets great framerates.

Do you think it is worse than the x1300 pro?

My friend owns the X1300 Pro in his Dell (he also has a 20" screen) and it is horrible. I can run everything in Call of Duty 2 on full settings at native resolution (1680x1050) and his computer cant even handle native resolution with all the settings turned completely off... well it can but it gets 5-6 frames per second. Now that is sad...

X1600 is loads better.

 

[Erasmus]

The X1600 mobility and the 7300GT are very similar in performance. The reason for the change is that AMD now own ATi and Intel don't want Apple supporting them so Apple will transition over to Nvidia chips to suck up Intel's ass.

I'm sure Intel couldn't care less whether Apple uses ATI or nvidia graphics cards, because Intel doesn't make GPUs, and Apple uses Intel CPUs. If Intel dared put pressure on Apple to move to nvidia, which they never would because Intel hates nvidia just as much as it does AMD/ATI, Apple would just move to AMD, and the AMD CEO would be extremely happy.

ATI's graphics cards seem to be outstripping nvidia's. Yes, nvidia is the only company at the moment with a DX10 GPU, but everyone knows that ATI's R600 is going to own it, and will most likely defeat nvidia's mid generation upgrade as well. Add the fact that there are no DX10 games out yet, and we have everyone waiting for ATI's R600. This quite possibly includes Apple, as they wait for something to pair with dual Clovertowns in the new 8 core revision of the Mac Pro.

Apple will always use what it deems best for the user, and what it deems best for its profits, which are inevitably one and the same. If ATI's cards are the best, Apple will use them, as they always have, and vice versa.

The idea that Apple will only use nvidia's cards in the future to "suck up Intel's ass" is a stupid, ignorant, trollish comment.