Sapphire x1900gt enough for UT3 ?

[perzy]

Sorry for this silly question but i cant really tell wheather a 1900gt is good or not.

I'm short of cash right now and looking to replace my geforce 6800gs .

My aim is to run especially Unreal Tournament 3, and COD4 maybe.

This card,a I can get for 60 US$

RADEON X1900 GT Specifications
• RADEON™ X1900 GT core (575MHz)
• 256MB GDDR3 onboard memory (1200 MHz)
• 36 pixel shader processors
• 256-bit Memory Bus
• PCI Express x16

Is it worth it?

 

[qiddis]

ya, you can run it well but it also depend on your processor cause UT3 is multitreaded game, so dual core processor should be no problem.

 

[perzy]

Thanks for input. I have a X2 5000+ Black edition, so I should be fine in that category.

 

[pauldh]

The X1900GT isn't far behind the X1950 pro and both still do good in UT3 and COD4. You'll be able to play them at high details at 12x10 anyway. For $60 it's an amazing card and would be better for those two games than a 7900GT or 7900GS.

 

[pauldh]

http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/call_of_duty_4_demo_performance/page3.asp
http://www.legionhardware.com/document.php?id=693&p=5

Look how well the X1950 pro does in those links. The X1900GT is just a little behind and shares the same 3:1 ALU to texture unit ratio, so would also excel in these games.

 

[pauldh]

Here you can compare the X1900GT to the X1950 pro in other older games if you wonder how it typically compares:
http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/ati_radeon_x1950_pro/page12.asp

 

[perzy]

Thanks guys! You are really great! I will sure buy it now, it seems like a powerhouse.
Apperently it runs folding@home great too.