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Manufacturer Warranty
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- Manufacturer Limited Warranty period (parts): 1 year
- Manufacturer Limited Warranty period (labor): 1 year
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Return Policies
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- Return for refund within: 30 days
- Return for replacement within: 30 days
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Poorly designed...
- Pros: Great performance/cost - I can play Oblivion on highest settings at 1280x720 with HDR and 4x AA without any problems. At the time I bought it, there were no other x1950pros around its price.
- Cons: Extremely loud fan, and since it is only a 2 pin fan connector, the speed cannot be controlled like on other cards (I tried ATItool,CCC, and others without success). The fan spins at 100% all the time! For a htpc, this is unacceptable - I can hear the fan from 2 rooms away. Card speeds were also mis advertised when I bought the card, but have since been corrected.
- Other Thoughts: This will be the first product I have returned to Newegg. At least newegg customer service is great as always.
Loud...very very Loud
- Pros: Average reference design type card. For the price it was the best choice at the time. I have not checked out the issue with the core clocks or anything but if they are off I will be asking for a refund.
- Cons: LOUD. I turned on my new comp for the first time the other day and thought a small airplane was flying into my room. This little fan spins really really fast and makes a ton of noise. I would not recommend this card to anything because of the noise alone.
- Other Thoughts: What were the engineers thinking putting a tiny fan on a very hot graphics part. Completely ruined an otherwise decent card.
Specs are wrong
- Pros: Fairly low price (after rebate) for this chipset. With the stock cooling, I was able to hit 648MHz core, though I couldn't overclock the RAM at all. Note that I didn't do any extensive burn-in testing, though.
- Cons: The specs on this page currently say 600MHz core / 1400MHz mem, but out-of-the box mine was 575MHz core 1200MHz mem (as noted above, the core overclocked somewhat, but the mem didn't). The cooler is small and noisy. No RPM or temperature sensors. The row of caps near the DVI and VGA connectors prevents most aftermarket coolers (such as the Accelero X2, which is what I tried) from fitting. For some reason, it has a normal Molex drive connector for auxiliary power, rather than the 6-pin PCIe connector.
- Other Thoughts: I've spent thousands of dollars over several years at Newegg, and this will be my very first return, I'm afraid...
| Model |
| Brand |
POWERCOLOR |
| Model |
X1950 PRO 256MB |
| Interface |
| Interface |
PCI Express x16 |
| Chipset |
| Chipset Manufacturer |
ATI |
| GPU |
Radeon X1950PRO |
| Core Clock |
575MHz |
| PixelPipelines |
12(36 Pixel Processors) |
| Memory |
| Effective Memory Clock |
1200MHz |
| Memory Size |
256MB |
| Memory Interface |
256-bit |
| Memory Type |
GDDR3 |
| 3D API |
| DirectX |
DirectX 9 |
| OpenGL |
OpenGL 2.0 |
| Ports |
| D-SUB |
1 x D-SUB |
| DVI |
1 x DVI |
| TV-Out |
HDTV / S-Video Out |
| General |
| RAMDAC |
400 MHz |
| Max Resolution |
2560 x 1600 |
| RoHS Compliant |
Yes |
| CrossFireX Support |
Yes |
| Cooler |
With Fan |
| System Requirements |
Connection to the system power supply is required: 450-Watt power supply or greater, 30 Amps on 12 volt rail recommended (assumes fully loaded system)
PCI Express compliant power supply (recommended). Connect directly to the power supply with a 6 pin PCI Express power connector
For CrossFire: 550 watt power supply or greater, 38 Amps on 12 volt rail |
| Power Connector |
4 Pin |
| Dual-Link DVI Supported |
Yes |
| Windows Vista |
Certified for Windows Vista |
| Features |
| Features |
The new "plug-and-play" CrossFire connect |
| Packaging |
| Package Contents |
X1950 PRO 256MB
Driver Disk
User Manual
Software Disk
HDTV Cable
S-Video Cable
Composite Cable
Power Cable |
| Manufacturer Warranty |
| Parts |
1 year limited |
| Labor |
1 year limited |
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Reviewed By: Andy on 6/19/2007
Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
