I have a X1950 card and was wondering if the higher number of the video card is better. Like is the X1950 video card better than the X1900 card?|||take it you are asking two questions in one, sort of;
the top ATI card currently is the X2-900XTX, which implements the full M$-visto support including DirectX10; the X1 serie (e.g. X1-9x0) do *NOT* support DirectX10.
does it matter? not really, right now, unless an avid gamer running Visto Ultimate (and having a game which actually uses DX-10)
the ATI card numbering has gotten a little heavy, since ATI didn't want (initially) to use five digits to number its cards. thus the use of a X (e.g. X-800, X-700 aso.) instead of the 10.
how does the same card (thus a 800) compare across different generations? based on ownership of cards from all three generations from 9 to X1, this is how it looks:
X-800XT P.E. (performance relative to 9-800XT: about 2)
9-800XT (1)
X1-600 Pro (about 0.9)
nota bene, the X1-600 is somewhat slower then the 9-800XT in absolute graphic performance but displays the Visto Aero features more smoothly (it supports Pixel Shader 3)
bottom line:
the X1-950 is still a VERY good card.
sure, if you want to play DX10 games (can actually download a hacked DX10 that installs on XP, thus don't even need Visto for that) you are out.
otherwise? just enjoy even the latest (DX9) games at highest resolutions, on XP or visto.|||no not really. the best ati card is the radeon HD 2900.
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