1950pro 512mb PCI-E

I have heard that this card has problems when overclocked heat issues. If any one has this card do you overclock it or recommended doing so. I have never overclock video card before just CPU's, thanks

well overclcoking it might gain you a few frames but its not neccessary. I have the 256meg cousin and its hot enough as it is.

If you are going to overclock it may I suggest taking off the heatsink and apply a little AS5 or Arctic Silver Ceramique

I have the HIS version of that card, and I agree OC'ing it for games isnt gonna produce any noticable difference in performance.

However if you are OC it for Folding as I am, then you will find that OC'ing the card from default 2D clocks to what it would be doing for 3D games/apps, then it handles the heat very well.

I am comparing it to my x1900xt card which gets a little on the hot side when OC'd to 3D clocks for folding.

Ok sound good. i don't think I will be overclocking this card. i will be upgrading to 8800GTS in about a month or so. Any suggestions on which brand to get, thanks

Some like Sapphire offer additional software and others like HIS provide a quality cooler to help keep those temps even lower.

They are all pretty much the same, except for the ones that are factory OC'd.

If your getting a 8800gts in a months time, do you really need a x1950pro as a stop-gap?

I had the 1950 pro for some time now about a year. But I just seen that they can out with the new 2900 for ATI now a little confused on what card to get. I was reading a little on the 2900 series and saying this card run very hot but what big cards these day don't what do you guys think

Well what is your pc specs?

Also do you need dx10 right now and are you running vista.

I would say screw dx10 until the games start getting released (not 1 a month but 10+ a month).

Windows XP Home edition, E6400 OCed 2.7, 2 gigs of A DATA DDR2 800 mhz, ASUS P5N32-E SLI 680I, Coolmax 550 watt PSU, Sapphire Radeon X1950PRO 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card, X-Fi extreme gamer, Thermaltake VD1000SWA Silver Aluminum ATX Mid Tower

DX10 I would like to have it but by the time DX10 games come out I could of saved money buying the card when i need it

Well unless Mr Gates releases dx10 for XP you can't have dx10 without upgrading to Vista and if you do the best version is ultimate.