just bought a new HIS X1950pro platinum

[xman2007]

what do you guys think of this card, good bad? and what about the price not bad im thinking saved me £15-£30 off buying retail.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300066999885&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.ebay.co.uk%3A80%2Fsearch%2F search.dll%3Ffrom%3DR40%26satitle%3D300066999885%2 6fvi%3D1

[Jimmy 2004]

Nice deal if it has genuinely never been used.

[ATIonion]

what's that about $130 usd? if so that a good deal man..nice buy...great card too...was it new in the box for that amount or just slightly used? either case i'm sure you will enjoy it as it is a great card....fyi: i hear that an aftermarket cooler is needed on that card...the card gets really hot with stock cooling...still a great buy tho...:rockout:

[xman2007]

what's that about $130 usd? if so that a good deal man..nice buy...great card too...was it new in the box for that amount or just slightly used? either case i'm sure you will enjoy it as it is a great card....fyi: i hear that an aftermarket cooler is needed on that card...the card gets really hot with stock cooling...still a great buy tho...:rockout:

thats about 210$ but thats still a v good deal for uk, even if it is used £100 is still £25 cheaper than on any online store cant wait ill be ordering my e6300 and asrock conroexfire board today aswell

[xman2007]

just noticed it has a iceq cooler on it, is this any good or will it be sufficient

[Old Bear]

HIS IceQ should be good coolers, from what I read! Injoy your new card, cooler could be changed anytime later!:rockout:

[ATIonion]

just noticed it has a iceq cooler on it, is this any good or will it be sufficient

i thought it looked like the stock ati cooler...

[xman2007]

nope its listed on his website and on newegg iceq cooling on this his x1950pro

[ATIonion]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300066999885&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.ebay.co.uk%3A80%2Fsearch%2F search.dll%3Ffrom%3DR40%26satitle%3D300066999885%2 6fvi%3D1


nope its listed on his website and on newegg iceq cooling on this his x1950pro


i'm confused? is that link to the card that you bought? or is it to just a random card? because i don't see that it has the ICEQ cooler on it....looks to be the stock ati cooler to me...see the ATI logo on the fan...


http://img.techpowerup.org/070114/q.jpg


this is the ICEQ.....
http://img.techpowerup.org/070114/trueq.jpg


either way you should enjoy this card over your current one.....have a good time with it when you get it....:rockout:

[xman2007]

yea my bad its not the iceq :banghead: just hope temps will be alright with that although it does say on his website:

CrossFire™Ready for Extreme, Accelerated Gaming
Get double barrel multi-GPU gaming performance that works with all games by adding a HIS X1900 Crossfire™Edition graphics card for powerful GPU sharing. Starting with a HIS CrossFire Ready graphic card and motherboard, using a single external cable unites another HIS CrossFire™Edition co-processor graphic card. HIS CrossFire™accelerates all your games, all the time, and delivers the highest image quality modes and resolutions with no special software or patches needed for compatibility.

IceQ cooling technology<<<
wtf is that all about ? mofos lol heres the link aswell afaik thats the exact same card i bought

http://www.hisdigital.com/html/product_ov.php?id=264

btw anyone what his products are like ? only had sapphire with my x1600pro <<<< now sold hahahahahahaha goodbye forever (better be nice as im typing on my "old" pc now and dont want it to pack in before i send it lol, already spent the money :roll: )

[InfDamarvel]

The cooler will be good, just buy the card if its at a price that you like lol. That model may not be the iceq but its one of the few 1950pros that have the vrms properly cooled.

[ATIonion]

not sure if this is really true...but it seems like when new ati cards are released that HiS goes with the stock ati set at first...then after a short period of time they release with their cooler...and i believe that cooler is nothing more then an Arctic cooler with UV sensitive parts...that fan on the iceq doesn't lite if i remember right...

again i could be wrong about how HiS releases their cards with the better cooling, but it does seem to me thats how they have done it the last few years....

if cooling becomes an issue then i would suggest a good Zalman cooler...those have always worked the best for me, but they blow the heat from all around the case, not out of the case like the Arctic Coolers do...

[straybeat]

yea my bad its not the iceq :banghead: just hope temps will be alright with that although it does say on his website:

IceQ cooling technology<<<
wtf is that all about ? mofos lol heres the link aswell afaik thats the exact same card i bought

http://www.hisdigital.com/html/product_ov.php?id=264



Did you want the PCI-e or the AGP version? It looks like you got the PCI-e version as the AGP is the one with the IceQ on it, AFAIK.

Also, the AGP version isn't supposed to be out for another couple of weeks and it's been rumored to go for $370.00 in the states.

Mark

[Zubasa]

Did you want the PCI-e or the AGP version? It looks like you got the PCI-e version as the AGP is the one with the IceQ on it, AFAIK.

Also, the AGP version isn't supposed to be out for another couple of weeks and it's been rumored to go for $370.00 in the states.

Mark
Pretty much every HIS card has an ICEQ or ICEQ3 version.