HIS IceQ X1900XT

Tommy B · 2 May 2006 at 15:52

After a week of CityLink's rubbish, it finally arrived and OMG it's incredible. A billion times better than the 7800GTX. My PC spec isn't great, but it's running amazing framerates with everything I throw at it at max AA/AF. Also, it's quiet as heaven

So thanks goes to Gibbo. He recommended this card and it's awesome! Looks awesome too

Tommy B · 2 May 2006 at 15:54

OMG WTF it has S-Vid and Compostie vid in too! I can finaly get some old video tapes recorded onto the PC for safe keeping.

Tommy B · 2 May 2006 at 16:32

The ATI Toy Store demo is absolutely incredible :eek:

PlatinumFX · 2 May 2006 at 16:42

Mine came today but it wont fit in my also new shuttle.

Returning it and getting a standard 1900xt.

A big thumbs up to OCUK though; very good service. :cool:

Axil · 2 May 2006 at 16:45

So definitely recommended on the noise level then

What's the temp like?

Tommy B · 2 May 2006 at 16:50

Axil said:
So definitely recommended on the noise level then
What's the temp like?

The air duct at the back is like a hair dryer (except it's quiet)

Ironic it's called "IceQ" heh

It is ridiculously big though, only just fit in my case!

Anyways, when I bought the 7800GTX I wasn't happy, but this is the best £300 I've spent in a long time!

Axil · 2 May 2006 at 16:57

great

I'm aiming to buy a P180 case so hopefully that should give me the room
Order incoming methinks

wyatt gates · 2 May 2006 at 17:18

PlatinumFX said:
Mine came today but it wont fit in my also new shuttle.
Returning it and getting a standard 1900xt.

A big thumbs up to OCUK though; very good service.

what shuttle model was it it

PlatinumFX · 2 May 2006 at 18:15

SN25P. The plastic air duct for feeding the "ICE" cooling system of the CPU was in the way. Tommy B is right; its enourmous. Smashing looking card though. Oh well I hope the generic cooler HIS card I am getting isint too loud.

Do you plan to OC Tommy B? It would be interesting to hear what that ICEQ3 is capable of.

PinkFloyd · 2 May 2006 at 18:22

Nice to hear it is good. How long is the card from the edge of the cooler to the PCI plate? -it looks like it voerlaps the card a little.

Nelly · 2 May 2006 at 18:27

Tommy B said:
After a week of CityLink's rubbish, it finally arrived and OMG it's incredible. A billion times better than the 7800GTX. My PC spec isn't great, but it's running amazing framerates with everything I throw at it at max AA/AF. Also, it's quiet as heaven

So thanks goes to Gibbo. He recommended this card and it's awesome! Looks awesome too

Can you actually hear it at all?

AceCard · 2 May 2006 at 19:08

cant you just remove the air duct from the sn25p?? i think you have to do that even with the ref x1900xt

Tommy B · 2 May 2006 at 19:14

Nelly said:
Can you actually hear it at all?

Not Really tbh.

Do you plan to OC Tommy B? It would be interesting to hear what that ICEQ3 is capable of.

Already running at XT-X speeds using ATI Control Centre. Runs fine!

Tommy B · 2 May 2006 at 22:14

Is there a graphics demo or something out there that will milk this for all its worth?

PlatinumFX · 2 May 2006 at 22:21

3Dmark 06?

Mrchu_ · 2 May 2006 at 22:29

OMG are these guys still using city link,they are rubbish for cities

Tommy B · 2 May 2006 at 23:02

4362 marks in 06. Any good?

speeduk · 2 May 2006 at 23:28

Tommy B said:
4362 marks in 06. Any good?

Thats very low for an XT. I got 4.9k stock with cpu at 2.8ghz.

You sure everything in CCC is set to no AA/AF and lowest I.Q ?

Tommy B · 2 May 2006 at 23:33

speeduk said:
Thats very low for an XT. I got 4.9k stock with cpu at 2.8ghz.

You sure everything in CCC is set to no AA/AF and lowest I.Q ?

Ah, it war forcing AA and AF.

It's IRQ 18.

PlatinumFX · 2 May 2006 at 23:41

Image Quality not IRQ