Conclusive thoughts

The Powercolor X1900 GT in some games the performance is on par/better with/than its closest rival, the NVIDIA 7900 GT, while in other games it fall behind a few percentage, overall new games are very playable at 1280x1024 with high detail and higher resolutions are possible with older games, this card can run them fluently.

Priced at ?/$ 260~299 it?s an interesting product for those looking for excellent performance in current games without the funds to get the highest end video card. The single slot cooler on the Powercolor unit is sufficient to keep the GPU cool enough but it does hinder overclocking potential. The fan on the heatsink is inaudible when in 2D mode, yet in 3D mode spinning at ~50% it become more obtrusive, those who are looking for extreme silence should look at third party cooling. With it the GPU can reach clock speeds higher than those of the XT model and this does give the card quite a boost in games, enough to run at higher resolutions and detail.

The overclock we obtained here today is not extraordinary as can be seen in this "Hall of Fame" shot from HWBot.org:



Overall the X1900 GT did not disappoint but it?s hard to forget that the 7900 GT is breathing down its neck with similar specifications and wide availability. Which ever product you choose you can?t make a wrong purchase as they all offer some of the best price/performance ratio currently available.

##Update: We were informed by Powercolor that the estimated resale price for the X1900 GT is going to be reduced to an interesting $199, this would make the X1900 GT a better deal than the 7900 GT.

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