Sapphire X1050 and X1550

Rob Williams · 03-04-2007, 09:24 PM

Sapphire has recently launched two new video cards that are designed to deliver you a great Vista experience. Though not touted as gaming cards, they offer enough performance to be worthy of consideration over on-board video.

You can read the full review here and discuss it here!

07-15-2007, 11:08 AM

hi can you please tell me how i go about getting such an update thanx .

i installed a newmotherboard( abit SG-95) socket 775 . and since then have been unable to run catalyst control centre or tv out with this card .
i have written to ati techs but all they have suggested does not work .
it is all very frustrating as i specifically got this card for windows vista ultimate and to watch movies on tv out .

thankyou in anticipation.
kinnon

12-21-2007, 10:11 AM

I had been running a X300se from Ati and Dell which came in my Dimension E510. I knew I had a Intel 950gma on the mother board. When I installed Vista Premium I noticed a lot of lag in scrolling and when dragging windows around with the x300se. So I cranked up the Intel GPU and it was much better. I have ordered a MSI X1550 with 128mb on board and 512mb with computer memory.
I am using a P4 Hyper 3.0 Ghz and will see how the MSI stacks up against the Intel. It should be no contests? But Intel has really surprised me how they have managed to tweak their chips to work well in 2D and even some non Gaming 3D. Of course games have always tweaked to ATI and Nvidia cards.
But I think Intel is at least providing a good desktop chip for everyday tasks.

10-28-2008, 03:50 PM

Ive been playing gears of war 1 and 2 on my pc with very decent graphics quality,no lag,no delay and CRISYS at low quality:

AMD athlon dual 2.4 ghz
Motherboard Biostar NF165 (nvidia nforce chipset)
ATI saphire X1550 64bits version
SATA hardrive 250gb
2 gigs of ram of 667 mhz

So,if you are looking for a very cheap and decent video card this is your pick!!!

03-04-2007, 09:24 PM	#1
Rob Williams Editor-in-Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 13,231	Sapphire X1050 and X1550 Sapphire has recently launched two new video cards that are designed to deliver you a great Vista experience. Though not touted as gaming cards, they offer enough performance to be worthy of consideration over on-board video. You can read the full review here and discuss it here! __________________ Intel Core i7-990X EE @ 3.43GHz, GIGABYTE X58A-UD5, Kingston 12GB DDR3-1333, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSD, WD VR 1TB, WD 2TB, Seagate 2TB, LG BD-ROM, ASUS DVD-RW, Corsair 1000HX, Corsair H60 Cooler Corsair 800D, Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Gentoo (KDE 4.10, 3.7 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter <Toad772> I don't always drink alcohol, but when I do, I take it too far.

07-15-2007, 11:08 AM	#2
Unregistered Guest Poster Posts: n/a	windows update for radeon x1550 hi can you please tell me how i go about getting such an update thanx . i installed a newmotherboard( abit SG-95) socket 775 . and since then have been unable to run catalyst control centre or tv out with this card . i have written to ati techs but all they have suggested does not work . it is all very frustrating as i specifically got this card for windows vista ultimate and to watch movies on tv out . thankyou in anticipation. kinnon

12-21-2007, 10:11 AM	#3
Unregistered Guest Poster Posts: n/a	I had better vista exp. with Intel 950gma I had been running a X300se from Ati and Dell which came in my Dimension E510. I knew I had a Intel 950gma on the mother board. When I installed Vista Premium I noticed a lot of lag in scrolling and when dragging windows around with the x300se. So I cranked up the Intel GPU and it was much better. I have ordered a MSI X1550 with 128mb on board and 512mb with computer memory. I am using a P4 Hyper 3.0 Ghz and will see how the MSI stacks up against the Intel. It should be no contests? But Intel has really surprised me how they have managed to tweak their chips to work well in 2D and even some non Gaming 3D. Of course games have always tweaked to ATI and Nvidia cards. But I think Intel is at least providing a good desktop chip for everyday tasks.

10-28-2008, 03:50 PM	#4
uzziel Guest Poster Posts: n/a	Gears of war and saphire X1550 Ive been playing gears of war 1 and 2 on my pc with very decent graphics quality,no lag,no delay and CRISYS at low quality: AMD athlon dual 2.4 ghz Motherboard Biostar NF165 (nvidia nforce chipset) ATI saphire X1550 64bits version SATA hardrive 250gb 2 gigs of ram of 667 mhz So,if you are looking for a very cheap and decent video card this is your pick!!!

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