Cooling

Unfortunately the cooling on this card was not as impressive as I had hoped it would be. The card often idled around 60 degrees, granted this is with the fan speed at around 30% but there is a reason. At 100% this fan is incredibly noisy. I would reccommend that if you buy this card, the first thing you do is get an aftermarket cooler, as when the temperature increases during a game and the fan follows suit to control it, it can be heard over gaming noises and through headphones.

Overclocking

Overclocking was very poor on this card. This can probably be atributed to the severely lacking cooler as under loqd this card would reach the high eighties at stock speeds. However, I was able to overclock the core by 25mhz which increased my 3Dmark06 score from 6596 to 6736 which equates to a 2% score increase. This overclock could not be maintained for long however so if you are looking to overclock, I would highly recommend some AS5 and an aftermarket cooler.

Cost

The difference in cost between the two cards is about £50. The x1900 costs between £180 and £200 and the x1950 is usually around the £250 mark.