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ATI Radeon X1800, X1600 and X1300 Arrive  | Quote: |  | | |  | Originally Posted by PC Perspective |  | | | | | | | | | The X1800 XL is a good performer, but can't quite keep up with who it needs to: the 7800 GTX and GT. In only a few cases can the X1800 XL actually best the GT and in even fewer does it play faster than the GTX. Being as the XL is going to the highest end card with immediate availability, getting these performance levels is a bit of a let down for ATI who needed more to convince gamers to move away from the GeForce 7-series.
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| |  | |  | | ATI's Radeon X1000 series GPUs | | Quote: | | | | | | Originally Posted by TheTechReport.com | | | | | | | | | | WE'VE BEEN WAITING quite a while for ATI's new generation of graphics chips. It's no secret that the R500-series chips are arriving later than expected, and fans of the company have nervously speculated about the cause of the delay. ATI chose to build its new series of graphics chips using 90nm process technology, and going with new process tech has always been risky. Some folks fretted that ATI may have run into the same sort of problems at 90nm that made Intel's Pentium 4 "Prescott" processors famously hot, power hungry, and unable to hit their projected clock speeds. In a related vein, others fussed over rumors that ATI's new high-end R520 architecture was "only" 16 pipes wide, compounding the process technology risk. If the R520 couldn't hit its clock speed targets, it could have a difficult time keeping pace with its would-be rival, NVIDIA's GeForce 7800, whose wider 24-pipe design makes it less dependent on high clock frequencies. As the weeks dragged on with no sign of ATI's new GPUs, the rumor mill began circulating these concerns ever more urgently.
Two weeks ago today, Rich Heye, VP and GM of ATI's desktop business unit, stood up in front of a room full of skeptical journalists and attempted to defuse those concerns. The problem with R520, he told us, with neither a snag caused by TSMC's 90nm process tech nor a fundamental design issue. The chip was supposed to launch in June, he said, but was slowed by a circuit design bug--a simple problem, but one that was repeated throughout the chip. Once ATI identified the problem and fixed it, the R520 gained 150MHz in clock frequency. That may not sound like much if you're thinking of CPUs, but in the world of 16-pipe-wide graphics processors, 150MHz can make the difference between competitive success and failure.
With those concerns addressed, ATI proceeded to unveil not just R520, but a whole family of Radeon graphics products ranging from roughly $79 to $549, based on three new GPUs that share a common heritage. It is one of the most sweeping product launches we've ever seen in graphics, intended to bring ATI up to feature parity with NVIDIA--and then some. Read on as we delve into the technology behind ATI's new GPU lineup and then test its performance head to head against its direct competition.
Full Story at TheTechReport.com
| | | | | | | ATi Radeon X1000 Series | | Quote: | | | | | | Originally Posted by noticias3d.com | | | | | | | | | | Terminó el silencio obligado por el NDA, tras largos meses de espera, rumores, benchmarks falsos,... por fin conocemos a fondo toda la nueva gama de tarjetas gráficas ATi Radeon X1000, como siempre explicadas técnicamente punto a punto por sus ingenieros, como a nosotros nos gusta, en una especial presentación en Ibiza que hizo las delicias de todos los presentes con un final espectacular en la discoteca más famosa del mundo, con permiso de contadas excepciones, el Pacha.
Full Story in Spanish at noticias3d.com
| | | | | | | ATI Radeon X1000 Series | | Quote: | | | | | | Originally Posted by HardwareSecrets.com | | | | | | | | | | ATI is launching today their new series of graphic chips based on a new architecture, which we will be explaining its main features in this article. This new series has basically three families, each one for a distinct market segment: Radeon X1300 for the entry-level market, Radeon X1600 for the mid-range market and Radeon X1800 for the high-end market. In each series there are several models being launched and we will explain each one of them on the following pages.
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| | | | | | | ATI Radeon X1800 XT | | Quote: | | | | | | Originally Posted by HEXUS.net | | | | | | | | | | The performance - where we see massive gains in F.E.A.R., sizable improvements in Far Cry and Splinter Cell: CT, and consistent CPU-bound performance to match 7800 GTX in mostly everything else - is undoubtedly mighty. Combine that with the image quality improvements and output connectivity available from the X1800 XT in terms of Avivo, the 6x AA carried over from R480 now with less performance hit, adaptive AA for improving alpha textures and rotation invariant anistropic texture filtering for basic excellent texture IQ, and you have a compelling consumer graphics product that almost demands you purchase it as soon as possible. ATI's considerable investment in a clockable new architecture on 90nm low-k has certainly paid off, despite well documented delays. Well worth the wait.
Full Story at HEXUS.net
| | | | | | | X1800XT,X1600XL and X1600XT | | Quote: | | | | | | Originally Posted by Neoseeker.com | | | | | | | | | | With the X1000 series of boards, ATI have done something that Nvidia doesn't have currently - a top to bottom line-up of cards that feature the same high end features from the least expensive card to the most. Though not all cards are available immediately, ATI have a full lineup ready in time for Christmas that should be able to service anyone in the market for a video card.
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Price and availability are ultimately what will sell these cards, as the potential for performance is there, the cards right now are just missing a few pieces to allow them to match consistently the numbers that Nvidia is posting. As it stands, ATI has an extremely solid product line up ready at the gates, but whether or not they will be able to leverage that with cards in the channels will have to be seen.
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| | | | | | | ATI X1800XT | | Quote: | | | | | | Originally Posted by tbreak.com | | | | | | | | | | Unlike the 7800GTX from nVidia which is simply a more efficient and enhanced version of the 6800 series, the x1000 family of cards is based on a completely new architecture. The last time ATI did this was with their 9700 series which went on to become the 9800 and then the x800 and x850. Its also the first discreet GPU to be based on the 90nm process which gave ATI lots of die space to work with. What all this means is that there is plenty of room for growth within the x1000 series for the next few quarters.
Full Story at tbreak.com
| | | | | | | ATI's X1000 series, an Ouija board outbreak? | | Quote: | | | | | | Originally Posted by HardwareAnalysis.com | | | | | | | | | | ATI's X1000 series is now officially introduced, but low and behold the numbers are in line what we disclosed two weeks ago. Is this a Ouija board outbreak? Or has ATI known all along we were close and decided to start a smear campaign to discredit the scores?
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