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| |  Affiliate Reviews & Articles: ATI X1800 Round 2, X550, X800GT EVO and ATI's Future
Some more X1800 articles and reviews came in today.  ATI Radeon X1800 XL Review  | Quote: |  | | |  | Originally Posted by Hardware Secrets |  | | | | | | | | |
Radeon X1800 XL is part of the new high-end graphics chip family from ATI, competing directly with GeForce 7800 GT from nVidia. We’ve got a reference sample for this model from ATI, so we will compare its performance to other members of the Radeon X1000 series, to previous ATI chips and also with competing products from nVidia. Theoretically this video card was released yesterday, but so far we couldn’t find it for sale.
Full Story at Hardware Secrets
| |  | |  | | ATI RADEON X1000: Brand-New Graphics Architecture from ATI Explored | | Quote: | | | | | | Originally Posted by X-bit labs | | | | | | | | | |
ATI's new family of graphics processors is finally born. It took the company a couple of years to develop Shader Model 3.0 graphics architecture and several month of re-spinning the chips to deliver products that run at nearly extreme clock-speeds. Let's find, what the RADEON X1800 XT, 1800 XL, 1600 XT and 1300 PRO are capable of!
Full Story at X-bit labs
| | | | | | | ATI Radeon X1800 Preview | | Quote: | | | | | | Originally Posted by TrustedReviews | | | | | | | | | |
The test results were pretty interesting. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to run Half-Life 2 on the X1800 XT, since Valve decided to update the code and break all of the demos that everyone uses for benchmarking. However Far Cry threw up some interesting numbers. As expected the X1800 XT was CPU locked at the lower resolutions, much like the 7800 GTX. However, the 7800 GTX was CPU locked at about 20fps above the X1800 XT. The 7800 GTX remained in the lead up to the point where the CPU ceased to be the limiting factor - then the X1800 XT edged ahead. I quizzed ATI about this and was told that the X1800 XT does have a more significant CPU overhead than the 7800 GTX, but it scales better once the CPU is out of the equation.
Full Story at TrustedReviews
| | | | | | | So what's next for ATI? The Future of ATI | | Quote: | | | | | | Originally Posted by CoolTechZone.com | | | | | | | | | |
With the launch of Crossfire, ATI has finally entered the arena of dual GPU graphics. However, it could be too little too late for ATI as SLI has almost become the term when referring to dual or multi GPU graphics performance. Crossfire, being a very late entrant with no availability thus far, the future appears to be bleak for ATI at best.
Full Story at CoolTechZone.com
| | | | | | | If you can't afford a X1800 like me, check out the next reviews. Sapphire Radeon X550 Video Card | | Quote: | | | | | | Originally Posted by The TechZone | | | | | | | | | |
The new Sapphire Radeon X550 represents an affordable graphics upgrade for the gamer who wants performance at a price that won't break the bank. The new video card operates with a standard core clock speed of 400MHz and memory speeds of 500MHz. The X550 also feature both 64-bit and 128-bit Memory Interface which provides significant performance advantages over competitor’s 32/64-bit solutions. Several models will be available offering a choice of memory configurations with 128 or 256MB of memory, including versions with enhanced memory specifications suitable for overclocking and with a choice of conventional fan or fully passive cooling, like our review sample.
Full Story at The TechZone
| | | | | | | PowerColor X800GT EVO with Factory Watercooling | | Quote: | | | | | | Originally Posted by TweakTown | | | | | | | | | |
Our second review today is of PowerColor's brand new Radeon X800GT EVO graphics card which comes with factory out-of-the-box watercooling. The watercooling unit is actually the ThermalTake Tide Water cooling solution and its clear PowerColor is making moves to get into the hearts of enthusiasts but have they succeeded? Read on for our thoughts on the new graphics card.
Full Story at TweakTown
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