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05-15-2007, 07:59 PM
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The Bulldog Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In an empty Ramen packet Posts: 4,361
| New AMD/ATI card kicks butt Finally: ATI's Radeon HD 2900 XT Arrives
She lets off a lot of heat and takes up a lot of juice but for $400 you cant beat it. beats the 8800GTS and comes close, matches or wops the 8800GTX in most. This card is selling for $400 and even though it doesn't compete with the 8800GTX as afr as price range it gives so much more power-per-dollar. The only downsides is the heat, noise, and the drivers still need some work. |
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05-15-2007, 08:05 PM
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Retired. Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Los Angeles, California Posts: 8,090
| Re: New AMD/ATI card kicks butt
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05-15-2007, 08:28 PM
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True Techie Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 174
| Re: New AMD/ATI card kicks butt that's not the same link. his link is a true test, maybe you got the wrong thread.
the problem with this test is it doesn't differentiate between the 320MB and the 640MB GTS. which would help tremendously considering the $100 price difference. |
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05-15-2007, 08:55 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 13,692
| Re: New AMD/ATI card kicks butt Needs better drivers, methinks.
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05-15-2007, 09:57 PM
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Ultra Techie Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 950
| Re: New AMD/ATI card kicks butt I'm proberly gonna get myself a HD 2600 when they come out. |
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05-15-2007, 10:26 PM
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The Bulldog Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In an empty Ramen packet Posts: 4,361
| Re: New AMD/ATI card kicks butt yeah i would wait for better drives that way you save yourself the embarrassment of HL2 dropping to 9 fps when you turn AA and AF on lol. But it truly beats the 8 series for the cost, it comes up close on the GTX but costs $200 less. That seems like a no brainier to me. I need a better psu though, i only have a 400watt but i wouldn't pay $400 for a video card anyways, im going to wait for it to come down in cost or maybe just snag me one of the midrange cards. My 7900GS is getting a tad long in the tooth anyways. |
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05-16-2007, 03:00 AM
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Super Techie Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 438
| Re: New AMD/ATI card kicks butt Yah, your info is wrong nvidia cards win hands down in every article I read. Though the cost/performance ratio is very close, the better support and drivers will make me stick with nvidia for a long time. Unless ATI can significantly lower there price its not worth it.
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05-16-2007, 03:14 AM
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Ultra Techie Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Seattle Posts: 749
| Re: New AMD/ATI card kicks butt Those benchmarks are stupid, they are all 1920 by 1200 and above res. They mean nothing to me. I want to see functional resolutions. |
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05-16-2007, 07:38 AM
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Master Techie Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 2,829
| Re: New AMD/ATI card kicks butt i rekon the 8800 kills that card. letalone the 640 gts. those benchies wrong.
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