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05-15-2007, 06:59 PM
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| The Bulldog  Join Date: Mar 2006
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|  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, 07:05 PM
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05-15-2007, 07:28 PM
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| True Techie Join Date: Jan 2005
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| 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, 09:26 PM
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| 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, 01:52 AM
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| Re: New AMD/ATI card kicks butt zmatt, Look at the benckmarks Real review of the X2900XT by VR-ZONE.com... Review of the X2900 XT from theinquirer.net...... 8800GTX beats it in every benchmark 8800GTS beats it in many cases HD2900XT consume more power and produce more noise And GTX is just $100 more Newegg.com - PNY VCG8800XXWB GeForce 8800GTX 768MB 384-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card - OEM Quote:
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05-16-2007, 02:00 AM
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| 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, 06:38 AM
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| Monster Techie  Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: australia
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 | 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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