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Radeon X1900-series roundup - tech|
| (hx) 07:49 PM CET - Feb,10 2006 |
The chaps over at
Bi-Tech have tested three X1900 XTX cards (Club 3D, Connect3D and Sapphire),
one X1900 XT (PowerColor) and one X1900 All-in-Wonder. The Radeon X1900XTX cards
are all clocked at the reference clocks of 650/1550MHz, while PowerColor's
Radeon X1900XT is clocked at 625/1450MHz and the All-In-Wonder comes clocked at
500/960MHz with only 256MB of memory.
So, which one do you buy? Ultimately, it depends on what you're looking for, and
whether you're looking for a video card with a games bundle. If you're looking
for something with a bundle of games, the Sapphire Radeon X1900XTX looks to
be the best choice out there. The extra L1 asking price over Club 3D's
Radeon X1900XTX well worth it if you're after a good solid bundle. Having said
that, Club 3D's bundle is pretty good too and it was the best-packed card of the
bunch with its foam cutout protection.
Connect3D's card is also tremendous value (for a high-end card) at L400,
especially when you consider that NVIDIA's GeForce 7800 GTX 512 costs well over
L500 if you can find it available in the UK. Overclockers are selling BFG Tech's
card at a whopping L646.19 including VAT. At least it's available, though.
There's nothing to write home about when it comes to Connect3D's bundle, but
it's adequate and has everything that you're going to need to get the card up
and running in the latest and greatest games.
PowerColor's Radeon X1900XT is also pretty good value and the performance is
generally very close to the performance delivered by the Radeon X1900XTX cards.
Our sample overclocked to Radeon X1900XTX speeds, but it didn't go any further
than that. Of course, overclocking is a lottery, so we can't guarantee
that every Radeon X1900XT will overclock to XTX clock speeds. By the same token,
other Radeon X1900XTs might overclock even further than the one we've got here.
The bundle doesn't come with any games, but it does come with a decent amount of
multimedia software.
The one reason not to get a Radeon X1900XTX at the moment would be ATI's
CrossFire technology. It seems a little strange that ATI chose to use the
Radeon X1900XT clock speeds on the CrossFire Edition card, as it means that the
Radeon X1900XTX will be clocked down to the same 625/1450MHz, rendering the
additional cost for an XTX a little pointless if you've got the vision of moving
towards CrossFire later down the line.
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