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ATI Radeon X1900 Series Preview [Preview, thetechlounge]
Now that the embargo has lifted, I can finally tell you all about what’s new from ATI. The 4 cards that are being launched today are part of ATI’s new X1900 series. From top to bottom, there is the Radeon X1900 XTX, Radeon X1900 Crossfire, Radeon X1900 XT, and All-In-Wonder X1900. It would be nice if ATI and NVIDIA would pick a naming convention and stick with it, but I guess that’s just marketing for you – they want to keep it fresh. ATI is promising quantity shipping at launch, with emphasis on the X1900 XTX and X1900 XT. The Crossfire and All-In-Wonder cards will also be available, but perhaps less so since there isn’t expected to be as much demand for those products. That said, even if some retailers don’t have all of the new X1900 cards, they will be available on ATI.com. Sat, 28 Jan, 2006 | 6 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
ATI Radeon X1900 XT and XTX [Review, Hexus]
R580, moreso than any modern GPU that meets the D3D9 spec,
therefore relies on software to show it off. Even current synthetic
benchmarks designed to show off theoretical rates in 3D hardware can
have a hard time exploiting the tripling in fragment processing
ability. That's not to say the performance increases at the same
clocks as R520 are invisible. Clearly they're not without increases,
especially at the higher resolutions, of up to 30% in the games we
tested, clock-for-clock. Sat, 28 Jan, 2006 | 2 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
ATI X1800XL Video Card Overclocking Guide [Guide, legitreviews]
Wow! By overclocking our ATI X1800 XL have reached the same core speed as the
X1800XT, though the memory would not clock up to the 750MHz of the XT. Trying
to go any higher meant that we would need more voltage, and created more heat
than we were willing to accept... Sat, 28 Jan, 2006 | 11 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
ATI's Radeon X1900 Video Card Series [Review, legitreviews]
ATI’s new flagship video card is the X1900XTX. Thankfully the performance of
the card matches the length of its name. It comes with a core clock of 650MHz
and 512MB of RAM clocked at 1.55GHz. For those wondering X1800XT was clocked at
625MHz core, and 1.5GHz memory. It’s difficult to tell the differences between
the new card and the old card on the outside, with the only noticeable
differences being the number of mosfets next to the long red heat sink toward
the end of the board... Sat, 28 Jan, 2006 | 1 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
Next generation NVIDIA GPU details and 3DMarks [Article, Hexus]
It would seem that a few key NVIDIA partners have already been
sampled with GeForce 7900, and they're currently working towards a
hard launch planned for CeBIT 2006 in Hannover, Germany (9th through
to 15th March), and if so, our money's would be on watching for
announcements from NVIDIA, ASUSTeK, eVGA, XFX and possibly MSI,
between the 9th and 11th March. Sat, 28 Jan, 2006 | 6 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
PowerColor X1600 XT & X1300 PRO [Review, Bjorn3D]
Today I have less expensive parts to test for both middle and low-end sectors
of the market. They are PowerColor X1600 XT and X1300 PRO. The first card is
based around RV530 core. There should be a lot of different SKUs mainly because
ATI allows for handful of configurations ie. memory size and type. As far as
memory bus is concerned, it features two 128-bit rings which is essentially a
128-bit architecture (ATI calls it 256, but that's obviously wrong). It comes
with 4 pixel pipelines, 12 pixel shader units and 5 vertex pipelines -- not a
standard 1:1 configuration. The X1300 PRO sample came in a non PRO box though
based on real specifications I can assure you it's a real PRO model (just not
final retail product). This baby is equipped with 4 pixel pipelines, 4 pixel
shader units and 2 vertex pipelines (1 to 1 ratio, just like R520). As with
X1600 XT it's also a 128-bit offering and should be available in many different
configurations. Sat, 28 Jan, 2006 | 12 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
RADEON X1900 benchmarks [Article, Hexus]
Benchmark results of ATI's
X1900, comapred with reported results of the GeForce 7900 and
alongside a number of other cards' results? Why yes, we got those... Sat, 28 Jan, 2006 | 32 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
Palit 7800GT Blitz (GeForce 7800 GT 256MB) [Review, hardwarezone]
Palit boldly announces its intention to speed with a blazing fast GeForce 7800 GT that features faster memory chips and overclocked frequencies. Appropriately dubbed the Palit 7800GT Blitz, this card has the prerequisites to match a GeForce 7800 GTX 256MB and that's what it did in our labs. Fri, 27 Jan, 2006 | 5 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
R580: ATI Radeon X1900 XTX and Crossfire Review [Review, Beyond3d]
Had we gone by the history of ATI's product refreshes we'd be forgiven for thinking that this would be little more than a slightly warmed over R520 chip, tweaked to yield at higher clock speeds. However, roadmaps leaked sometime ago, with curious configuration indicators would suggest that this wasn't the case for R580. The roadmaps indicated a configuration of 16-1-1-1 for R520 and 16-1-3-1 for R580. It wasn't until RV530 (Radeon X1600) was fully understood did these descriptions become clearer as to their intent; with a configuration signalled on the roadmap as 4-1-3-2 for RV530 it become clear that the numbers represented the number of "pipelines" (even though ATI's engineering didn't like this terminology), the number of texture units per pipeline, parallel shader ALUs per pipeline and the number of Z samples per pipeline. When this is extrapolated back to R580 it would appear to mean that the pixel shader pipelines would be increased threefold over R520, sounding a little absurd to some...
In this article Beyond3D takes a look at the performance of the X1900 XTX in single and Crossfire configurations, the architecture changes and te effects of the new "Fetch4" capabilities. Fri, 27 Jan, 2006 | 1 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
ASUS EAX1800XT TOP (Radeon X1800 XT 512MB) [Review, hardwarezone]
The first in our ongoing series of ATI Radeon X1800 XT reviews, the ASUS EAX1800XT TOP is also quite a different animal. Overclocked by default, it is one of the fastest Radeon X1800 XT cards and as we found out, one of the quietest and the coolest. Read on as we examine the latest from ASUS' TOP lineup. Tue, 24 Jan, 2006 | 8 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
ATI All-in-Wonder X1800XL Review [Review, sudhian]
Lost in the turmoil of finals, CES, and the holiday season we finally
bring you a review on ATI?s latest All-in-Wonder X1800XL?with emphasis
on multimedia performance instead of gaming. Is the All-in-Wonder
X1800XL?s h.264 hardware acceleration enough to justify the $130 premium
over the All-in-Wonder X800XL for home theater PC usage or are you
better off spending the money on something else? Tue, 24 Jan, 2006 | 14 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
ATI X1800XT Crossfire [Review, tbreak]
The X1800 CrossFire card looks identical to the X1800XT card although ATI has changed the cable
for connecting the two cards compared to the older X850 setup. This is probably because the
X1800 cards support dual link DVI ports for higher resolutions and refresh rates- an annoyance
hat seriously plagued the X850 CrossFire setup. Tue, 24 Jan, 2006 | 1 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
ATI X1900XTX [Review, tbreak]
Looking exactly like the X1800XT, the X1900XTX is based on 90nm process technology and packing
a whopping 380 million transistors and is the first graphics card to feature 48 pixel shader
processors- triple of what the X1800XT offered. Now this is a good thing considering almost all
games released of late use Pixel Shaders Tue, 24 Jan, 2006 | 48 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
GeCube GC-X1800XTD-VIE3 (Radeon X1800 XT 512MB) [Review, hardwarezone]
In line with its budget image, GeCube sends us its normal version of the ATI flagship Radeon X1800 XT 512MB, the GC-X1800XTD-VIE3 in a typically humble box. As usual, GeCube offers a rather thin bundle but read on to see if it can perform up to the mark. Tue, 24 Jan, 2006 | 2 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
Gigabyte GV-RX18T512V-B Turbo Force Edition (Radeon X1800 XT 512MB) [Review, hardwarezone]
Overclocked by a healthy margin, Gigabyte's GV-RX18T512V-B Turbo Force Edition is tied for the honor of being the fastest Radeon X1800 XT 512MB in the retail scene. It may look like your reference card with a Gigabyte decal but it is certainly a lot faster. Read on as we uncover its speed secrets. Tue, 24 Jan, 2006 | 2 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
HIS Radeon X1800 XT 512MB OC Edition [Review, hardwarezone]
Coming up next in our series of ATI Radeon X1800 XT reviews, we have an overclocked contender from HIS, appropriately dubbed the HIS Radeon X1800 XT 512MB OC Edition. With its blazing fast speeds, this looks to be a challenger for the fastest Radeon X1800 XT title as well. Read on to find out how it fared. Tue, 24 Jan, 2006 | 2 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
MSI RX1800XT-VT2D512E (Radeon X1800 XT 512MB) [Review, hardwarezone]
The penultimate in our series of articles focusing on the Radeon X1800 XT 512MB from various brands, we have with us today the MSI RX1800XT-VT2D512E. Clocked at the default 625/1500MHz, it looks to be a typical Radeon X1800 XT 512MB card, but is it? Read on. Tue, 24 Jan, 2006 | 3 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
PowerColor Radeon X1900 XT 512MB [Review, hardwarezone]
Today ATI debuts its Radeon X1900 series. Upgraded with 48 pixel shader processors, it's designed to tackle next generation games and blow away the competition. PowerColor charged into our labs with their Radeon X1900 XT and we put it to test to see what this new GPU can deliver. Tue, 24 Jan, 2006 | 0 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
Sapphire Radeon X1800 XT 512MB (Normal/Platinum Edition) [Review, hardwarezone]
Sapphire has kindly bestowed on us two of its fastest Radeon X1800 XT 512MB cards. The normal version is clocked at the default frequencies but it is the overclocked Platinum Edition that we are looking forward to. Let's see how these two cards fare in the last of our Radeon X1800 XT articles. Tue, 24 Jan, 2006 | 2 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
ATI Radeon X1600 XT and X1300 PRO [Review, Beyond3d]
Back in October '05 ATI introduced the initial, much belated, X1000 series product line, comprising X1800 (R520), X1600 (RV530) and X1300 (RV515). Although these were all introduced at the same time their releases were staggered a little, and even when they did finally start rolling off the production lines their further releases hardly appeared to go too smoothly.
Both X1300 and X1600, although around in various locations roughly when they were supposed to be, hardly appeared plentiful, which may partially have been to do with their pricing. ATI set fairly high MSRPs on both the X1300 and X1600 product lines, likely set for some high margins and to be competitive to where they were when they were introduced. However, when shipping is set to occur nearly two months after announcement, as was the case for X1600, a lot can happen in that time span, as indeed it did with NVIDIA's release of the 6800 GS. Now, though, following a reduction in MSRPs by ATI both products are becoming plentiful, vendors are coming out with numerous SKUs of both product lines, and street prices are more inline with where we would expect for their die sizes. Tue, 17 Jan, 2006 | 11 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail
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