ATI's X1000 Series: Extended Performance Testing

[wazzledoozle]

The good people at Anandtech have posted a more in depth review of the Radeon X1000 series compared to a good range of modern video cards.

The cards compared are:
X1800XT, X1800XL, X1600XT, X1300Pro
7800GTX, 7800GT
6800GT, 6600GT
X850XT, X800

The true bottom line of the goodness of these cards with respect to their NVIDIA counterparts is price. The MSRP data that we have (which is all we have to go on so far) is absolutely a deal breaker. At every step along the way, the NVIDIA parts that perform at or near the level of the ATI X1000 series cards look like they will have a $50 to $100 price advantage. As the NVIDIA parts have had the market to themselves for a while, their prices have managed to settle. ATI won't be able to benefit from the high prices that we usually see at a product launch because their parts just aren't worth the price premium.

In-Depth review here


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[intel igent]

thnx wazzledoozle

im off to get edumacated now

 

[wtf8269]

Hmm, looks to me like the x1800 XT would be a better buy actually for me. Because I like to run atleast 1280x1024 on my games if not 1600x1200 with most or all of the features enabled, and the XT tends to pull ahead once features are enabled. So maybe an XT would be a better choice. Also since I'm not planning to get a new card until probably early January, maybe I'll luck out and the prices will drop by then.