R600: Finally DX10 Hardware from ATI

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it seems quite good based on the price, but im wondering how much this card will affect the ambient temperature inside the case

Also i wonder if most PSU makers will be releasing adapter cables for PSU's as i have a 600W SLI PSU

Guru 3d's dx10 test for Call of Jurez( or however you spell it ) makes it seem that the current set of dx10 cards arent upto much for dx10, but that could still be a driver problem, how come toms hardware didnt try Call of Dur...... also will there be benchies when Lost Planet DX10 demo is out?
 
$400 2900XT runs right along side a $550 8800 GTX.
Uh yeah I know which one I'm going with.

And imagine what the 2900XTX will bring to the table, especially if its priced around the $500 price tag of the 8800 GTX.

Very nice in depth article from THG. Great work.
 
Why is the r600 being compared to the GTX only?
It's not the card it will compete with, neither is it the card in that pricerange.

Besides this (pretty big) strangeness, good review.
 
Performance is disappointing as stated elsewhere.

Seems Toms were diplomatic and sat on the fence with the conclusions, other sites haven't.

I have to wonder if the benching is too limited though as 3D Guru's tests showed it behind the GTS on some benches. Here it is consitenently ahead.

25 page 3D Guru test including DX10 tests:

http://www.guru3d.com/article/Videocards/431/26/

It is what it is, and the HD 2900 XT performance wise ended up in the lower to mid part of the high-end segment. Sometimes it has a hard time keeping up with a 320MB 8800 GTS, and in other scenarios we see performance close or equal to the GeForce 8800 GTX.
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That said its technology might make it worth while with DX10.1 on the horizon although we know Nvidia has other cards waiting. For me its still waiting game until both companies have played their aces.
 
The R600 was not worth the wait. Cool architecture doesn't matter - performance does. This 2900 XT should offer clear performance advantages over the 8800 GTX. Since nVidia still has the lead, they can keep 8800 GTX prices high, while working on their next-gen GPU to put AMD even farther behind.
 
The most disappointing thing for me is the amoutn of noise it makes and the power it draws relative to the performance it offers.

Extremely poor - I imagine that they simply felt that they HAD to get this card released in the best possible state, and then they can draw a line under it and start working on the next one.
 
Guru 3d's dx10 test for Call of Jurez( or however you spell it ) makes it seem that the current set of dx10 cards arent upto much for dx10
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i noticed this as well but one thing to note that the benchmark was DX10 at the highest settings so to get 30 plus there is pretty good i would say considering what you are getting extra.

now the question is ultimatly do you buy the GTS 640 for 10% extra performance now (according to majority of sites) or get the 2900xt and get the extra performance when tesselation comes into effect. plus who will be using their pc to play HD (Blu-ray drives are far too expensive) so how usefull is the HDMI stuff going to be over the next year or so.
 
oh and as i and many others have said until some DX10 games come out (Crysis UT2007) im waiting! my 1950pro is fine for the moment
 
for 400 bucks it doesnt look like a bad card at all. Im running an x1950pro and in Vista I must say the drivers are wonderful- hasnt crashed a game or the os once since I installed 64 bit ultimate in feb. The 1GB card might be tempting if it is only 100$ more and it will add more performance. It looks to be about 2x better than my x1950pro in almost everything. I think I'll take one :)

I am a bit of an ATI fanboy I guess- I almost got a 8800 gts 320 but was waiting for this. Power consumption doesnt look nearly like the 220watts that was rumored.
 
The benchmarking here is poor...... why not compare it to the 640MB 8800GTS which is in the same price range? Why only show CF/Sli results for Vista? Another badly thought out article.... who comes up with this junk? :evil:
 
Lol at people saying it's a good card for the prive... It's a $400 card that compares with a $270 card a fair amount of the time, a $400 card some of the time, and a $500 card very rarely.
 
$400 2900XT runs right along side a $550 8800 GTX.
Uh yeah I know which one I'm going with.

And imagine what the 2900XTX will bring to the table, especially if its priced around the $500 price tag of the 8800 GTX.

Very nice in depth article from THG. Great work.
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Uhh, no. That's only in 3DMark. In real games, it's more like... lose, lose, lose, lose... you get the idea.

However, considering the fact that it is occasionally beaten by even the X1950XTX, I'm leaning toward driver woes instead of architectural woes. This card has more potential than it's currently showing.
 
Why is the r600 being compared to the GTX only?
It's not the card it will compete with, neither is it the card in that pricerange.

Besides this (pretty big) strangeness, good review.
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Unfortunately it fares about the same as the GTS if you check the other reviews that are flooding the net right now.

And in most cases, again, the 2900xt is compared to the GTX. ATi never meant to beat the GTX with this card, as evidenced by their pricing.

Pricing is what detrmines which card competes with performance of which card, Not the other way around. A lot of people don't seem to understand this.
 
hi, I jz want to ask that my silverstone ST56F (Strider 560W) psu will run this card?

my expected rig:
C2D E6420 @ 3.2ghz
DFI infinity p965-s Dark
2x1gb Supertalent TUX800GC4
WD5000KS 500gb
SST ST56F 560w
Sony DVD-RW
CM Ammo 533 casing

@uscooper: yea i want 1 too!
 
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