Previewing ATi's Radeon X800 XT & X800 Pro

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Previewing ATi's Radeon X800 XT & X800 Pro

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday May 4, 2004 @03:51AM from the me-like-the-pixels dept.

Giant_Panda writes "A few short weeks ago, it looked like NVIDIA was back on track as they were able to overtake ATi and reclaim the 3D performance crown with their GeForce 6800 Ultra. Now, it seems like ATi has fired back with a killer card of their own. HotHardware just posted a preview of the new 12-Pipe ATi Radeon X800 Pro ($399) and 16-pipe ATi Radeon X800 XT ($499). The X800 XT seems to be faster then even the new GeForce 6800 Ultra Extreme cards that were rumored to exist on a few sites this past weekend and the X800 Pro is a great performer as well. (Other sites have just posted previews: TechReport, Hexus, Lost Circuits)"

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Half-life 2 by NeoFunk · 2004-05-04 03:55 · Score: 5, Funny

... but will it ship with a voucher for Half-life 2? "Now only 2 video card generations away! Buy now!"
1. Re:Half-life 2 by NeoFunk · 2004-05-04 04:05 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Yeah, and maybe the Ultra versions will come with a girlfriend included!
2. Re:Half-life 2 by Tackhead · 2004-05-04 04:40 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  > Yeah, and maybe the Ultra versions will come with a girlfriend included!
  If I had one of those, I wouldn't have enough time to frag people in HL2. The bundling of a girlfriend is a downgrade, dude!
Damn... by ajiva · 2004-05-04 03:56 · Score: 3, Funny

These new video cards have more memory than I have RAM! Geez...
1. Re:Damn... by garcia · 2004-05-04 03:59 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  They have a faster CPU and a bigger fan than both of my computers together!
  
  Soon we will move to external video card RAIDs with their own AC units :)
2. Re:Damn... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-05-04 04:04 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  why bother? No one needs more than 640k anyway.
3. Re:Damn... by vanza · 2004-05-04 04:16 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  ...with their own AC units :)
  They've been there, they've done that. It was not terribly popular though. :-)
  
  (Could the way 3dfx used several chips working in parallel be considered "video card RAID"?)
  
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Re:Video Arms Race by bri_n33 · 2004-05-04 03:57 · Score: 3, Funny

I'm not sure what to choose now!

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Not good enough... by gUmbi · 2004-05-04 03:57 · Score: 4, Funny

I'm going to wait for the 'NVidia 7000 Ultra Extreme Pro Super Plus - Special Limited Edition'. Then I'll be so very l33t.

Jason.
Wordperfect scrolling test? by mattkime · 2004-05-04 03:59 · Score: 4, Funny

what i'd really like to know is if these new cards will outperform my geforce 2mx in wordperfect scrolling.

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Re:it burrnsss us by telstar · 2004-05-04 04:04 · Score: 2, Funny
"yup and in 2 years when someone actually releases a game that uses all that horsepower it'll be awesome."
- You're waiting for a daikatana sequel too?"
Hehe by T'hain+Esh+Kelch · 2004-05-04 04:06 · Score: 1, Funny

/.'ers might want to check out the review. There's a good picture of a 100% polygon girl called Ruby, and we all know that this is the only female most /.'ers ever get! ;)
|_|b3r |33t w00t! by Prince+Vegeta+SSJ4 · 2004-05-04 04:12 · Score: 3, Funny

Now I can play quake at 10,000,000,000 frames per second!
Re:Too much hype over having the "best" card? by HarvardAce · 2004-05-04 04:48 · Score: 5, Funny

To clarify on a few points of the parent:

The nVidia 6800 Ultra requires two dedicated molex power connectors, and it also requires a 480W power supply. More details. Now that's a lot of power.

Also, the cooling setup on the 6800 Ultra takes up a slot of its own, which means you lose a PCI port as well, although now that most of the features PCI had (such as sound and NICs) are integrated in the motherboards, it's not too big of a deal.

Lastly to note, nVidia is releasing a lower-powered 6800GT which is approximately equivalent to the X800 Pro card, and they just recently announced a 6850 Ultra which is basically an OEM-overclocked 6800 Ultra. That thing will probably take up 5 slots, have a built-in A/C unit, and have its own cold fusion reactor as well.

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"XT" as the new "top-of-the-line" standard? by watanuki · 2004-05-04 05:06 · Score: 5, Funny

I don't know about you, but "XT" doesn't sound all that "high tech" to me.

Maybe ATi will come out with these cards next.

Radeon X800 AT
Radeon X800 386
Radeon X800 486

And then they'll run into trademark problems with a certain other semiconductor manufacturer...
Re:L33t nuu Video cardz... by CaptnMArk · 2004-05-04 05:19 · Score: 2, Funny

I agree.

Two weeks ago I went and disabled all the fancy GFX in the game. Much more enjoyable to play when there are no distracting effects in the game.

(have GF4-Ti4200)
Re:L33t nuu Video cardz... by arunkv · 2004-05-04 13:10 · Score: 2, Funny

Hmm ... I think you should stop buying any FPS games. The 5K Wolfenstein should be more than enough for you.