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ATI Announces 512MB Graphics Card

Posted by timothy on from the overkill-it-harder dept.

Annoyed.Gamer writes "Today ATI announced their first 512MB graphics card, the X800 XL 512MB. I have some systems that don't have more than 512MB of system memory, much less on a graphics card. According to AnandTech, the 512MB card can't outperform its 256MB counterpart and costs 50% more. ATI's favorite Half Life 2 showed the only real performance increase in the entire article. Overall a disappointment, especially because ATI for some reason didn't outfit their highest end GPUs with 512MBs, only the mid-range X800 XL."

4 of 440 comments (clear)

  1. Priorities by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    The important aspect of this card is bragging rights
    Additional performance is just icing

  2. from the article: by rillopy · · Score: -1, Redundant
    The X800 XL 512MB achieves its memory capacity by using twice the number of chips as the 256MB version
    Glad they cleared that up!
  3. Re:Some of your computers don't have 512 megs? by deathazre · · Score: 0, Redundant

    even my router has 512 megs of PC133! get with it, people!

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  4. Nobody by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Will never need more than 640K -

    Bill Gates