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ATi Radeon X1K Graphics Launched, Benchmarked

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the pixels-are-good dept.

MojoDog writes "ATi has officially launched their all new Radeon X1000 family of 3D Graphics cards this morning and a full showcase with benchmarks of the entire line-up can be found at HotHardware. What may or may not be surprising to you, is the fact that the new high-end flagship X1800 is still a 16 pixel pipe GPU but now running at a blistering 625MHz. Is it fast enough to catch NVIDIA's 24 pipe GeForce 7800 GTX?"

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  1. What really matters by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    How are the Linux drivers?

    1. Re:What really matters by bigtrouble77 · · Score: 5, Informative

      The linux drivers have come a long way. I've been using the latest 32bit drivers with good success. On my mobile Radeon9700 I average 2500fps in glxgears in ubuntu. Maya seems to be working pretty well too, although I haven't tried any really complex scenes yet.

      In the last release ATI has a graphical installer which sorta worked, but I still had to compile the fglrx modules which would be a pain for a complete noob. It's too bad that the ati control panel is really only useful for configuring dual monitors and confirming that opengl is working. It would have be nice to have the plethora of opengl features the windows control panel has. You still have to edit the xorg.conf for a few things.

  2. doesnt look too hot. by j-joshers · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I thought ATI was going to seize the advantage from Nvidia with these cards but from what the article is telling me it appears to be a GF5900-style bust. I was thinking the X1600 would've been exactly what I needed but I may just get the 6800GT instead. Oh well.

  3. X1000?? by Serengeti · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Why do naming schemes suck, anymore??

    X1000? I thought the "X" in "X800" was there because those video cards were the generation after "9800" and "9700"... Whats next, OSX11?

    Intel, AMD, ATI, nVidia... Mazda... they're all driving me nuts with their product naming schemes, lately...

    1. Re:X1000?? by Iriel · · Score: 5, Funny

      But at least they all have a long way to go to catch up to Motorola ^_^

      I can't wait for some XTRM GRFX CRD.....(suddenly disturbed by the likelyhood of such blasphemy)

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  4. All in one page without the ads by neosake · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here it is in printable version

    --
    "When a ball dreams, it dreams it's a frisbee"
  5. At Last by Winckle · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now to reach into my bottomless pit of money!

  6. Excellent by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I will remortgage my house in anticipation

  7. My 2 cents by GFPerez · · Score: 5, Insightful

    My 2 cents: there are two key aspects: 1) Price; 2) Availability. 1 - If the price's too high, it would be very difficult to convince people to buy a high-end card with almost the same performance that a $100-less card (7800GTX). 2 - Remember that the X1800XT will be available only middle-November, which gives nVidia a lot of time to think how to counter-attack with something like a 7800Ultra.

  8. Links to other "Reviews" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Listed alphabetically so no preference to which site is good or not.

    http://www.beyond3d.com/reviews/ati/r520/
    http://www.driverheaven.net/reviews/r520reviewxvxv /
    http://www.guru3d.com/article/Videocards/262/
    http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=ODIy
    http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=3603
    http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Hardware/Reviews /ati_radeon_x1800_x1600preview
    http://www.noticias3d.com/articulo.asp?idarticulo= 527
    http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=172
    http://www.tbreak.com/reviews/article.php?id=407
    http://www.techreport.com/onearticle.x/8864

  9. Power requirements: The key by dauthur · · Score: 5, Informative

    "What may or may not be surprising to you, is the fact that the new high-end flagship X1800 is still a 16 pixel pipe GPU but now running at a blistering 625MHz. Is it fast enough to catch NVIDIA's 24 pipe GeForce 7800 GTX?"

    Most people are worried about price, availability and not what counts with ATI cards nowadays: Power. I bought an X850 AGP and the power requirements are absolutely ridiculous. Surely, my Antec 550w can handle it, but it's completely unnecessary, as shown by nVidia. I don't like the idea of having to put aside an extra $10 a month to power my graphics behemoth, although I do love the performance.