ATI X1800 CrossFire Cards Reviewed

AnInkle writes "ATI finally joins the Christmas party. If money is (virtually) no object and high-end 3D animation is part of your game, you'll want to check out The Tech Report's review of the ATI X1800 CrossFire card before spending your green on the green team. From the review: 'This new CrossFire card also sweeps away some of the limitations of the first-generation CrossFire hardware introduced just a couple of months ago, allowing mega-high-res gaming.' Further, if the latest rumors about the 7800GTX 512MB are true, it would mean that this CrossFire graphics subsystem would arguably stand alone at the top of the graphics benchmarking mountain."

Comments

ATI MissFire!!!

[maizena]

I just love the way that the guys at nvidia refer to this ATI technology. It's not CrossFire, It's MissFire.

Marketing ignorance strikes again!

[deacon]

Note to marketing:

The definition of the word "crossfire" as it pertains to a physical object:

A short circuit between two spark plug wires on an engine which causes a cylinder to fire at the wrong time, or causes more than one cylinder to fire at a time. It is a BAD THING (tm).

Now, it is perfectly normal that Chrysler pick the same word for one of their new cars, truth in advertising and all that. But the people at ATI don't want to have a name associated with a malfunctioning ignition system.

Re:Marketing ignorance strikes again!

[Surt]

I'm pretty sure that they are not making analogy with cars, but rather with KKK cross burning. As in 'these things are as hot as a KKK cross fire!' I'm sure you'll see a fold out in Computer Gaming World any time now with such imagery selling these cards.