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ATI Launches Radeon X1900 XT and XTX

Steve from HEXUS writes "ATI have done more than just boost clock speeds for their latest GPU; they've concentrated on boosting particular aspects of the GPU. This doesn't necessarily mean a boost in performance in all apps, however. HEXUS has a review: 'Even current synthetic benchmarks designed to show off theoretical rates in 3D hardware can have a hard time exploiting the tripling in fragment processing ability. That's not to say the performance increases at the same clocks as R520 are invisible. Clearly they're not without increases, especially at the higher resolutions, of up to 30% in the games we tested, clock-for-clock.'"

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  1. Hmmm... by Yahweh+Doesn't+Exist · · Score: 4, Funny

    >'That's not to say the performance increases at the same clocks as R520 are invisible. Clearly they're not without increases, especially at the higher resolutions, of up to 30% in the games we tested, clock-for-clock.'"

    I recognise those words, but this summary makes no sense...

  2. Site down by Fooker · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sure, as soon as this is posted the site goes down for essential maintenance. What ever happened to those good days when sites were down because they were slashdotted?

  3. Re:Wow by imsoclever · · Score: 5, Funny

    Around 600 crispy chicken nuggets according to Wendies.

  4. Need a lil help? by CZA2006 · · Score: 1, Funny

    While synthetic benchmarks may have given unexpected results in this case, slashdot has helped 'benchmark' their servers.

  5. Why PC gaming sucks by Overly+Critical+Guy · · Score: 2, Funny

    Mood: happy

    OMG dudez, so like today the x1900xtx was released, and i was like, OMG! I can get 5more frames in the 26th pitch black hallway fo Doom 3, yo. so i called my dad in the Hamptons and he said he'd wire me the $700 for the new card so I can show off to Joey next door. he's got a lame nvidia and it is 3fps less than me in Far Cry, even tho i don play that game anymore and its already 2 years ol. lolz, j/k, nvidia is pretty good, but this x1900xtx is new and very expensive and therefor better and will prolly get me 7 frmaes over Joey now instead of just 3 so its all good

    so like F.E.A.R. wil play so much better in its 200 levels of abandoned warehouses that all look the same because i paid $700 for my jet engine video card. Tim down the street is a console gamer, he's lame he uses a Mac which is for FAG0TS, but he said what im doing is lame because for that much $$$ i could just buy an x-box 360 or wait for ps3 and always rest assured games released will work for it wthout needing hundreds for a new video card every 12 months, but he's a FAG0T what does he know, he spends his money on actual computer hardware to get work done, and not to play the 4,251th first person shooter set in dark hallways with a shotgun and rocket launcher in it. that fag0t

    so hells yeah my new card is on order now, can't wait for next year to buy another one and play Far Cry in AMD 64-bits mod with 10 more frames per second, that makes the game so much more awesome and fun. its true cuz Joey showed me the 64-bits mode version and its got more textures and stuff! Tim says thats because AMD/CryTek added content to it to trick you to think 64-bits was better than the 32-bits in order to sell 64-bit AMD chips, but like i said hes a tard and doesnt play games so what dos he know. game companies would never trick you like that

    cya tards

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