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ATI All-In-Wonder X1900 PCIe Review

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the keeping-me-poor dept.

An anonymous reader writes "ViperLair is currently running a closer look at ATI's newly released All-In-Wonder X1900 PCIe graphics card. The clock speeds and memory are pretty comparable to other cards available but the reviewer warns that 'clock speeds do not always tell the whole story.' The review tests performance in Doom 3, UT 2004, Far Cry, Half-Life 2, and the 3DMark06 benchmarking tool." This release comes relatively quickly after the X1800 series which was release just last October.

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  1. Primarily useless benchmarks... by Suddenly_Dead · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The review didn't really test much that stressed the video card beyond Doom 3. A look at Half-Life 2 Lost Coast and/or some other HDR game(s) would have been far more useful than testing Unreal Tournament 2004, which the review admitted had more of a CPU bottleneck than anything else. They didn't do any overclock tests either, and the image quality tests are a little dubious.

  2. Re:$500 by LurkerXXX · · Score: 3, Insightful

    People with more disposable income than you, or people who have gaming as a higher priority in their life compared to other things than it is in yours.

  3. think about that by way2trivial · · Score: 3, Insightful

    if 700$ gets you 82 fps in a game, that's 8$ per frame
    if 200$ gets you 40 fps that's 50 cents a frame
    if a 10$ card gets you 30 fps,

    are you really ONLY gonna buy based on $/fps?

    enjoy your 10$ card.

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  4. Re:geforce by WhiteWolf666 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Meh....

    I only run Linux. I used to be a huge fan of ATI. I still have a Radeon 9800 Pro, and an Xpress 200 integrated chipset.

    Both are a HUGE pain in Linux, compared to Nvidia. Huge. Gigantic.

    Their drivers have improved, yes. But they still suck quite a bit. At least they usually compile/install correctly now, but performance is crappy.

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  5. Re:I'm giving up on my All in Wonder by Tlosk · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I would second the cheaper also. I've had a Tuner card that has seen me through three full systems and about seven video card upgrades and is still working great. In comparison the 2MB video card, 64MB memory, 56k modem, 4X CD Rom etc that shared space with it when it was new have long since hit the dustbin.