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Wednesday, May 16, 2007
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I like the Radeon HD 2900 XT, I really do. The underlying technology inherent in this card shows that the engineers at AMD are still working overtime to create efficient and effective 3D hardware, rather than just going for the brute force approach. However, when you consider that a GeForce 8800 GTS will cost you considerably less and give you very similar performance, it's hard to recommend this latest Radeon. All I hope is that once the launch frenzy is over, the price will drop in line with nVidia's part, and then the choice between the two will be far tougher.
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AMD's Radeon HD 2900 XT has some neat innovations but it ultimately falls short of our expectations. It's been a long time since we've been able to associate the word "leading" with ATI graphics hardware and we're going to have to wait even longer before we're able to say it. Thankfully though, ATI hasn't priced its Radeon HD 2900 XT out of the market, but supply shortages are pushing prices up at online retailers. Once the supply settles down, the cards should be available for around £250 (inc VAT), whereas today they're available for almost £300!
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Tuesday, May 15, 2007
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The long awaited challenger to NVIDIA's hegemony of DirectX 10 graphics has appeared. ATI's R600 makes its debut in the form of the Radeon HD 2900 XT 512MB and to our surprise, goes for the jugular of the GeForce 8800 GTS, and not the GeForce 8800 GTX - though it comes close.
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Monday, May 14, 2007
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Contrary to what you may believe, the HD 2900XT that we are looking at here today is not meant to compete against NVIDIA's 8800 Ultra or even the GTX. Instead AMD aimed at a lower price target, the 8800 GTS. With a launch price of $399 AMD intends to take the mid/high end market segment instead of going after the faster 8800 GTX and Ultra. As much as they want to sugar coat it, the R600 in its current iteration is just not capable of getting the clock speed up to the level needed to go toe to toe with the GTX/Ultra in every situation...
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Today we'll see how the newest RADEON HD 2900 XT (R600) graphics cards perform in game benchmarks. We conducted two test sets: a complete one under Windows XP and a brief one under Windows Vista. Note that we have also obtained test results for the 2900 XT overclocked to 850/2000 MHz.
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Today finally sees the launch of AMD's long anticipated flag-ship 3D accelerator, the AMD Radeon HD 2900 XT and Hong Kong based HIS Technology is the first AIB manufacturer out on the launch pad. Is the undeniably feature rich AMD HD RADEON 2900 XT a worthy contendor to NVIDIA's recently launched GeForce 8800 Ultra and how does it fare as a value proposition in our HEXUS.bang4buck analysyis?
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AMD's new flagship video card is the Radeon HD 2900 XT which is based on the brand-new R600 GPU. It comes at an amazing $399 price point and offers many unique features. While performance may not be as fast as the GeForce 8800 GTX, its price will definitely make this card a good choice for users who are looking for the best price/performance ratio.
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It's late, but it's finally here. This morning AMD will be formally announcing their long-awaited Radeon HD 2000 series, or perhaps better known as the ATI R600 GPU. The AMD Radeon HD 2000 series features DirectX 10.0 (well, for those that use Microsoft products), Avivo HD, a programmable tessellation unit, CrossFire support, and much more. This morning we have our technology preview of ATI/AMD's next generation GPUs along with what's in store for Linux and the R600 series support.
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AMD introduces their first Direct-X 10 capable graphics card with the HD 2900 XT.
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Today AMD is launching an enthusiast part HD 2900 series with the HD 2900 XT, performance parts with the HD 2600 series including HD 2600 XT and HD 2600 PRO, along with value parts including HD 2400 XT and 2400 PRO. The HD 2600 and 2400 series have had issues of their own and you will need to wait a little longer before being able to buy these various models on shop shelves (July 1st). The HD 2900 XT will be available at most of your favorite online resellers as of today. Quantity is "not too bad" but a little on the short side with most of AMD's partners only getting between 400 - 600 units which is not that much considering the huge number of ATI fans out there. You may want to get in quick and place your order, if you are interested - some AIB companies are not sure when they will get in their next order, too.
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Friday, April 20, 2007
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Since many can't afford the highest priced processors on the market we have focused on the sub $200 processors from AMD and Intel for an article that shows gaming performance between the two processors. To keep under the $200 budget we went with the $185 Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E6300 and the $184 AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor 5600+. Both of these processors are under $200 and are within just a dollar of each other, so when it comes to pricing alone it's an apple to apple comparison...
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Sunday, April 1, 2007
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The 4800+ is an interesting CPU. Energy efficiency is more and more important as the Green initiative makes computer manufacturers work on lowering power requirements and the 4800+ does this as advertised. The 4800+ consumes 30W less than the 5000+ under load, making it a good choice for the energy-minded in all of us.
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Monday, March 26, 2007
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AMD has created a new silicon revision for the AM2 socket: F3. We take a look at how overclocking performance has been changed, and a possible cause for such improvement over previous revisions of K8.
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Wednesday, March 7, 2007
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To further combat excessive power consumption, Intel redesigned its processor architecture completely. AMD on the other hand just tweaked its K8 architecture for more efficiency. The Socket AM2 Athlon64 X2 4800+ processor is one of AMD's 65 nanometer parts, moving it onto a smaller manufacturing process has helped AMD cut power consumption rates to 65W. The Athlon64 X2 4800+ idles 13W less than the X2 5000+, and 20W lower than the single core Socket 939 Athlon64 4000+. It's under load where we see the real power savings.
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Saturday, March 3, 2007
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Despite not being a graphical powerhouse, and only offering a basic 640x480 gaming experience, the RS690 still does far more than the widely used Intel G965 integrated chipset will ever do, for those who enjoy a splash of gaming. Now that popular OEMs (like Dell and HP) are investing more heavily in AMD, we should see more affordable, 3D capable machines arriving in people's homes in time for the inevitable Vista upgrade.
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