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ATI FireGL V7350 Graphics Card Review: Radeon X1800 XT for Professionals?

[ 03/20/06 | by Ilya Gavrichenkov]

We would like to offer you a review of the professional graphics accelerator from ATI based on R520 architecture. The gaming graphics cards based on this chip have already conquered their niche in the market. But will the solutions based on this chip win the professionals’ hearts? Let’s find out now!

2 Fast, 2 Furious: ATI Radeon X1900 XT CrossFire Review

[ 02/26/06 | by Alexey Stepin]

The Radeon X1900 XTX – the fast and the furious – is currently among the fastest graphics cards for consumers available. But sometimes even more speed is desired for unbelievable quality and realism. Introducing the review of the too fast and too furious tandem of two Radeon X1900-series graphics cards: the 96 pixel shader processors show themselves in all their glory in 21 benchmarks.

PowerColor X800 GTO 16 Graphics Card Review: Image is the Top Priority?

[ 02/20/06 | by Alexey Stepin]

The long-lived Radeon X800 architecture dates its origin back to 2002 when ATI Technologies introduced its DirectX 9-supporting GPU codenamed R300. Despite the arrival of the new Radeon X1000 family, Radeon X800 series graphics cards are still popular due to their good technical characteristics and acceptable performance. Here’s another member of this large family – PowerColor X800 GTO 16.

3DMark06 Performance Review: The Future of Computer Games in Numbers

[ 02/16/06 | by Alexey Stepin]

Futuremark’s 3DMark testing suites are always in the middle of different discussions and arguments. Some would accuse them of generating unfair results, the others regard them as the only measuring tool for 3D performance… But one fact is truly undeniable: very often 3DMark results are prophetic predicting the graphics cards performance in the upcoming gaming applications with high certainty, even though these games are still under development. We witnessed this with 3DMark03 and 3DMark05. Will the new 3DMark06 be able to repeat the success of the predecessors? This is the question we are going to answer in out today’s article devoted to detailed testing of 20 graphics cards and 19 CPUs in the new 3DMark06 suite.

The Grand Clash for Watts: Power Consumption of Modern Graphics Cards

[ 02/01/06 | by Anton Shilov]

Modern computer components, including graphics cards, consume more and more power, dissipate more and more heat and cause a lot more noise with their cooling systems compared to their brethren a decade ago. Today we attempt to find out the needs of modern graphics cards when it comes to power consumption. Whether you are building a home-theater PC, or a high-performance gaming system, you may be interested to learn how much power will your graphics card would like to have.

The Fast and Furious: ATI Radeon X1900 XTX Review

[ 01/24/06 | by Anton Shilov]

ATI Technologies’ highly-anticipated Radeon X1800-series proved to be a high-performance lineup, however, ATI failed to grab the crown of the indisputable leader from Nvidia Corp. with the new family and the latter’s GeForce 7800 GTX 512, which was never available in mass quantities, attracted a lot of attention to Nvidia’s products. Today ATI attempts to fight back its leadership with the Radeon X1900 XTX graphics card, which offers a promise to be the fastest consumer board in the world. Find out whether the Radeon X1900 XTX delivers on its promise in this review that includes 24 gaming benchmarks.

Caught in the Cross-Fire: ATI RADEON X1800 XT CrossFire Edition Review

[ 01/23/06 | by Alexey Stepin]

ATI CrossFire technology in its first incarnation didn’t quite make it due to some serious limitations and the use of out-dated GPUs. The second-generation multi-GPU technology from ATI that we are going to present to you today is free from the earlier drawbacks and is compatible with the state-of-the-art RADEON X1800 graphics processor. How deadly the new CrossFire is for competing solutions? Is it free from the limitations of the previous version? Learn this and more in our review!