Conclusion

Having tested GeCube Radeon X1900 XTX graphics adapter we have every right to say that it boasts all the advantages and drawbacks of an ATI R580 based graphics card. It is one of the today’s most powerful graphics accelerators that is especially efficient in high resolutions with enabled FSAA as well as in those applications that deal with simultaneous processing of numerous complex pixel shaders. Like any other Radeon X1900, GeCube Radeon X1900 XTX is often defeated by GeForce 7900 GTX, especially in those OpenGL games that require high fillrate.

However, just like any other Radeon X1900 solution, GeCube Radeon X1900 XTX has more promising long-term prospective than GeForce 7900. The main reason for us to think so is the overall tendency that we have been observing in the today’s gaming world towards more numerous and more complex instructions in the gaming pixel shaders. Therefore, Radeon X1900 with its 48 pixel processors looks much more confident in this environment.

As for the actual solution offered by GeCube, we cannot make any specific conclusion about it: it is an exact copy of the reference board. To be more exact, the card itself is manufactured together with all other Radeon X1900 products and doesn’t really differ from what most other vendors have to offer.

The accessories bundled with the card are not very numerous, which is slightly disappointing, because this product belongs to the high-performance graphics solutions. But at the same time it doesn’t have anything excessive that could have affected the price of the GeCube Radeon X1900 XTX. From this standpoint, our hero is a complete opposite to what Asustek Computer has to offer: they pack their top-notch graphics solutions with all sorts of accessories.

So, GeCube Radeon X1900 XTX is a pretty attractive buy for those computer users who need the ultimate performance and do not really care about the far not free-of-charge goodies they get together with the card.

Highs:

• High performance in most applications
• Excellent performance with enabled FSAA and anisotropic filtering
• Transparent textures anti-aliasing
• 512MB of graphics memory, efficient Shader Model 3.0 implementation, 48 pixel processors – great reserve for the future
• Hardware H.264 decoding and other HD formats support (Avivo engine)
• Dual-link DVI support.

Lows:

• High power consumption
• Higher level of noise than that of the competitor’s solutions
• Lower performance in OpenGL applications where high fillrate is required
• Few bundled accessories.