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ATI Introduces DirectX 9 and PCI Express to Value Graphics Market: PowerColor X300SE Graphics Card Review (page 5)Category: Video [ 10/20/2004 | 04:34 PM ] PowerColor X300 SE: Noise, Overclocking and 2D QualityThe noise parameter is completely out of place when we’re talking about the PowerColor X300 SE – the card is equipped with a passive cooling system and is always absolutely silent. We could only speed the GPU up (from 325 to 400MHz) in our overclocking tests. Of course, we applied additional cooling – the heatsink was scorching hot even at the regular frequency. So, our supposition of a low heat dissipation of the X300 was never confirmed. Well, the X300 is a much more complex chip than the RV280 (RADEON 9200) and works at a higher frequency, and even the thinner tech process cannot compensate for that. The passive heatsink is anyway enough for the graphics card when it’s at its normal frequencies; additional cooling is only necessary for overclocking. The memory wouldn’t be stable even at 210 (420DDR) MHz, the card hanging up in 3DMark03. The high access time and the simplified PCB deign must have led to this poor result. The 2D image as outputted by the card was crisp in all resolutions up to 1600x1200@75Hz inclusive. The PowerColor X300 SE is of course unlikely to be used with monitors that support such a high resolution, but it wouldn’t disappoint you in this case anyway. Testbed and MethodsWe investigated the performance of the RADEON X300 SE on our new testbed configured as follows:
This configuration can’t be called an “inexpensive” one, but our aim is to provide the general picture of the performance of the simplest PCI Express graphics card now available in the market. We used the following games and applications in our tests: First Person 3D Shooters:
Third Person 3D Shooters:
Simulators:
Strategy:
Semi-synthetic benchmarks:
Synthetic benchmarks:
The highest graphics quality settings were selected in each particular application. The rendering quality was set up identically for ATI’s and NVIDIA’s GPUs through the drivers; we enabled anisotropic and tri-linear filtering optimizations in NVIDIA’s GPUs. Due to the overall low performance of the PowerColor X300 SE and its orientation toward the budget market, we adjusted our testing methodology accordingly and excluded some display resolutions and modes for certain games. <%BANNER[banner_468x30]%>
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Category NewsCategory: Video Friday, July 4, 20083:08 pm Nvidia Plans Further Price-Cuts for Latest Graphics Cards. Nvidia Intends to Drop Price of GeForce GTX 200-Series Graphics Cards Thursday, July 3, 20089:27 pm Transition to 16:9 PC Monitor Panels Inevitable – Research Firm. 16:9 Panels to Replace 16:10 Panels, Says Research Firm 4:07 pm Nvidia Lowers Sales Guidance amid Chipset Flaws and Decreasing Prices of Graphics Chips. Nvidia Issues Warning Following Issues with Chipsets, Graphics Processors Tuesday, July 1, 20081:46 pm Diamond Multimedia Preps Über-Overclocked ATI Radeon HD 4870 Graphics Card. ATI, Diamond Bid on Overclocked ATI Radeon HD 4870 to Crash Nvidia’s GeForce 200 GTX Monday, June 30, 20084:32 pm AMD Returns ATI All-In-Wonder Graphics Cards to Market. AMD Unveils ATI All-In-Wonder HD Graphics Card All Latest News <%BANNER[right_130x130_1]%>
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