Radeon HD 2900 (R600) reviews thread

Here's the English version: http://www.hardware.info/en-UK/articles/amdnZGpsZGGa/ATI_Radeon_HD_2900_XT_test/

 

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/r600-architecture_14.html

 

Not really, i myself contributed to that review. We repeated each test 4 times, and the reviewer need to reinstall STALKER cause of very weird results showed in the first runs, but we finally got the good ones which are posted in the final review:
http://www.nextgpu.com/web/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=119&Itemid=31

The drivers are as follows:
8.37.4.0...almost equal performance as the ones on AMds website right now 8.37.4.3. The question is we run different games benchmarks for the task. HD 2900 XT is a good card, but it still losees a lot when AA is enabled. It still shines in some games too...Please, have a look also to the following review:
http://www.matbe.com/articles/lire/383/ati-r600-radeon-hd-2900-xt/page1.php
Anyway, they´re using 8.37.4.2 there...but we were using ATIs oficial.

 

Wow, it does pretty good there.

Hmmmm newegg has some bundles with a free G5 if you buy an XT before the 21st. That's a damn good mouse.

 

Well, my group is working on the whitepapers and they should be a long soon. There will be an SDK and inevitably documentation from the ISV group, although I do not know their schedule.

 

I think its the graphics card thats the bit thats worth 400 bucks though!

 

I'm seeing a pattern of non USA sites potentially having a different driver than their European counterparts. Take this review for example, the 2900 looks WONDERFULL. The hit with AA is still there but nowhere as severe as most USA sites report. Similar results to this cane be found in other non USA sites.

http://www.hardware.info/nl-NL/articles/amdnZGpqZGia/ATI_Radeon_HD_2900_XT_test/16

 

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/r600-architecture_16.html

Seems to have the most detailed comparison of CFAA I have seen so far. Includes performance and quality of narrow/wide tents.

 

Actually I have yet to see one for less than $429

 

http://www.hardware.info/

[Edit] Removed the "leeching" [/edit]

Example performance graph from www.hardware.info:



For the remainder please go to http://www.hardware.info/
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Still, the game (and now mouse bundle) make for a much more compelling argument given that most people still don't see the XT as a great value at $400. With current drivers at least.

 

I dunno about you. But large graphs loading and stretching the forums are pretty annoying. Cant you just directly link to them?

 

Well, the whole idea about cherry picking is to slap the pics in the readers face. Who has time to click the links?

2900guy, or x800guy (his rage3d name) has a bad habit of doing this.

 

I wonder what Dave Orton would have thought 12 months ago if you suggested that he sell his next generation 700m transistor gpu for $399 with a mouse thrown in for free ?

 

Don`t get me wrong, I`m not claiming a hidden agenda was involved. It`s simply odd that the numbers were quite different from what others have shown. Props for your contribution to the review, BTW.

 

I dont mind, but then again Im not running a wimpy res.

 

The benchmarks 2900guy linked to, I thought the HD 2900xt was being blown out by the 1950xt in Far Cry.

 

thats just it, nearly every site is different. i noticed european sites show the 2900 more favorably. maybe they received different drivers?

 

LOL. Yeah must be rather surreal for him to reflect upon that.

But, hey, even with this thing's wildly unpredictable performance, depressing AF/AA perf hit, etc, it does really compete quite well with GTS and even GTX occasionally. But I definitely think a GTS 640MB OC is the better deal. $100 less, typically.