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Shaminos conclusion, if you don't want to sit around and wait for the page to load.

The drivers seem to need more work, but other than that, the card looks like a pretty fun toy.

 

Still, far from a GTX killer (let alone an Ultra).
It will all come down to a price-war between the GTS and the XT, just like i suspected.
"Very nice".

 

D3D10 SDK I think.

Jawed

 

That was expected from what we've seen in the last few weeks.

US

 

Ahh, I see your point now. I was basing my post on the manual and the vr-zone review.

Regardless, given the huge disparity in power draw, I think it's time to pick up a overclocked GTS 320.

 

Nope, if you want to use Overdrive you need 1x6pin + 1x8pin, you can still use other software (like the clocktool AMD released) to overclock the card even if you had 2x 6pin

 

From a guy who has one:

 

I dont' think HD2900xt draw much power than that of 8800GTS (640) according to that VR-Zone testing... it is a bit different by 5w at default setting.... His conclusion sounds "off" by talking that it will consume more power than GTS at general use (not by overclocking the card).

Anyway, GTS 320 would be a bit lower power draw as it is 320MB memory on the card (yes, the power should draw less than that of GTS 640 too)...

 

Under load the xt is 65 watts more then the gts and 20 watts more then the gtx.

Think ya looked at the wrong column

 

Not quite, if you want to overclock with the Overdrive you need the 8 pin. Other apps still work.

 

http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/1...long_awaited_r600_dx10_gpu_arrives/index.html

 

Wohoo!

 

Sweet!

 

Looks like nobody cares about NDA

 

That vr-zone battlefield shot shows the best evidence of CFAA blurring thus far IMO.

http://www.vr-zone.com/?i=4946&s=16

 

Nice for the customers, indeed. Not so nice for AMD: margins on this things must be (once again) way below expectations.

 

Does anyone think that even with the most optimized drivers, the HD 2900xt can catch up with the 8800gtx? I feel like I just wasted 6 months waiting for this stupid card just to find out that it is super hot, takes up more power than the gtx, and recommends a new power supply to overclock it, which means I would probably have to get new cooling also. So once I have my XT on par with the GTX, I have already spent the amount of money it costs just to buy a GTX.

 

NV winning the IQ test.. Oh boy, the world has gone crazy.

 

That battlefield image quality comparison is pretty disastrous for the 2900XT. Far too blurry to be called "a good Anti-Aliasing".

 

Inresting.