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ATI Radeon X800 Pro and XT Platinum Edition: R420 Arrives

Date: May 4th, 2004
Topic: Video Card
Manufacturer: ATI
Author: Derek Wilson

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With no AA or AF enabled in FarCry, the X800 XT Platinum Edition takes off and looks great doing it. Leading the 6800 Ultra by over 40% at 1600x1200 is not a small feat, and its hard to believe we are talking about a 168% increase in speed over the 9700 Pro.

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Enabling antialiasing and anisotropic filtering closes the gap between the NV40 and R420, but the X800 XT Platinum Edition still has a comfortable lead.

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95 Comments - Last by raks1024, 1842 days ago

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No Subject by f11, 2107 days ago

kinda starting to feel sorry for nvidia now. each generation they stuff their cards with more feautures than they need to, end end up with a slower and more featured card. If anyone's expecting SM3 to be a big hit, remember that the original FX line had lots of extensions to DX9 and they never really made much a difference.

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No Subject by MemberSince97, 2107 days ago

Advanced features are worthless if your driver team keeps breaking them..

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No Subject by Brickster, 2107 days ago

Show me the money!

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No Subject by Phiro, 2107 days ago

The message is clear; Matrox has failed!

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No Subject by saechaka, 2107 days ago

wow. very impressive. i was set on getting an nvidia but just don't know anymore

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No Subject by Akaz1976, 2107 days ago

Dang! On one hand, I am saddened by the review. My recently purchased (last month) Radeon9800PRO would be at the bottom of the chart in most of the tests carried out in this review :(

On the other hand this sure bode well for my next vid card upgrade. Even if it is a few months off! :)

Akaz

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No Subject by noxipoo, 2107 days ago

ATi wins again.

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No Subject by Tallon, 2107 days ago

Ok, so let's review. with the x800XT having better image quality, better framerates, only taking up one slot for cooling and STILL being cooler, and only needing one molex connecter (uses less power than the 9800 XT, actually), who in their right mind would choose a 6800u over this x800XT? I mean, seriously, NVIDIA is scrambling to release a 6850u now which is exactly identical to a 6800u, it's just overclocked (which means more power and higher temperatures). This is ridiculous. ATI is king.

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No Subject by ViRGE, 2107 days ago

...On the virge of ATI's R420 GPU launch...

Derek, I'm so touched that you thought of me. ;)

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No Subject by eBauer, 2107 days ago

#8 - OpenGL still kicks butt on the nVidia boards. Think of all the Doom3 fans that will buy the 6800's....

As for myself, I will wait and see how the prices pan out. For now leaning on the X800.

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