‘Sapphire clocks the Radeon X1950 GT at levels which are close to, but slightly lower than the Radeon X1950 Pro. While the Radeon X1950 Pro featured the RV570 GPU clocked at 580MHz with 1.4GHz GDDR-3 memory, the Radeon X1950 GT features the RV570 at 500MHz with 1.2GHz GDDR-3 memory. While a 500MHz GPU clock may seem quite high for a mid-range part, keep in mind that this GPU features 36 pixel shaders, which is 3/4 that of the high-end Radeon X1950 XTX.’Here are some more Graphics Card articles from around the web:
- PowerColor X1550 SCS @ Bjorn3D
- Sapphire X1050 and X1550 @ Techgage
- Vista Gaming: Yay or Nay? Part 1: ATI @ DH
- Cooler Master CoolViva Pro Videocard Cooler Review @ HardwareLogic
- 8800GTS shootout – XFX 8800GTS “XXX” vs Gainward 8800GTS “Golden Sample” @ Overclock3d
- MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC (GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB) @ Hardware Zone
- NVIDIA To Launch GeForce 8600 Series on April 17th @ VR-Zone
- Foxconn 8800 GTX Graphics Card @ Bjorn3D
- Inno3D iChiLL 7900GS Arctic Cooling Silencer 6 @ HEXUS
ATIs “new” graphics card
HotHardware has a review of the X1950 GT 256MB. By dropping the Pro part of the name, reducing the clock speed and the price, this card is good choice for those not looking for the fastest card. It’s performance is still nothing to sneer at, it is capable of over 100fps with 4x FSAA and 4x anisotropic filtering enabled in Half Life Episode One.