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HIS ATI RADEON X1900 XT
512MB ICEQ3 AVIVO REVIEW

"HIS Radeon x1900 XT 512MB ICEQ Avivo review also featuring the Connect3D Radeon x1950 Pro and Sapphire Radeon x1800 GTO. HIS Radeon x1900 XT uses the powerful R580 GPU running at 625Mhz with 48 Pixel Shaders, 8 Vertex Shaders and 8 Geometry Pipelines making the HIS Radeon x1900 XT very powerful indeed. If that wasn't enough the HIS Radeon x1900 XT has 512MB GDDR3 memory running at 1450Mhz. The HIS Radeon x1900 XT also uses the efficent ICEQ3 cooling."

HIS RADEON X1900 XT ICEQ3

"THE WORLD'S FASTEST GPU! - Is your rig ready for the onslaught of next generation games? It will be with the HIS X1900—the fastest consumer 3D graphics processor on the planet. Designed from the ground up to deliver maximum graphical detail at ultra-high frame rates, the HIS X1900's state-of-the-art architecture includes an ultra-threaded engine for unparalleled shader performance. In addition, it is CrossFire?ready, allowing your greatest multi-GPU fantasies to come true. The HIS X1900 ups the ante with Avivo™video and display technology that delivers movies, games, and photos in high-definition with stunning color and realism."

"CROSSFIRE™ READY FOR EXTREME GAMING - Get double barrel multi-GPU gaming performance that works with all games by adding a HIS X1900 Crossfire?Edition graphics card for powerful GPU sharing. Starting with a HIS CrossFire Ready graphic card and motherboard, using a single external cable unites another HIS CrossFire™Edition co-processor graphic card. HIS CrossFire™accelerates all your games, all the time, and delivers the highest image quality modes and resolutions with no special software or patches needed for compatibility."

"ICEQ COOLING TECHNOLOGY - The IceQ cooling system draws cool air from inside the case and exhausts warm air outwards. This prevents the fan from recycling warm air to cool the VPU, which increases cooling performance and lower the air temperature inside the case significantly."

Powered by ATI Radeon X1900 XT - 625MHz
512MB-256bit 8 channel GDDR3 memory - 1.45GHz
48 Pixel shader processor
8 Vertex shader processor
8 Geometry Pipelines
Ultra-threaded SM 3.0 Engine
512-bit Ring-bus
ATI Avivo™
High Precision Architecture
CrossFire™Support
PCI Express® x16 lane native support
Vertex and Pixel Shader 3.0
10bit Native Display Quality
Dynamic Flow Control
128-bit FP32 Processing
1024 instruction slots Shaders
128-way Ultra-threaded dispatch processor
512-bit Ring Bus
High Dymanic Range rendering
All stage Trilinear (16X) Anisotropic Filtering
Full (HQ) Anisotropic Filtering
12X Temporal Max. MSAA
6X Adaptive AA
Parallax Occlusion Mapping
12-tap error-free Dynamic Soft Shadows
RMX/RMC
H.264 Accelerated
Dual DL-DVI + VIVO
CrossFire support
DirectX® 9 and OpenGL® supported

HIS RADEON X1900 XT ICEQ3

VIDEO CARD GPU CORE
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MEMORY
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MEMORY
TYPE
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INTERFACE
MEMORY
TRANSFER
RATE
PIXEL
SHADER
DIRECTX
HIS RADEON X1900 XT ICEQ3 R580 625 1450 512MB GDDR3 256 46 48 9.0C
CONNECT3D RADEON X1950 PRO RV570 575 1380 256MB GDDR3 256 44 36 9.0C
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1800 GTO R520 500 1000 256MB GDDR3 256 32 12 9.0C
VIDEO CARD GPU CORE
CLOCK
MEMORY
CLOCK
MEMORY
TYPE
MEMORY
INTERFACE
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TRANSFER
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SHADER
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COMMENT - "It should be an interesting fight between the HIS Radeon x1900 XT ICEQ3 and the latest mainstream video card from ATI the Connect3D Radeon x1950 Pro. The HIS Radeon x1900 XT ICEQ3 has certain advantages over the newer Connect3D Radeon x1950 Pro. The main advantage for the HIS Radeon x1900 XT ICEQ3 is the generous 512MB GDDR3 memory and the efficent ICEQ3 cooling. Other advantages for the HIS Radeon x1900 XT ICQ3 is the 8% higher clock speed, 5% faster memory speed and 25% extra pixel shaders!"

HIS RADEON X1900 XT REVIEW

PAGE 1 - INTRODUCTION
PAGE 2 - SYSTEM INFORMATION AND 3DMARK 2006
PAGE 3 - 3DMARK 2005, ATI TECH DEMOS, PCMARK 2005 AND SHADERMARK
PAGE 4 - DOOM 3, FAR CRY HDR, PREY, QUAKE 4 AND SERIOUS SAM 2
PAGE 5 - SUPREME COMMANDER AND THE CONCLUSION


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