XFX GEFORCE 7900 GTX REVIEW AT ULTIMATE HARDWARE - "The XFX GeForce 7900 GTX also featuring the XFX GeForce 7950 GT. The XFX GeForce 7900 GTX has a 16% clock speed, 13% memory speed and same number of pixel shaders compared to the XFX GeForce 7950 GT."
XFX GEFORCE 7900 GT REVIEW AT ULTIMATE HARDWARE - "The XFX GeForce 7900 GT takes on the Sapphire Radeon x1950 Pro. The XFX GeForce 7900 GT GPU is clocked 5% slower, has 5% slower memory and 34% less Pixel Shaders compared to the Sapphire Radeon x1950 Pro."
XFX GEFORCE 7900 GS REVIEW AT ULTIMATE HARDWARE - "The XFX GeForce 7900 GS also featuring the XFX GeForce 7900 GT. The XFX GeForce 7900 GS has a 19% lower clock speed, the same memory speed and 4 less pixel shaders compared to the XFX GeForce 7900 GT."
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1900 GT REVIEW - "Sapphire Radeon x1900 GT also featuring the XFX GeForce 7900 GS. Sapphire Radeon x1900 GT has a 22% higher clock speed, 10% lower memory speed and 16 extra pixel shaders than the XFX GeForce 7900 GS."
HIS RADEON X800 XL REVIEW AT ULTIMATE HARDWARE - "The HIS Radeon X800 XL is against the XFX GeForce 7900 GT. The HIS Radeon X800 XL's R430 GPU is clocked 28% slower, has 25% slower memory and 34% less Pixel Shaders compared to XFX GeForce 7900 GT."
ATI VIDEO CARD CHART UPDATED AT ULTIMATE HARDWARE - "Includes new specification information for the:- ATI HD 2600 XT, ATI HD 2600 PRO, ATI HD 2400 XT and ATI HD 2400 Pro."
DIAMOND'S HD 2900 XT 1GB GDDR4 REVIEW AT TECH REPORT - "That card is here at last, though, and Diamond is planning two versions: one with a stock 743MHz core clock and 2GHz memory and another, "overclocked" variant with an 825MHz core and 2.1GHz memory. Both offer quite a bit more memory throughput than the original 2900 XT, whose GDDR3 memory runs at 825MHz; over its 512-bit memory interface, the GDDR3 2900 XT has a theoretical peak of 106 GB/s. Our 2900 XT 1GB GDDR4 card is the slower of the two versions, but it still has 128 GB/s of memory bandwidth, well above the stock 2900XT and astoundingly, almost twice the 86 GB/s of the GeForce 8800 GTX."
MSI RX2600XT REVIEW AT TRUSTED REVIEWS - "The MSI RX2600XT is based on ATI's HD 2600 XT graphics chip coupled with 512MB of GDDR3 memory and priced at £95.14 (guideline price), the RX2600XT is around £10 cheaper than the XFX Fatal1ty 8600 GT and carries a very similar feature set. Both cards have similar gaming performance (which we'll look at in detail later), dedicated video decoding engines, two dual-link DVI outputs, and large passive heatsinks. Of course there are some subtle - and some not so subtle - differences but essentially it's a straight out fight between the two."
ATI RADEON 2400 XT AND GEFORCE 8500 GT REVIEW AT EXTREME TECH - "Today we put those two cards on the workbench. The ATI-branded Radeon HD 2400 XT and the XFX-branded GeForce 8500 GT each cost around $80, and they represent a way to get DirectX 10 graphics for less than the price of two new PC games. But are they worthwhile purchases? Can such inexpensive graphics cards deliver a good game experience?"
ATI RADEON HD 2600 XT, 2600 PRO AND 2400 XT REVIEW AT TRUSTED REVIEWS - "To this end ATI recently launched the HD 2600 XT, HD 2600 Pro, HD 2400 XT, and HD 2400 Pro graphics cards. These will be directly competing with the 8600 GT, 8500 GT, and 8400 GS from nVidia in the sub £100 market. Indeed prices for these parts start at £87 for the HD 2600 XT and finish with the HD 2400 Pro at £34. The individual prices for each card seem to be aimed just below the competing nVidia card, which is no bad thing so long as performance isn't also consistently sub par."
BFG GEFORCE 8600 GTS OC2 REVIEW AT TECH REPORT - "If you're in the market for an 8600 GTS, there are plenty to choose from, including BFG Tech's new OC2 model. As one might expect, this card comes factory "overclocked," boasting respective core and memory speeds of 720MHz and 1110MHz. Those clock speeds are higher than any other 8600-series card we've tested, which is an achievement in itself. The OC2 has another ace up its sleeve, though: BFG's new ThermoIntelligence cooler."
BIOSTAR SIGMA-GATE VR8603TS21 GEFORCE 8600GTS REVIEW AT PC STATS - "The Biostar Sigma-Gate GeForce 8600GTS videocard is based on nVidia's reference design. Biostar equip the card with custom dual slot cooling solution, leaving the 256MB of GDDR3 memory naked. The latter is not much of an issue, even when highly overclocked the memory is only luke warm. The heatsink that Biostar uses with the Sigma-Gate GeForce 8600GTS reminds one of the old Thermaltake's Orb coolers. It did a decent job at keeping the nVIDIA GeForce 8600GTS cool, maximum core temperature hovered between 50-55 degrees Celsius."
ZOTAC GEFORC 8400GS 256MB REVIEW AT TWEAK TOWN - "The latest offering to come out of the ZOTAC factory is the 8400GS, Nvidia’s current low-end DX10 part. Priced relatively low, you can tell the card is for a certain market of people who really don’t want to spend the big bucks or simply can’t afford to. The good news is that low-end cards have become better over time, to the point where they are a reasonable upgrade from onboard graphics equipped motherboards."
DIAMOND VIPER 2900 XT 1GB PERFORMANCE AT FIRINGSQUAD - "Not only does Diamond’s Viper Radeon HD 2900 XT 1GB sport more memory than your typical Radeon HD 2900 XT card, as we outlined earlier, it’s packing 1.0GHz (2.0GHz effective) memory. As a result, the memory subsystem is capable of delivering up to 128GB/sec of peak bandwidth to the graphics core. That’s an impressive figure that no other GPU on the market can match, but this number can be a little deceiving. We’ll discuss this in more depth on the next page. The graphics core itself carries over largely unchanged from the 512MB Radeon HD 2900 XT. The chip runs at 745MHz, 5MHz higher than the 512MB GPU. That’s not really a lot honestly, especially considering the overclocking potential R600 has demonstrated in the past – these GPUs can really be pushed. It’s too bad these GPUs weren’t pushed to say, 800MHz or so."
GECUBE RADEON X1650 XT DUAL 512MB REVIEW AT HEXUS - "The current graphics-card market is littered with manufacturer-specific models that are only differentiated from one another by the use of a company-branded sticker on the heatsink's fan. There are a handful of companies, plying their trade for both Radeon and GeForce SKUs, who invest in a pre-overclocked line-up that, often, uses in-house-designed cooling. We like that. Then there's the firms who tear up the reference design, stamp on it, burn it, throw it out of the window and start on their own. We like that even more. GeCube is one such company and we take a look at its Radeon X1650 XT.... with a very large twist."
MSI NX8600GT T2D256E-OC GEFORCE 8600GT REVIEW AT PCSTATS - " While the 'G84' core carries forward with nVidia's current thinking of how a graphics processor should be built, there are a few notable changes from the 'G80.' Gone are the hard coded Vertex and pixel shaders, they've been replaced with a more flexible Stream Processor (or unified shader) that calculates both types of data. The Stream Processors runs at 1.18 GHz incidently. It's important to note that the GeForce 8600GT and 8600GTS GPUs have 32 stream processors each, while the GeForce 8800GTS model has 96 and the 8800GTX 128. If you remember, 16 stream processors equals one thread processor, so there are only two in the nVidia 'G84' core."
SAPPHIRE HD 2600XT REVIEW AT XSR REVIEWS - "ATI's 2xxx range of cards has received mixed press throughout review sites since their release. Today I get my first play with with one of them, the HD 2600XT from Sapphire. Let's see if it lives up to its budget card ideals."
AMD'S RADEON HD 2400 AND 2600 SERIES REVIEW AT TECH REPORT - "At last, I'm pleased to report, our review is complete. The result isn't perfect by any means (as we are keenly aware), but we do have a number of intriguing things to offer, including a look at the new Radeon HD cards' Avivo HD video acceleration capabilities, with tests of CPU utilization, image quality, and power use during playback. We also have a 3D graphics performance comparison, complete with some thoughts about why ATI's new GPUs tend to fall short of expectations in that department. Keep reading for our take on the new low-end and mid-range Radeons."
HIS RADEON ICEQ TURBO X1650XT REVIEW AT TWEAKNEWS - " Today I will be reviewing HIS's mainstream option that is readily available online through most retail channels. Not only does it perform well, but it comes with a software and hardware package than makes it US$150 or less price point an extreme value. Not everyone wants or needs a screaming fast videocard, but their are options like the X1650XT that are for the mainstream consumer that doesn't want to settle for a lower end product because they don't need an enthusiast card."
ECS AMD690GM-M2 MOTHERBOARD REVIEW AT HARDWARE SECRETS - "ECS AMD690GM-M2 is a socket AM2 motherboard with on-board video based on the latest chipset from AMD/ATI, AMD 690G, also known by its codename RS690. This is the first chipset coming from the collaboration between AMD and ATI, after AMD bought ATI. We were very curious to compare its performance to the previous on-board video solution from ATI, Radeon Xpress 1100, to its main competitors, GeForce 6100 and GeForce 7025 from nVidia, and also to cheap add-in video cards, like GeForce 6200. Let’s take a look on the performance and features of ECS AMD690GM-M2."
ATI HD 2400 TO NVIDIA 8400 REVIEW AT DRIVER HEAVEN - "The GeForce 8400GS and the ATI HD2400XT are the latest entries into the budget market and judging by their price you shouldn’t expect much from them, especially in terms of gaming. But as always we shouldn’t judge the book by the cover, so let us take a closer look at these newest offerings."
BFG GEFORCE 8600GTS FASTER THAN THE REST REVIEW AT FUDZILLA - "Today we bring you one of the best GeForce 8600GTS cards we had a chance to test, and the name is BFG GeForce 8600 GTS OC2 256MB GDDR3 PCI-E with ThermoIntelligence cooler. The card is run by the popular G84 GPU, better known as GeForce 8600GTS OC2. BFG cards are usually over-clocked and run faster than reference speeds, and this one is no exception. As usual, over-clocking results in greater power usage, higher core temperatures but also more frames."
GALAXY GEFORCE 8600 GE REVIEW AT BEYOND3D - "GeForce 8600 GE isn't on any official NVIDIA product list, but Galaxy use the GE moniker in this case to slide a SKU into the fairly big theoretical gap that appears between 8600 GT and 8600 GTS. It's hard to nail down the exact spec. and frequencies for the GE if you poke Galaxy's website, so let's explain just what's going on. Galaxy GeForce 8600 GE can range from 600-650MHz base clock (25MHz shy of the G84 clock of 8600 GTS at the top end of that range), with either 256MiB or 512MiB of memory on-board at 1000MHz (2000MHz DDR of course). Our sample came clocked at 630MHz (1400MHz hot clock, 50MHz shy from a 8600 GTS) with 256MiB of Samsung GDDR3."
ATI TV WONDER 650 COMBO PCI EXPRESS REVIEW AT HOT HARDWARE - "Probably the most successful of these companies is ATI, who almost three years ago, released their first HDTV tuner. Because of copyright issues, the tuner was only able to display HDTV from OTA (over the air) broadcasts, limiting the content you could watch on your TV to only local stations that occasionally carried HD broadcasts of sporting events or prime time television programs. Late last year, ATI released their Theatre 650 chip, a chip that added the HDTV tuning of the HDTV wonder with improved analog image quality and FM radio tuning, creating an all-in-one media tuning powerhouse. Today we’re looking at ATI’s latest endevour on the TV tuning front, the ATI TV Wonder 650 PCIe, which as its name suggests is based on the ATI Theatre 650 chip utilizes a PCI Express interface."
SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 2600 XT 256MB GDDR4 REVIEW AT HARDWARE ZONE - "As the highest clocked member of the Radeon HD 2600 family, the XT comes with GDDR3 or GDDR4 flavored memory with a maximum rated speed of 2200MHz DDR. The GDDR4 version we're taking a look today comes with Samsung chips that are rated at 0.9ns that allow them to handle the high speeds and at the same time be more power efficient. Meanwhile, the same RV630 core present on all the Radeon HD 2600 cards, along with the exact same number of stream processors, texture units and other graphics hardware, are all found on this card. In short, everything should be identical to the Radeon HD 2600 PRO that we had covered previously, but with vastly higher clock speeds and the use of GDDR4 memory. How would this leading Radeon HD 2600 card stack up against NVIDIA's GeForce 8600 series?"
GECUBE RADEON X1950PRO 256MB REVIEW AT 3DGAMEMAN - "Geeks.com has generously provided a GeCube x1950Pro video card for review today. Not too long ago, this card was part of the leading group of video cards on the market. With the progression to newer GPU’s (ie: GeCube HD2900XT), prices on these cards have come down making these a mid-level card; affordable to most upgrading users."
SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 2600 PRO OC REVIEW AT HEXUS - "We took a look at AMD's low-to-midrange DX10-supporting graphics cards last week and surmised that they had significant potential at the attractive price-points laid down by the green team and its partners. Time restrictions imposed upon us by late sampling meant that we couldn't fully test all the facets of Radeon HD 2600 XT and 2400 XT performance in the timeframe provided. Sapphire dropped off its pre-overclocked Radeon HD 2600 PRO graphics card for scrutiny. We take a look at traditional 3D performance, high-definition video-decode ability and evaluate it against its peers. Read on to see if it's worthy of extracting £65 from your wallet."
XFX 8600GT FATAL1TY REVIEW AT BJORN3D - "Today at Bjorn3D we have the distinct pleasure of reviewing the second product in XFX's Fatal1ty Professional series, the GeForce 8600GT. With an endorsement from the world's #1 gamer this gaming graphics solution has big shoes to fill. We plan to use typical testing regimen modified ever so slightly to determine if this product can fill those shoes, or maybe even go beyond."
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 PRO AGP REVIEW AT TWEAKNEWS - "Sapphire delivers enthusiast-class features to the mainstream with the ATI RADEON™ X1950 PRO. The SAPPHIRE ATI RADEON™ X1950 PRO promises to awaken the senses and free the imagination from the shackles of PC hardware limitations while remaining affordable. The Sapphire family of products are synonymous with extreme performance and reliability. The Sapphire X1950 PRO makes for a welcome addition to the family with its robust hardware offerings such as: the industry acclaimed X1950 GPU, 512MB of GDDR3 of onboard memory, DirectX and OpenGL acceleration along with enhanced support for the Windows Vista™ 3D environment. Experience the price vs. performance champion with the Sapphire X1950 PRO!"
ENEMY TERRITORY QUAKE WARS ATI PERFORMANCE AT AMD ZONE - "We did some testing with ATI's video cards but unfortunately we weren't able to max out their settings as we were with the GeForce cards. The differences were the game ran at 8X anisotropic filtering and 4X anti-aliasing instead of 16X and 8X and we were unable to enable soft particles."
ATI RADEON HD 2600 XT, 2600 PRO AND 2400 XT REVIEW AT PC PER - "Here is the 2600 GPU in its block diagram glory. While the flagship 2900 XT architecture features 320 stream processors, 16 texture units and 16 ROPs, the 2600 architecture (for both 2600 XT and the 2600 Pro) is powered by 120 stream processors, 8 texture units and 4 ROPs. As you might guess, that gives the 2600 series considerably less horsepower though at a lower price and lower power consumption."
POWERCOLOR RADEON HD 2400 PRO REVIEW AT TECHPOWERUP - "Powercolor is a brand of Tul corporation which has been in business for many many years. Being one of AMD's premier AIBs they have received a license to design and build their own Radeon HD 2400 and 2600 cards. Today we have on the testbench their Radeon HD 2400 Pro 256 MB which looks like it is a great choice for media PC systems because of its small form factor, integrated UVD HD Video decode acceleration and great price. AMD's RV610 GPU is very similar to the RV630 in design and features, it's mainly the performance that differs to make this a lower cost part."
