Overclock 3D -- ATI announced their first DirectX 10 part a few months ago. We get in a Sapphire 2900 XT and see what we think of it.

 

TrustedReviews -- It seems ATI made the right decision when it chose not to ship HD 2900 XTs with 1024MB of memory. While doubling the memory quota does improve performance by a small margin, it is nowhere near enough to justify the increase in cost the extra memory would have demanded.

The Tech Report -- IF YOU'VE BEEN PAYING attention, you probably already know that AMD elected not to reach for the overall graphics performance crown when it introduced its new generation of Radeons, including the flagship Radeon HD 2900 XT. Instead, the company chose to target the $399 mark, where the 2900 XT would compete against the GeForce 8800 GTS. This was a surprising move, indeed--practically without precedent in the modern GPU race. AMD did it for solid reasons, of course, including the fact that its new graphics processor wasn't quite up to the task of taking on the GeForce 8800 GTX head to head. That makes the product we're reviewing today all the more interesting, because it's a souped-up version of the Radeon HD 2900 XT with a full gig of screaming fast GDDR4 memory. AMD has practically kept mum on this product, choosing not to point out its existence or highlight it in any way. But Diamond and a handful of other AMD partners have been shipping the cards to PC makers for a few weeks now, and contrary to the initial plan, cards are quietly beginning to show up at online retailers, as well. This card, with a staggering 128 GB/s of memory bandwidth, raises a number of intriguing questions about the role of memory bandwidth, the question of graphics memory size (how much is enough?) and most of all, the potential of AMD's R600 GPU. Some time has passed since the 2900 XT's debut, drivers have had time to mature, and here we have a faster version of the card. Can this new 2900 XT take on Nvidia's best? Are the matchups altered in DirectX 10 games? And how does the UVD-less 2900 XT really perform in HD video playback? Read on for all of these answers and more.

TweakTown -- Ok we’re a little slow sometimes, we won’t deny that. Why review a 1GB HD 2900 XT card when the new 3870 is out? Ultimately though, what the 8800GT and HD 3870 has done to these other high-end cards is make them worth absolutely bugger all on the second hand market. What this means is you can really pick up a bargain.

Technic 3D -- The Jetway Radeon HD 2900 XT arrived Technic3D. See you this Graphic Card with Vista Benchmarks, XP Benchmarks and 860 MHz/ 900 MHz Overclocking with Watercooling in the following Review.

Overclock 3D -- ATI announced their first DirectX 10 part a few months ago. We get in a Sapphire 2900 XT and see what we think of it.

Gideon Tech -- Recently ATI refreshed their line up of video cards, and they were nice enough to send one over for review, the ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT. Added to this new card were HD AC3 audio, 1080P video output, DX10 support for Vista, and a few other suprises. The testing and review took awhile, but I wanted to make sure things were done right.

TrustedReviews -- I like the Radeon HD 2900 XT, I really do. The underlying technology inherent in this card shows that the engineers at AMD are still working overtime to create efficient and effective 3D hardware, rather than just going for the brute force approach. However, when you consider that a GeForce 8800 GTS will cost you considerably less and give you very similar performance, it’s hard to recommend this latest Radeon. All I hope is that once the launch frenzy is over, the price will drop in line with nVidia’s part, and then the choice between the two will be far tougher.

bit-tech -- Many hardware enthusiasts have been waiting for AMD’s response to Nvidia’s GeForce 8800 family of graphics processors before deciding which company would get their hard earned cash. However, that wait has been a long one – well over six months in fact – and a lot of enthusiasts got fed up and bought a GeForce 8800-series card.