TweakTown -- We will be looking at what GeCube, PowerColor, Sapphire and HIS have to offer us in this low-end department. We will have a quick look at each card, what cooler they use, if there are any significant differences between the cards, along with what is included in the package. We will be throwing in the Crossfire results from the other day just for the heck of it along side our other cards by themselves. Let’s get started and see which manufacturer is offering the best Radeon X1300XT.

 

Viper Lair -- When reviewing a product like the X600XT, it's important to keep in mind what the product's purpose is - in the case of the X600XT, it is to provide a budget/mid-range PCI-Express solution. In this respect, ATI has definitely succeeded - the X600XT is within the boundaries of mid-range cards, and performs well.

Driverheaven -- Let's face it, video cassettes suck for both playback and recording. There have been so many technical advancements with time that when I made the decision to bin my VCR, I optioned for ATI's AIW 9800SE. The card was an almost flawless product for watching and recording live television aside from the fact that it did not have a SCART output (important for our European readers). The AIW accomplished everything I needed it to in my media system, but of course, in more recent games, it was starting to show its age and it really isn't much fun witnessing jerky game playback on low resolutions via a 40" TV. When I saw ATI's announcement for the AIW X800XT with a SCART output, and needless to say, higher graphical prowess for gaming, I couldn't wait to get my hands on one. That day has finally come; let us see what it's all about.

Legit Reviews -- The ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 graphics card looks like it is going to be a great graphics card and it performed better than we expected for this preview. Once AMD gets the drivers perfected, enables PowerPlay in the BIOS and does some other minor changes this card will hit the street and be the fastest card available for less money than a GeForce GTX 280 graphics card...

Viper Lair -- So, does ATI bring anything to the table that we have not seen already from NVIDIA? In some ways, they work the same; two matching series of cards, and a supporting motherboard. Unlike NVIDIA, gaming profiles aren't required for Crossfire. According to ATI, with the correct hardware, Crossfire is something that is enabled as soon as your PC is put together. Their approach is driver independent, so in theory, older games as well as newer games should work in Crossfire mode as soon as you fire them up.

Driverheaven -- It's not often as a reviewer that you receive a product which doesn't have a major competiing part from another manufacturer. This is one such product and allows us to say quite easily that the AIW X1900 is the best product of its type that money can buy. This however doesn't tell the whole story.

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.

Phoronix -- It was only last month that ATI had unveiled its Radeon X1000 series support under Linux. On that April 12 launch, Phoronix was there with coverage, and a handful of articles that had looked at its performance and various features. As was hinted at in those articles where the TV-out support had seized to exist, we mentioned that ATI would be bringing this support back in an upcoming release, as well as other features. Well, today is the day. ATI's fglrx 8.25.18 display drivers bring yet another handful of new Linux features to the table, and we at Phoronix have you covered.