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Aug 17, 2006, 01:22 AM
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Zardon, Any chance of a ATI X1950XTX Review please ? [UPDATED]
Just wondering if you guys can hopefully get ati to lend you a X1950XTX sample for review
i would love driver heaven to be the first site with a dedicated review of this card...
14th september is when the card is released.
i just want to know how much faster it is over the x1900XTX cards.
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Updated info, the following picture above was sample 1, here is sample 2, the picture is small i will try and find a better sized picture:
for now check this out, this version looks a lot slicker 
Update :
here we go a far better picture of the new sample 2 
I also found out that the X1950XTX pulls 36watts more power than the X1900XTX probably due to its 1000mhz GDDR4,
i need a question answered from zardon lol would my psu take it, its a 580w tagan Sli PSU with 35a on the 12v line when in combined mode. currently i have a X1900XTX in my system and working so just wondering hehe...
Last edited by ViRuS2k; Aug 18, 2006 at 06:04 AM.
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Aug 17, 2006, 01:34 AM
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Don't make me hungry.
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thats a monster looking card!
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Aug 17, 2006, 03:09 AM
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Burned
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we already have the card guys, and I was recently with ATI at meetings/ presentations regarding the product.
As some of you know, ATI make a publication involved sign an NDA (a non disclosure) meaning you cannot discuss or post information/benchmarks on the product until a specific date/time. This ensures to ATI that all coverage happens at the same time, worldwide.
I am aware this time that there was an article appearing from vrzone detailing the X1950. They in fact breached the NDA and were told by ATI to remove it (which they did). Unfortunately specific sites like this tend to just ignore NDA and do their own thing meaning they get loads of hits by being the only site to post information on the product, while other sites (like us) adhere to ATI's NDA. Hopefully sites that breach these NDA's get punished for future products, but we will see
Our review will be up the moment ATI allow us to do so .... so all I can ask is for a little patience. |
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Aug 17, 2006, 03:48 AM
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Any change that there will bee xmas completion and one prize is X1950XTX??
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Aug 17, 2006, 04:04 AM
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Originally Posted by temeteus82
Any change that there will bee xmas completion and one prize is X1950XTX??
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You mean competition, right? There's no need for one. See, I have this agreement with the"Powers that (might) be" that I would get the first X1950 card that DH receives for review, or the first to be put up in a competition. So, either way, I win. 
(Z... my address is still the same as the one from the last competition I "won".   ) |
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Aug 17, 2006, 07:20 AM
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would be nice, a compitition for that card (me! me! )
but seriously, what happens to the cards you get to review, are they send back or can you keep them (for competition etc.)? |
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Aug 17, 2006, 09:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Tipstaff
You mean competition, right? There's no need for one. See, I have this agreement with the"Powers that (might) be" that I would get the first X1950 card that DH receives for review, or the first to be put up in a competition. So, either way, I win. |
OooPS! Yeah I mean competition stupid Opera and aspell ... :P
You have that agreement in back and white? ? If you don't... well let's just say that you are out of luck then ... ... ... |
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Aug 17, 2006, 10:50 AM
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Banned
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i wonder if ATI will sell the cooler alone seperately?So that users with the leaf-blower solutions on their x1900's can get them changed(for quiter ones hopefully) without voiding the warranty.
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Aug 17, 2006, 11:08 AM
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DH's Dormant Dragon
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send me a crossfire setup, and i'll put it to the ultimate test...
hopefully thier crossfire eddition of the board has decent dogle tighteners that you can actually use without instantly snapping due to the extremely light metal used.
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Aug 17, 2006, 11:42 PM
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DriverHeaven Extreme Member
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Originally Posted by temeteus82
OooPS! Yeah I mean competition stupid Opera and aspell ... :P
You have that agreement in back and white? ? If you don't... well let's just say that you are out of luck then ... ... ... |
In this day and age... full blown color. Otherwise you can't tell that I signed my name in red.. the O negative varitety, that is. |
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Aug 18, 2006, 03:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Tipstaff
In this day and age... full blown color. Otherwise you can't tell that I signed my name in red.. the O negative varitety, that is. |
Oooo... Will see what will happen |
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Aug 18, 2006, 03:40 AM
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Like a Fish
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this might be a nice thing to have....especially since i'm contemplating upgrading my rig soon |
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Aug 18, 2006, 04:16 AM
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everybody just ignores my questions  |
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Aug 18, 2006, 06:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Neshi
everybody just ignores my questions |
the question you asked is probably private NDA info and cant be given out hence the no reply lol |
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Aug 18, 2006, 08:36 AM
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well.. then give that answer instead of nothing... was just curious if Zardon had a wall full of video cards... |
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Aug 20, 2006, 08:19 AM
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ooooooh, i'm drooling... this would be a nice upgrade along with DDR2 and C2D for XP and hold out as long as possible before moving to Vista/DX10. I guess this will be ATI's last DX9 card? Can't wait for all the reviews to hit the net, here first, of course... |
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Aug 20, 2006, 09:39 AM
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Like a Fish
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the review of the card is probably being done as we speak right now......but as soon as the NDA breaks, it'll be posted up lickity-split |
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Aug 20, 2006, 09:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Judas
send me a crossfire setup, and i'll put it to the ultimate test...
hopefully thier crossfire eddition of the board has decent dogle tighteners that you can actually use without instantly snapping due to the extremely light metal used.
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I hope I get dibs before you Judas but chances are I wont get them either |
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Aug 20, 2006, 01:34 PM
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DH's Dormant Dragon
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Aug 20, 2006, 03:14 PM
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I bet that Zardon has it already in use.. .. .. For review of course ...
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Aug 20, 2006, 05:17 PM
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Burned
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Originally Posted by temeteus82
I bet that Zardon has it already in use.. .. .. For review of course ...
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Veridian3 has several of them, and has had for a while. I used them weeks ago when I was over seeing ATI. |
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Aug 20, 2006, 05:19 PM
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This is a question on CrossFire, specifically on the mixed modes with CrossFire. With the X1900 using the composite chip on the CrossFire master cards, well, there is minor limitation with adding any additional negative lod, from my understanding. Over-all the mixed mode does a wonderful job of offering a clean texture, but with the minor sacrifice of some texture clarity in some cases.
So, my question is this:
Does the X1950 solve this minor limitation with the mixed | |
