X1900 XT/XTX Roundup: A Closer Look at the Performance Leader in Graphics
by Josh Venning on February 15, 2006 4:00 PM EST- Posted in
- GPUs
PowerColor X1900 XT
The last part that we have for review is another X1900 XT from PowerColor. As with the GeCube X1900, the appearance of this card is identical to ATI's reference X1900 XT, which also looks exactly like the reference X1900 XTX. The fact that these cards look identical made telling them apart a bit of a headache, and we wish PowerColor and GeCube could have at least slapped their logo on the HSF before shipping them out.
The last part that we have for review is another X1900 XT from PowerColor. As with the GeCube X1900, the appearance of this card is identical to ATI's reference X1900 XT, which also looks exactly like the reference X1900 XTX. The fact that these cards look identical made telling them apart a bit of a headache, and we wish PowerColor and GeCube could have at least slapped their logo on the HSF before shipping them out.
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yacoub - Wednesday, February 15, 2006 - link
Sadly I don't think Gigabyte is an ATI partner, but I do hope Sapphire is working on better cooling for the X1900 series. Asus is NVidia but might also make ATI cards? I don't remember. If they try to passively cool it like with their 7800GT they just better do it well enough that it's not roasting itself to death at 70+ degrees Celsius. =/Clauzii - Wednesday, February 15, 2006 - link
In pro music applications 0.1db is considdered inaudioble but 0.7db - everyone can hear that change - Unless there is a louder component overall in the system.yacoub - Wednesday, February 15, 2006 - link
49.x db is still ridiculously loud, no matter how much an exponential change it is from 50.x.The loudest part in my current rig is around 37db. Claiming 49anything is quiet is RUBBISH and it most certainly is NOT a significant improvement over 50.x db. A slight improvement would be 47db instead of 52 db. A significant improvement would be 42db instead of 52db. A worthwhile improvement would be replacing those terrible fan designs with a Zalman/AC style cooler and offering that stock like Sapphire has in the past.
Come talk to me when it's at 45-47db at 100% fan speed and I'll be interested in buying it (because I'll drop it to ~20% fanspeed with ATITool like I do my current stock-Zalman-cooled Sapphire X800XL and that'll be close enough to this curent level of quiet to be acceptable.
Bull Dog - Wednesday, February 15, 2006 - link
<^ Broke owner of a Sapphire X1900XT"The X1900 is one of those cards that is on just about everyone's wish-list. Those who are lucky enough to own one are probably the envy of their friends and also perhaps became broke from the purchase."
:)
Bull Dog - Wednesday, February 15, 2006 - link
yo konw we really need an edit function.....Decent not dedcent.