ATI Radeon X1900 Family Review

ATI have reclaimed the performance crown today with the launch of Radeon X1900XT and X1900XTX. We pitched it against the NVIDIA 7800 GTX 512MB and the results were impressive. In short, it’s fast. Very fast.. ..With the exception of the bugged performance in Quake 4, the Radeon X1900 family have taken over the performance lead in both single card and dual card configurations.

It’s worth mentioning that NVIDIA’s Desktop Graphics Product Manager, Ujesh Desai, admitted that he under-estimated how many GeForce 7800 GTX 512’s NVIDIA would sell. Consequently, the price of the cards hasn’t dropped since the launch, making them look like a rather expensive alternative to ATI’s Radeon X1900XTX 512MB. For now, ATI are back on top. If NVIDIA are to retake the lead, they will need to reach new heights in both performance and image quality.

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