Sapphire Radeon X1950 Pro Review

Less than a month after ‘announcing’ that the Radeon X1900GT specifications had changed, ATI has launched the replacement for Radeon X1900GT. It goes by the name of Radeon X1950 Pro, but don’t mistake this card for using the same R580+ GPU as ATI’s current flagship part, Radeon X1950XTX.

Instead, Radeon X1950 Pro is based on the 80-nanometre RV570 GPU. This GPU sizes up at about 238mm² and is made up of approximately 330 million transistors. RV570 comes with an impressive set of specifications, including 36 pixel shader processors, 12 texture units, 8 vertex shaders and 12 pixel output engines capable of FP16 HDR lighting formats and anti-aliasing at the same time.

While GeForce 7900 GS is still a great card with a fantastic price point, it seems that ATI has revealed its hand and has come up trumps with four aces.

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