ATI's New Leader in Graphics Performance: The Radeon X1900 Series
by Derek Wilson & Josh Venning on January 24, 2006 12:00 PM EST- Posted in
- GPUs
Far Cry Performance
Far Cry is an older game with graphics that, while still good, are starting to look dated. However, this game still provides us with a good performance test as it offers lots of graphics options to bump up the stress on any GPU.
Something interesting we see here is how FarCry favors ATI consistently until the maximum quality settings are enabled. With max quality, the 7800 GTX 512 SLI setup dominates the other cards, including the X1900 XTX Crossfire (48 fps at 2048x1536 verses 16 fps). Without AA enabled, the results are very similar between the ATI and NVIDIA cards, but when 4xAA is enabled, ATI does noticeably better. .
Far Cry is an older game with graphics that, while still good, are starting to look dated. However, this game still provides us with a good performance test as it offers lots of graphics options to bump up the stress on any GPU.
Something interesting we see here is how FarCry favors ATI consistently until the maximum quality settings are enabled. With max quality, the 7800 GTX 512 SLI setup dominates the other cards, including the X1900 XTX Crossfire (48 fps at 2048x1536 verses 16 fps). Without AA enabled, the results are very similar between the ATI and NVIDIA cards, but when 4xAA is enabled, ATI does noticeably better. .
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Orbs - Wednesday, January 25, 2006 - link
I didn't see any comparisons between X1900 XT CrossFire and X1900 XTX CrossFire, except for the comments at the end of the article saying diminishing returns resulting in even smaller a gap in CrossFire than the XTX had over the XT to begin with.With the exception of 1 B&W2 test (which I suspect is a typo), the graphs all show the X1800 XT vs. the X1900 XTX. Those are two different generations, not just clock speeds.
poohbear - Tuesday, January 24, 2006 - link
I LOVE competition.:)poohbear - Tuesday, January 24, 2006 - link
especially GOOD competition.:0Aquila76 - Tuesday, January 24, 2006 - link
Nice. Maybe we'll start seeing some real developments in GPU's again. Right now, it's more of a 'do what we've been doing but faster', maybe we'll start seeing some new innovations in video tech in the coming year (adding physics processing, wider encoding capabilities, etc.).Spoelie - Thursday, January 26, 2006 - link
The x.00 line was more of the same yeah, but the x1.00 line is architecturally a pretty large step forward, finally on par with nvidia where it really needed to and a few steps ahead in other areas. If only they gave it more ROPs/Texture engines.Phantronius - Tuesday, January 24, 2006 - link
And the shitty cycle of upgrading continues.Capt Caveman - Tuesday, January 24, 2006 - link
And available at a good price. Way to go ATI.gimpsoft - Tuesday, January 24, 2006 - link
nice scores on ATI but i still have my 6800GT ill wait until next 2 gen i see we can now play respectable 40 frames + @ 19200X1400 nice to know when 1080p tv are outdon't know either that or get a PS3 will see =) it's getting way to expensive.
bamacre - Tuesday, January 24, 2006 - link
WTF is your idea of "good price?" I see X1900 XT starting at $550 to $605 per card.Capt Caveman - Tuesday, January 24, 2006 - link
Digitally Unique has the X1900XT for $525 and Actbuy had them for $504. Based on performance, these cards offer a great bang for your buck. And this is coming from a GTX 512 owner.