Product ReviewsGraphics cards
ATI has released the Radeon X1600XT chip, and this GeCube is the first card we've seen to use it. The card fits in the middle of ATI's new range between the X1900 at the top and the X1300 at the bottom. Unlike the previous-generation X800GTO, the X1600XT supports CrossFire, for dual-card configurations, and Shader
GeCube's X1600XT has 12 pixel pipelines, a core speed of 600MHz and 256MB of GDDR3 RAM running at 700MHz (1.4GHz effective). On paper, it's fast and outstrips the similarly priced X800GTO. Performance in 3DMark03, which uses DirectX, was very good, and it scored 9,387 at 1,024x768. Upping the resolution to 1,280x1,024 produced a score of 4,544. In both cases, the X1600XT almost doubled the scores from nVidia's similarly priced GeForce 6600GT cards. Performance in Doom 3 was also good, but a little off nVidia's pace. Doom 3 uses OpenGL for its graphics, and ATI's OpenGL support isn't as good as nVidia's. Even so, the X1600XT managed 43.2fps at 1,024x768 with 4x FSAA and 30.3fps at 1,280x1,024. This very well-priced mid-range card can cope with all the latest games. However, OpenGL performance could be better. By David Ludlow SPECIFICATIONS:
ATI Radeon X1600XT graphics, 600MHz core speed, 256MB GDDR3 RAM running at 700MHz (1.4GHz effective), VGA, DVI and S-video outputs. |
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