Information about delay in the deliveries Of radeon HD 2900 XTX appears again,. The problem here is that : not all AMD partners will announce Radeon HD 2900 XTX in the middle of May. In this period will appear only video card radeon HD 2900 XT, moreover their print run will be limited to hundreds of copies. For European region recommended retail price is set at the level of 349 Euro-, but real prices will be much higher .
Now let us examine the testing results , which refer to Radeon HD 2900 XTX (750/2020 MHz), Radeon HD 2900 XT (745/1600 MHz) and the overclocked to frequencies 650/2000 MHz video card geForce 8800 GTX. Let us note that the retail versions radeon HD 2900 XT can obtain higher frequencies - 750/1650 MHz. The central processor core 2 Extreme QX6800 (2.93 GHz) worked in motherboard asus P5N32- E SLI on base of chipset NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI. The drivers catalyst version 8.631 today found their official status .
As it is evident from the table, Radeon HD 2900 XTX not only loses over GeForce 8800 GTX in average 28%, but also sometimes occurs slower than Radeon HD 2900 XT. The average advantage Of radeon HD 2900 XTX above its cheaper version composes a pair of percentages. It is understandable, why AMD and partners do not hurry to release this video card .
Situation with geForce 8800 GTX and Radeon HD 2900 XT differs insignificantly. Certainly, video card NVIDIA is strongly overclock away, but advantage in 30% has a sufficient reserve in order to speak about NVIDIA victory with this video card at default frequencies. It is completely possible what that GeForce of 8800 Ultra is not requied here , if GeForce 8800 GTX is able to get an easy victory over both graphical solutions on base of chip r600. Related Products :
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