AOpen Aeolus FX5900 XT

Zardon · Jan 8, 2004, 12:43 PM

When I first heard of the new XT series I figured it only would be fun marketing yet what I did not expect at that time was a product of this caliber in the price range. I'm surprised by this product as it in direct competition with the FX 5700 (Ultra). Performance wise this product will be quite a bit faster then the 5700 series yet only 20 buck more expensive. What makes this product so dominant over the 5700 is due to two reasons: First of all it has 8 (2x4) pixel pipelines compared to only 4 on the 5700. Next to that it is armed with 128 MB running over a fantastic 256-bit memory interface which guarantees high computational bandwidth for it's frame buffer.

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Jan 8, 2004, 12:43 PM	#1
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	AOpen Aeolus FX5900 XT When I first heard of the new XT series I figured it only would be fun marketing yet what I did not expect at that time was a product of this caliber in the price range. I'm surprised by this product as it in direct competition with the FX 5700 (Ultra). Performance wise this product will be quite a bit faster then the 5700 series yet only 20 buck more expensive. What makes this product so dominant over the 5700 is due to two reasons: First of all it has 8 (2x4) pixel pipelines compared to only 4 on the 5700. Next to that it is armed with 128 MB running over a fantastic 256-bit memory interface which guarantees high computational bandwidth for it's frame buffer. Read here