ATI RADEON X850 XT PE AGP Performance Preview

**MIG-31** · Apr 11, 2005, 05:17 PM

While PCI Express offers double the theoretical bandwidth of AGP, in practice today's applications just aren't designed to take advantage of the new interface. With this in mind, ATI has announced their first AGP products in over six months, including the X850 XT Platinum Edition AGP. The card boasts all the key features of the PCI-E card, only it supports the proven AGP interface. Read all the details on this new card in today's article!
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MitchRapp · Apr 11, 2005, 11:00 PM

interesting review

one thing i still don't get (and not just this review but a looooot of others) is that reviewers use odd system setups ...

for example SP1 and not SP2 ..... and Half-Life 2 without updates as opposed to Half-Life 2 with full steam updates

a lot of things change between SP1 and SP2 and between the HL2 out of the DVD and HL2 after 5 months of updates ...

so obviously the benchmarks are messed up ....
I think single player HL2 has gotten a major boost in the last 6 months
and SP2 has either done great things to people or awful things to others

reviewers should just use the most up-to-date software ... heck he used Catalyst 5.4 ... why not swing by to Windows Update

BWX · Apr 11, 2005, 11:18 PM

Yeah I agree pepiman... strange isn't it?

About that card...

JRosenfeld · Apr 12, 2005, 07:22 PM

The Germans used XP SP2:
http://www.computerbase.de/artikel/h...itt_einleitung

I think Google will translate if you don't read German, although the graphics are international.

MitchRapp · Apr 12, 2005, 10:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JRosenfeld

The Germans used XP SP2:
http://www.computerbase.de/artikel/h...itt_einleitung

I think Google will translate if you don't read German, although the graphics are international.

hehe well almost... numbers aren't the same everywhere

Apr 11, 2005, 05:17 PM	#1
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,854 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	ATI RADEON X850 XT PE AGP Performance Preview While PCI Express offers double the theoretical bandwidth of AGP, in practice today's applications just aren't designed to take advantage of the new interface. With this in mind, ATI has announced their first AGP products in over six months, including the X850 XT Platinum Edition AGP. The card boasts all the key features of the PCI-E card, only it supports the proven AGP interface. Read all the details on this new card in today's article! _______________ Read More: Firingsquad __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here

Apr 11, 2005, 11:18 PM	#3
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,669 Rep Power: 110 System Specs	Yeah I agree pepiman... strange isn't it? About that card... __________________

Apr 11, 2005, 11:00 PM	#2
MitchRapp a.k.a. pepiman Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Montreal Posts: 998 Rep Power: 51 System Specs	interesting review one thing i still don't get (and not just this review but a looooot of others) is that reviewers use odd system setups ... for example SP1 and not SP2 ..... and Half-Life 2 without updates as opposed to Half-Life 2 with full steam updates a lot of things change between SP1 and SP2 and between the HL2 out of the DVD and HL2 after 5 months of updates ... so obviously the benchmarks are messed up .... I think single player HL2 has gotten a major boost in the last 6 months and SP2 has either done great things to people or awful things to others reviewers should just use the most up-to-date software ... heck he used Catalyst 5.4 ... why not swing by to Windows Update

Apr 12, 2005, 07:22 PM	#4
JRosenfeld HardwareHeaven Lover Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 104 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	The Germans used XP SP2: http://www.computerbase.de/artikel/h...itt_einleitung I think Google will translate if you don't read German, although the graphics are international.