The Full ATI R600 Test

Just Learnin' · Dec 31, 2006, 05:16 AM

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Page 1 of 12: ATI R600 vs. G80 (GeForce 8800) - the next level of ATI vs. nVidia.
The following massive 12-page article, including lots of benchmarking of the R600 and GeForce 8800GTX, shows who did his homework better during the last months of the never-ending fight between ATI and nVidia. First of all we need to say that ATI’s R600 is not available to the public market yet (while we do have a certain certification sample), while nVidia’s G80 (better known as GeForce 8800) hit the stores already. This was a smart move from nVidia in the short run because they were able to catch the christmas market; however, in the long run the additional research invested in the R600 might not only catch up to the G80 performance, but take the GPU crown captured by nVidia’s current flagship.
Update - Authenticity Of This Article
This article is authentic. Our R600 sample is an RTM sample used in the MS CERT process for driver validation (especially for Vista). We are not publishing pictures of the card itself right now, as the card contains major ID tags that we can not remove yet for source protection. We will add pictures of the card itself once we can remove these tags.

BulletTheory · Dec 31, 2006, 05:33 AM

I saw that yesturday. I was hoping for ATI to make a huge comeback! And they did (well its not a comeback since the X1950XTX was awesome) But overall, the R600 is going to be pretty amazing like the 8800GTX was at its launch

ATI vs Nvidia? Who will win?

Erroneus · Dec 31, 2006, 12:32 PM

http://www.hardwareheaven.com/amd-graphics-cards/126344-r600-review.html

**MIG-31** · Dec 31, 2006, 12:52 PM

Please continue to discuss in the link above.Thanks.

Dec 31, 2006, 05:16 AM	#1
Just Learnin' HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Posts: 1,414 Rep Power: 56 System Specs	The Full ATI R600 Test Source: Level 505 Page 1 of 12: ATI R600 vs. G80 (GeForce 8800) - the next level of ATI vs. nVidia. The following massive 12-page article, including lots of benchmarking of the R600 and GeForce 8800GTX, shows who did his homework better during the last months of the never-ending fight between ATI and nVidia. First of all we need to say that ATI’s R600 is not available to the public market yet (while we do have a certain certification sample), while nVidia’s G80 (better known as GeForce 8800) hit the stores already. This was a smart move from nVidia in the short run because they were able to catch the christmas market; however, in the long run the additional research invested in the R600 might not only catch up to the G80 performance, but take the GPU crown captured by nVidia’s current flagship. Update - Authenticity Of This Article This article is authentic. Our R600 sample is an RTM sample used in the MS CERT process for driver validation (especially for Vista). We are not publishing pictures of the card itself right now, as the card contains major ID tags that we can not remove yet for source protection. We will add pictures of the card itself once we can remove these tags. Last edited by Just Learnin'; Dec 31, 2006 at 06:38 AM.

Dec 31, 2006, 05:33 AM	#2
BulletTheory Forgiveness is a Six Gun Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Quebec City Posts: 1,329 Rep Power: 55 System Specs	I saw that yesturday. I was hoping for ATI to make a huge comeback! And they did (well its not a comeback since the X1950XTX was awesome) But overall, the R600 is going to be pretty amazing like the 8800GTX was at its launch ATI vs Nvidia? Who will win? __________________ Asus P8Z68-Pro \| Intel i7 2600K @ 4.4Ghz \| Asus GTX580 Matrix @ 940/4630 \| 8GB Corsair Vengence \| Intel 510 120GB SSD WD Black 1TB \| Corsair AX750W PSU \| Corsair Obsidian 650D Case \| Samsung 245bw 24inch LCD Razer Lycosa \| Razer Imperator \| Razer Goliathus Extended Edition \| Razer Megalodon Headset

Dec 31, 2006, 12:32 PM	#3
Erroneus Get off my lawn! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 13,419 Rep Power: 119 System Specs	http://www.hardwareheaven.com/amd-graphics-cards/126344-r600-review.html __________________

Dec 31, 2006, 12:52 PM	#4
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