Just recieved July edition of mag in post. Includes review of card.
Here's the benchmarks:

Company of Heros:
1024x768 GTS 320=113.5 GTS 640=114.9 2900xt=139.8
1280x1024 =89.7 =91.8 =122.9
1600x1200 =68.6 =69.6 =96

Fear
1024x768 =117 =118 =116
1280x960 =79 =82 =86
1600x1200 =56 =58 =60

Stalker
1024x768 =88.8 =102 =118
1280x1024 =59.6 =87.4 =88.47
1600x1200 =51.6 =74.5 =74.33

HL2
1024x768 =133.2 =139.5 =140.2
1280x1024 =123.6 =136.2 =136.5
1600x1200 =97.6 =131.9 =127


Card tested was Saphire HD2900 Xt, no idea of test system specs.
Guide price in mag was £249inc VAT.

*The review is also on their website http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/reviews/index.cfm?reviewid=834

Well, I'll take PC Advisor as a source over a lot of the random benchmarks that have been popping up.

Interesting to see no great difference in Stalker. Are these mean framerates?

i hope this is more likely to be true....maybe not GTS killer but still better choice now i think (from monday;p)

I guss so ...

The review is positive, 'GOLD' award.

Verdict:

".....HD 2900XT is an excellent card with a strong performance - and its cheaper then 640mb GTS. With an enticing software bundle [but doesnt state what this is] this is a winner"

@ £249 it would be superb! Thats the thing as the bundle alone does make it worth it! When you look at most packages you will obviously get the Half-Life Black Box w/Eps 2 and Team Fortress included then on top of that you can get Stalker also! Some people have it to be fair but still...

A lot of games and a pretty good performing card, at the price it looks mighty nice! I still can imagine it creeping up around £300 tho

Considering yuo can get a 640mg for £220 - is it worh the extra few fps? :|

jongeeone said:

Considering yuo can get a 640mg for £220 - is it worh the extra few fps? :|

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Ah but if you dont have any of the games id say yes lol

Those Stalker framerates... Are these with HDR?

lol - nice answer

Uriel said:

Those Stalker framerates... Are these with HDR?

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Sorry no idea review dosn't give details ... the PC advisor reviews are not great as far as the detail goes but I find them to be something that can be trusted.

jongeeone said:

Considering yuo can get a 640mg for £220 - is it worh the extra few fps? :|

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depends, if those extra few fps comes at a higher power consumption rate then no its not worth it.

The 640 can also beat it at times, they're about equal...

I wonder how the 2900 would do at 1920x1200 compared to the GTS 640.

Looks good if the price is right!

gt

jongeeone said:

lol - nice answer

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I thought it was rather good myself

What's the IQ like?!?!?! No one has mentioned it. I remeber seeing in the other thread a pic from Splinter Cell. The AF looked weird?

250 quids not a bad price at all for that card.... but yeah will have too see this and the new drivers that yield 20% improvement/ only 2 more days

Such a kicker theres no XTX version after all this time....

I expect the HD2900XT to get better as drivers are matured and optimized. Therefore, I suspect that the ATI card will pull ahead of the 8800 GTS in a few months time.

Biglunn said:

I expect the HD2900XT to get better as drivers are matured and optimized. Therefore, I suspect that the ATI card will pull ahead of the 8800 GTS in a few months time.

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hopefully

They will proberly refine the entire line up so the HD2900 cards all eventually become HD2950 type cards similar to what happen with the X1900 range of cards.

Either that or just the HD2950XTX

Wonder what the scrores would be like if the 8800 had better drivers. that i think is going to be the key to which card is better, cos i don't think those who buy the 2900 will be to happy if they don't arrive with good drivers