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*** The Official HD2900XT Thread ***

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fornowagain

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For the owner of the new HD2900XT, if you're buying let us see the results. I'll trawl though and stick any reviews you find on this page. Please try and stay on topic and enjoy your new cards :D If you want anything added to front page like drivers or utility's let me know.



Reviews

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17729129
http://it-review.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1336&Itemid=91
http://www.vr-zone.com/?i=4946
http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/1...long_awaited_r600_dx10_gpu_arrives/index.html
http://www.ocworkbench.com/2007/asus/EAH2900XT/g1.htm
http://www.tbreak.com/reviews/article.php?id=511
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=39580
http://www.guru3d.com/article/Videocards/431/
French translated review
http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTM0MSwxLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA==
http://www.beyond3d.com/content/reviews/16/
http://www.*****.net/content/item.php?item=8687
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ATI/HD_2900_XT/
http://www.hothardware.com/Articles/ATI_Radeon_HD_2900_XT__R600_Has_Arrived/
http://www.driverheaven.net/reviews/r600reviewz/index.php <<<< XP vs VISTA
http://www.frazpc.pl/artykuly/537/AMDATI/RADEON/HD/2900XT/Powrot/konkurencji
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/449
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pa...&item=715&num=1
http://www.fx57.net/?p=662
http://www.chilehardware.com/Revisiones/Tarjetas-de-Video/ATI-Radeon-HD2900XT-200705131808/4.html
http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=1101&pageID=3442
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,2128867,00.asp
Translated French with DX10 segment
http://www.pcgameshardware.de/?article_id=601352
http://firingsquad.com/hardware/amd_ati_radeon_hd_2900_xt_performance_preview/
http://www.nordichardware.com/Reviews/?skrivelse=510
http://www.techreport.com/reviews/2007q2/radeon-hd-2900xt/index.x?pg=6
http://tweakers.net/reviews/690
http://www.3dcenter.org/artikel/radeon_hd_2900_xt/index13.php
http://www.hartware.de/review_707.html
GPUreview, no link too many competitors.
http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2988 <<<< recommended
http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/video/r600-part3.html#p1
http://www.computerbase.de/artikel/hardware/grafikkarten/2007/test_ati_radeon_hd_2900_xt/
http://www.ixbt.com/video3/r600-part3-d.shtml#p31
http://www.altgamer.org/?p=1374&page=4
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/2007/05/14/r600_finally_dx10_hardware_from_ati_uk/index.html

Applications

AMD GPU Clock Tool v0.7

Drivers

Waterblocks
 
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shrek2

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IceShock said:
theres about 5 different posts now including one huge one allready..

what is wrong with you all can you not use a search button or read the other threads first? :confused:
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The other thread isn't even titled as a review thread. Its a thread asking about stock ;)
 

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There's no other way of saying this ... the card is very noisy. With the fan in idle it's really okay. But every now and then the RPM of the fan will quickly spin faster, and that makes a lot of noise. Even in desktop mode this happens. With Vista; Aero will definitely stress the graphics card some more, so I predict you could get irritated by this. AMD has acknowledged this and stated that they will fix it soon.
In Idle you can expect a dBa level of roughly 48. This already is moderate. But as mentioned, the card's fan will spin up even when you are doing nothing, and then we hit a 53 dBa volume level coming from the PC. This is very audible.

We did some stress testing though, and the RPM of the fan will remain at roughly 30-40%. With the help of Rivatuner programmer Unwinder we got a little deeper into this matter. If the GPU core hits 100 Degrees C a safety feature will kick in and the fan will rotate 100%, and man I tell you; its like a helicopter landing in your room. We did a small test. We forced the fan to 30% (desktop mode) at 48 DBa, then ran 3DMark 06. Believe it or not but after a minute the core had reached 100 Degrees C and the 100% fan RPM kicked in. So in theory in warm circumstances (a really hot summer), this might happen to you..
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The second negative just has to be the fan. It's not dramatic in 2D desktop mode, really. But once you start gaming, you'll definitely hear it. And God forbid, if your card overheats to 100 Degrees C (which is not that awkward) you'll have a local hair-dryer available to you. So my recommendation here is in overclocked situation to be on the lookout for water-cooling or just wait for board-partners like HiS to come up with another solution. For generic usage however, please don't worry.
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I see ATI still have not fixed there loud fans... :(


From looking at that guru3d review

The card run blazing Hot
Draws mega power
And is loud..

and still don't give out the performance you expect...
 
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HighlandeR

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chaparral said:
I see ATI still have not fixed there loud fans... :(


From looking at that guru3d review

The card run blazing Hot
Draws mega power
And is loud..

and still don't give out the performance you expect...
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Yup highly dispointed with that, I too was gonna say runs hot, needs more juice and noisy fan, barely catchs up to GTS/GTX... but want Anandtech to confirm it. Even if my GTX was 10-20fps slower id go for it cos the GTX is heaven, it doesnt even spin up the fan.... its pure silence and i can play SC/CnC3 all night long without worry of waking up next door neighbour and family accept the clicky mouse could ;)
 

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stickroad said:
The only thing im not to sure about is, why is getting compared to the GTX on some of the websites?

AMD/ATI didnt mean for this card to give GTX run for the money surely?
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To see how close it is to the GTX for people who are interested.

I was going to be tempted by the 2900 if it was halfway between GTS 640 and GTX performance, but it seems to only be marginally better than the GTS at times, and uses up much more power.

reminds me of the FX 5800.

Going to get a GTX I think.
 

Vogon

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Looks like overclocking to 848/900 gets you a 10% increase in game frame rates.

TBH the actual review results are worse than I expected, I came to the same conclusion as Trixxy last week after I sifted through the FUD.
 
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