[DailyTech] HD 2900 XT Benchmarks!

Darkwave · 24 Apr 2007 at 11:10

DailyTech said:
ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT Performance Benchmarks

Anh Huynh (Blog) - April 24, 2007 4:03 AM

ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT puts up some impressive numbers in benchmarks.

After several delays, AMD plans to launch its long-awaited R600 graphics processors in mid-May. AMD is currently briefing select members of the press on its R600 architecture in the Tunisia, but there is no embargo date on the R600 for DailyTech -- we can show you benchmarks now...

Click the link below for full article.

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=7043

CREATIVE!11 · 24 Apr 2007 at 11:13

Pretty good it outdoes the GTS most of the time and apparently is going to cost around the same price.... now its looking that it was a good idea i waited for R600s to come out!

nice!

Slinwagh · 24 Apr 2007 at 11:17

Is it just me or does the HL2: Epsidoe 1 benchmark look odd compared to the performance with other applications, it is almost double that of the 8800GTS where other games you are looking at 1 - 2 fps.

Firegod · 24 Apr 2007 at 11:17

EDIT:

Something really fishy with those HL2 results.

See AnandTech review of the G80 cards. PLUS! Look at the resolution.

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2945&p=10

Roughly 140FPS, yet in that DailyTech review it doesn't even get 60FPS?

Skilty · 24 Apr 2007 at 11:25

Already posted these results in the main R600 thread.

I would guess that this must be a typo in the results as I can't see any reason it lose that many FPS unless it was something screwy with the drivers.

jrodga2k5 · 24 Apr 2007 at 11:25

Em.............

Was this card not supposed to be compared to the GTX really however?

Even at that it looks good!

I know there is an XTX coming out but im pretty sure people said it was GTX comparable with the XT

w3bbo · 24 Apr 2007 at 11:26

Yeah I would prefer to see it compared to the GTX tbh.

Robert · 24 Apr 2007 at 11:29

Wow...what a huge surprise. It isn't some amazing uber card after all.

Cartho · 24 Apr 2007 at 11:33

Ok SO it does well in CoD 2 and Half Life 2 Ep 1 is just an anomaly...
However in FEAR and Company of Heroes it is only like 1 or 2 FPS quicker than an 8800 GTS... Not particularly staggering considering the delay we have had - I was hoping that it would blow the GTS totally clean out of the water, and it only seems to do that in Call of Duty 2 - with newer games like Company of Heroes, and that lovely title FEAR, it does not seem to be much better than the 8800 GTS

nbkpsycho · 24 Apr 2007 at 11:36

Surprise Surprise another let down

gt_junkie · 24 Apr 2007 at 11:39

Slinwagh said:
Is it just me or does the HL2: Epsidoe 1 benchmark look odd compared to the performance with other applications, it is almost double that of the 8800GTS where other games you are looking at 1 - 2 fps.

Looks like they had some wierd issue there and are looking into it. Nice price/performance ratio though!

gt

bfar · 24 Apr 2007 at 11:40

I'm a little more interested in the XTX version and how it compares with a GTX. Need a liitle more info on AA/AF modes and performance too.

If it doesn't perform more than 20% better then there's not much point in upgrading till around xmas IMO. I think we'll have much better choices then.

Price point will be a big issue. I see their aiming to price the XT at the same level as a GTS 640MB. Does this mean that the XTX will be the same price as a GTX? Thats not exactly tempting

~>Dg<~ · 24 Apr 2007 at 11:42

i dont get it you know roughly that the cards will be roughly the same for same
the top rad will be about the same nvidia like it always is minus or plus a few frames which you wont notice hardly anyways.basically its either you want nvidia or rad .

jrodga2k5 · 24 Apr 2007 at 11:48

Yeah but everyone ahs been banging on about these cards being amazing and tbh they aint exactly mind blowing, I even doubt they will stretch their muscles in DX10 probably just outperforming the 8800's but obviously we dont know yet! But still by the time the games arrive we will have Driver Optimisations and New Cards! Big w00p im actually more and more happy that I have been enjoying my 8800gts for around 4months now

bfar · 24 Apr 2007 at 11:50

dgmug said:
i dont get it you know roughly that the cards will be roughly the same for same
the top rad will be about the same nvidia like it always is minus or plus a few frames which you wont notice hardly anyways.basically its either you want nvidia or rad .

Nah, there's usually a fair performance gap at the top end, although in this case I think you're probably right

The hardware is miles ahead of the games atm, so from that point of view it doesn't make a whole lot of difference which top end you go for.

Most of us don't want an Nvidia or ATI particularly - we want the fastest card with the best support available.

bfar · 24 Apr 2007 at 11:52

jrodga2k5 said:
im actually more and more happy that I have been enjoying my 8800gts for around 4months now

I must admit, it was one of the best hardware decisions I've ever made

Cracker of a card.

LoadsaMoney · 24 Apr 2007 at 11:57

Ill await proper reviews, doesn't look right to me that.

Interesting that article says its equipped with 320 stream processors to take on the 8800 GTS, i thought the XT was the GTX competitor. :confused:

Elevon · 24 Apr 2007 at 11:59

bfar said:
I must admit, it was one of the best hardware decisions I've ever made Cracker of a card.

I would like to see the benchmarks at higher resolutions,probably see the gap widen.

KNiVES · 24 Apr 2007 at 12:01

Poor Loadsamoney, harping on about getting a R600 to replace his Nvidia kit for ages and it turns out to suck

drak3 · 24 Apr 2007 at 12:05

fake, only from a technical perspective comparing 512bit interface to the GTS 320bit this is fishy.