ATI Radeon X1900 XT CrossFire Edition (512MB, PCI) (01/19/2006)

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Manufacturer description

Complete your ultimate rig for the future of games with the Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition - the fastest consumer multi-GPU gaming platform on the planet. With its ultra-threaded engine an unparalleled shader performance, the Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition delivers maximum graphic detail at incredible frame rates.

Editors' review

• Editors' Choice: No
• Reviewed on: 01/24/2006

Our compatriots over at GameSpot.com did a bang-up job on the reviews of ATI's new Radeon X1900 XTX and Radeon X1900 XT CrossFire Edition cards, so check over there for the hard and fast performance numbers. Our take is that you've got to really want it for the price of $600 for the single Radeon X1900 XTX alone. But considering the card's outstanding benchmark scores and the fact that you can turn on high dynamic range lighting and antialiasing simultaneously in any game, ATI now has the 3D card to beat.

The question remains, though, whether the hardest of the hard-core gamers will embrace ATI's dual-card CrossFire technology, the competitor to Nvidia's successful Radeon X1800 cards in CrossFire mode were seriously hampered by monitor setting limitations. ATI worked those kinks out with the Radeon X1900 CrossFire cards, but you still need to purchase a separate, more expensive card to double up, and motherboard and other component support is nowhere near as robust as Nvidia's. We hope ATI smoothes out these logistical wrinkles soon, because the core tech has finally caught up.

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ATI Radeon X1900 XT CrossFire Edition (512MB, PCI) specifications

• General
• Device Type Graphics card
• Bus Type PCI Express x16
• Graphics Processor / Vendor ATI Radeon X1900
• Core Clock 625.0 MHz
• Max Resolution 2560 x 1600
• Interfaces 1.0 x VGA - RCA ( On supplied cable ) , 1.0 x S-video output - 15 pin HD D-Sub (HD-15) ( On supplied cable ) , 1.0 x CrossFire connector - 29 pin combined DVI ( On supplied cable ) , 1.0 x HDTV output - 4 pin mini-DIN , 1.0 x DVI-I
• Features ATI CrossFire Technology
• Memory
• Video Memory Installed 512.0 MB / 512.0 MB (max)
• Technology GDDR3 SDRAM
• Effective Clock Speed 1.45 GHz
• Bus Width 256-bit
• Expansion / Connectivity
• Connections 2.0
• System Requirements
• OS Required Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition , Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition , Microsoft Windows XP
• Recommended Power Supply 550.0 Watt
• Peripheral / Interface Devices CD-ROM
• System Requirements Details - RAM 512.0 MB
• Miscellaneous
• Cables Included 1.0 x DVI-VGA adapter , 1.0 x HDTV cable
• Software Included Drivers & Utilities
• Microsoft Certifications Certified for Windows Vista
• Manufacturer Warranty
• Service & Support 1 year warranty
• Service & Support Details Limited warranty - 1 year