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| Release date | October 17, 2006 | June 28, 2007 | August 23, 2006 | November 15, 2007 |
| The Bottom Line | If you're looking for a gaming card to run Vista and play most games, ATI's Radeon X1950 Pro will get you there, but not perfectly, and its real-world pricing is higher than we'd like. We're more interested to see ATI's next-gen cards use the newly refined CrossFire dual-card technology, debuted here, but that will have to wait. | If you're looking to build a home theater PC, we recommend ATI's Radeon HD 2600 XT as the midrange card to use, thanks to its nearly perfect HD video image and its no-fuss installation. But for 3D gaming, you'd be much better off looking for a good deal on a faster, older graphics card. | ATI's Radeon X1950 XTX is the fastest single-chip 3D card that you can buy. Unfortunately, with Windows Vista and its accompanying gaming technology, it's going to become obsolete in just five months. ATI adjusted the price of the Radeon X1950 XTX accordingly, but at $450, it's still not an insignificant purchase. We recommend it only if money is no object. | Despite the usual caveats of an ever-fluctuating 3D market, for the moment, at least, ATI's new Radeon HD 3850 graphics card delivers the best bang-for-the buck in PC graphics hardware. Until now we haven't had an acceptable sub-$200 option for PC gaming this year. Thanks to AMD, now we do. |
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| Max resolution (external) |
2560 x 1600 |
2560 x 1600 |
2560 x 1600 |
2560 x 1600 |
| Video RAM installed |
256 MB |
512 MB |
512 MB |
256 MB |
| Video output interface type |
PCI Express x16 |
PCI Express x16 |
PCI Express x16 |
PCI Express 2.0 x16 |
| Graphics Processor |
ATI Radeon X1950 Pro |
ATI Radeon HD 2600XT |
ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire |
ATI Radeon HD 3850 |
| Max monitors supported |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
| Compatibility |
PC |
PC |
PC |
PC |
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