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| | (Post a comment) » Sapphire Blizzard Radeon X1900 XTX ReviewWhile the Radeon X1900 XTX is one terrific performer, one of the chief criticisms that's been directed at retail cards is that they run too loud, especially in comparison to NVIDIA's GeForce 7900 GTX. To help combat the noise issue, as well as deal with heat, Sapphire has elected to use a liquid-based cooler from Thermaltake on the Blizzard Radeon X1900 XTX. In addition, it also boasts factory overclocked speeds for the GPU and memory. But does everything work as Sapphire advertises? Let's find out! |  Previous news article | Back to main news | Next news article  |
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Anonymous at 03:29am 05/12/2006
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INTRODUCTION TO FUTURE HISTORY
PART1 - history (my opinion)
there was SPECTRUM and COMMODORE, and respective others
in that time the game was speedup to the time limit
defined by tech components....
you can say game is possible to run on minimum
of 64Kb with 8bit stereo sound and more....
then there was AMIGA and put out gaming on higher level
not just in practice in mind of howto do it
i think that level of was not reached to this day
(ask your self honestly)
with AMIGA things were running smoother and faster
and dynamics were preety good for those tech....
there is nothing wrong with 8/16bit sfx and 16/32 collor....
many games this days offer settings to use in a game...
PART2 - history evolved (my opinion)
and than there wac first PC on horison
everything was below 5% of AMIGA
they just took what's needed to built sucky HW
then rapid development of HW aswell SW
sorry but they did not go in right direction
the missed the path pointed by beginners
....i say not healthy for future PC
ok, they did what they did
but till today there is no stable ground to built on
ok, then you build DX9, so f. what
it just points out where is leaking
i think it is not bigger and better if you build one
mess on another, fix version 1 then go on version 2
if there is mess under the beed soon you will find out....
PART3 - big words (my opinion)
yes we have what we have but somebody was ou of school
when word OPTIMUM was spoken and described
it's not that i don't like big and better
i would like to use it for a while
and use it in a metter of satisfied buyer
ok, so when you say we have new version i must jump and buy
whisper
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Anonymous at 11:38am 04/22/2006
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I would never put a bullseye on one of these monster 2-slot cards.
Certainly it deserve's high marks, but a bullseye? JMO
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Anonymous at 07:02pm 04/19/2006
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For some people, it's all about the noise. I know from experience
that an 80mm case fan set to full speed is too much for me, lol. A
1900XTX is too loud for him.
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Anonymous at 05:26pm 04/19/2006
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Im curious about that choice. Wouldnt it be cheaper to just upgrade
the card to an x1900xt? Sure its noisier but isnt the difference
around $100? The cost of a good water cooling kit?
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Cannyone at 05:02pm 04/19/2006
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I like both Sapphire and the idea of watercooling my video card.
And much like #7 mentioned, I'm finally upgrading from AGP (to run
Oblivion more smoothly...) to an X1800XT. The difference is that I
chose to get a Koolance cooler. Since I watercool my CPU anyway it
won't make any difference in the current noise level, it will just
avoid adding to it with the stock cooler. However, I don't expect
to bet any spectacular overclocks. But then that's not the point.
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Anonymous at 04:45pm 04/19/2006
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I guess some might think its repetitive - but Oblivion is a
milestone/hallmark even more so than F.E.A.R. Its clearly shifting
bottlenecks back to the CPU - something we havent seen in years.
Crossfire x1900xtx's brought to their knees on an FX60? Now there
is something.
Inefficient code? Perhaps. Will you be trying 4-GIG RAM as well?
I was considering taking on 4GIG on my next build. I think the days
of 1GIG are certainly over and 2GIG is on the chopping block. I'm
hoping for 768MB RAM on a future vid card too.
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GX-Brandon at 01:11pm 04/19/2006
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LOL Yessir!
One more board review first though, I just thought all the Oblivion
stuff was getting a little repetitive...Don't worry, CPU article
will definitely be up soon.
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Anonymous at 12:45pm 04/19/2006
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Another good FS article. But... you need to get back on that CPU
benchmark Oblivion article!
*cracks whip*
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GX-Brandon at 12:25pm 04/19/2006
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I just quickly glanced over the article on anandtech. One thing I
noticed is that he mentions his hoses weren't tight. I wouldn't be
surprised if there was something going on with his Blizzard cooling
unit. I can tug and yank on the hoses on my board and it doesn't
give an inch (I was very concerned about leakage the moment I got
the card so I tested to make sure everything was secure
beforehand).
Other than that, our reviews look fairly comparable to me imo.
Neither one of us got spectacular OCs, and we both mention that
noise is better than stock, but still not the greatest. I think my
article went into a little more depth on how everything works and
operates though...;)
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ecmaster76 at 11:21am 04/19/2006
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Interesting. In the Anandtech reviews this product looked to be no
better than the stock model. I am not accusing any particular party
of dishonesty, but I am curious about the discrepancy.
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