2900pro benchmarks

[MarcVenice]

Would love to see how it stacks up against 8800gts 320mb and other cards. Want to know how it overclocks and how hot or cold it runs.

 

[SlowSpyder]

Tweaktown.com has a pretty decent review up. No overclocking though. 🙁

 

[MarcVenice]

Basicaly, since the 2900pro costs less then the 8800gts 320mb, and usually outperforms the 8800gts 320mb, the 2900pro is the card to get right now. Hmz, I doubt it's worth getting rid of my 8800gts 320mb for a 2900pro 512mb though.

 

[coldpower27]

Originally posted by: MarcVenice
Basicaly, since the 2900pro costs less then the 8800gts 320mb, and usually outperforms the 8800gts 320mb, the 2900pro is the card to get right now. Hmz, I doubt it's worth getting rid of my 8800gts 320mb for a 2900pro 512mb though.

I am not entirely convinced, there were too few AA+AF benches on that review for me to conclude that.

I would say the HD 2900 Pro isn't a bad card, but it's probably costing ATI a pretty penny to make.

 

[Munky]

Originally posted by: coldpower27

Originally posted by: MarcVenice
Basicaly, since the 2900pro costs less then the 8800gts 320mb, and usually outperforms the 8800gts 320mb, the 2900pro is the card to get right now. Hmz, I doubt it's worth getting rid of my 8800gts 320mb for a 2900pro 512mb though.

I am not entirely convinced, there were too few AA+AF benches on that review for me to conclude that.

I would say the HD 2900 Pro isn't a bad card, but it's probably costing ATI a pretty penny to make.

I would say the 2900pro is just a way of selling off all the r600 cores that could not clock high enough. Looks like Ati is pushing forward with 55nm-based products, so they need to sell off as much left over inventory as possible before the arrival of the newer products.

 

[coldpower27]

Originally posted by: munky

Originally posted by: coldpower27

Originally posted by: MarcVenice
Basicaly, since the 2900pro costs less then the 8800gts 320mb, and usually outperforms the 8800gts 320mb, the 2900pro is the card to get right now. Hmz, I doubt it's worth getting rid of my 8800gts 320mb for a 2900pro 512mb though.

I am not entirely convinced, there were too few AA+AF benches on that review for me to conclude that.

I would say the HD 2900 Pro isn't a bad card, but it's probably costing ATI a pretty penny to make.

I would say the 2900pro is just a way of selling off all the r600 cores that could not clock high enough. Looks like Ati is pushing forward with 55nm-based products, so they need to sell off as much left over inventory as possible before the arrival of the newer products.

Yeah, I can agree that it makes more sense to get whatever value out of the R600 inventory they have left, rather then just write it off entirely.

 

[JPB]

Originally posted by: munky

Originally posted by: coldpower27

Originally posted by: MarcVenice
Basicaly, since the 2900pro costs less then the 8800gts 320mb, and usually outperforms the 8800gts 320mb, the 2900pro is the card to get right now. Hmz, I doubt it's worth getting rid of my 8800gts 320mb for a 2900pro 512mb though.

I am not entirely convinced, there were too few AA+AF benches on that review for me to conclude that.

I would say the HD 2900 Pro isn't a bad card, but it's probably costing ATI a pretty penny to make.

I would say the 2900pro is just a way of selling off all the r600 cores that could not clock high enough. Looks like Ati is pushing forward with 55nm-based products, so they need to sell off as much left over inventory as possible before the arrival of the newer products.

Very wise man right here 🙂