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ECS AG400 SiS Xabre 400 Card

Adul

Adul

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The long awaited 8X AGP card based on the SiS Xabre 400 chipset is finally here. Being one of the first players to launch an 8x AGP product, it definitely a challenge to make it a real competitive product to the current available 4x AGP cards on the market. Revamped in a beautiful Japanese looking package, ECS has evolved from a low cost OEM manufacturer to a company that not only does the value segment but also the mid -range segment.

AG400T8-64 is a 64MB DirectX8.1 AGP 8x card. It uses 3.3ns 64MB DDR SDRAM and supports tv-out and 3D glasses. It has a Memory Clk : DDR 500Mhz, Engine Clk : 250 Mhz. It uses the SiS301 chip for NTSC and PAL encoding for TV-OUT and it could be used for dual display or mirror display.

Below are the detail specifications and on the next few pages are the gallery and benchmarks.

http://www.ocworkbench.com/2002/ecs/ag400/ag400p0.htm
 
Perhaps not twice as fast as a GeForce 4 Ti 🙂, but still a decent card and should be very affordable. I hope SiS foray into the videocard market is more successful than the ST Kyro II or the the S3 Savage 2000, both were competitive with the GeForce series in their glory days.
 
Looks very nice! If only it had been out 3 months ago, though.. Ti4200's are a tough deal to beat, but that card looks like it could gain a niche in the OEM/budget PC market, definately. How are SiS video card drivers?
 
Astounding!

Coming from such an unknown in the GFX business. Those scores make it a better buy than the GF3 Ti200 at stock speeds. I for one would like to see the pricing on this line of cards as well and the 600 series. If the driver support is there, this would be a great card for system builders. I wish they had come out a few weeks ago...I've got a few system builds that I just finished using GF2 MX400's.


edit: LOL! MTC...we seem to echo each other's thoughts.
 
I had a SiS 315-based video card before (128mb RAM). It was as fast as a regular GF2 MX and costs $50. Drivers are surprisingly stable and SiS seems to update them on a regular basis. If this new card is priced accordingly, like around $99, it would be a serious contender for a budget gaming system. And SiS video cards are very good with DVD playback, with really low CPU usage.
 
Until SIS fixes IQ issues, I wouldn't even consider it. GF3 speed? It's barely keeping up with GF4MX, and that with LOD setting that looks worse than Voodoo1.

 
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