Jetway x1600pro Edited

[sfmedic]

I ran across this card on newegg the other day and noticed a small blurb that it supported DX10. You can view the specs HERE. It seems in my opinion that this would not have the ability to operate DX10 at its optimum, just curious and thought I would put this out here. That is if anyone cares.

Edit: Besides nvidias monster card at a monster price, are there others with claim to DX10 support?

Edit:

Is this card worth the money with GDDR3 and a 600mhz clock? See it at Newegg

Thinking of trying it because it is well priced. Any thoughts?


Model
Brand JetWay
Model X16PR-ED-256L
Interface
Interface PCI Express x16
Chipset
Chipset Manufacturer ATI
GPU Radeon X1600PRO
Core clock 600MHz
PixelPipelines 12
Memory
Memory Clock 1200MHz
Memory Size 256MB
Memory Interface 128-bit
Memory Type GDDR3
3D API
DirectX DirectX 9
OpenGL OpenGL 2.0
Ports
D-SUB 1
DVI 1
TV-Out S-Video Out
VIVO No
General
Tuner None
RAMDAC 400 MHz
Max Resolution 2048 x 1536
Cooler With Fan
Operating Systems Supported Windows 98/ME/2000/XP
Features
Vista Ready Yes
Features Shader Model 3.0
Lossless Z Compression & Fast Z-Buffer Clear
Hierarchical Z-buffer with Early Z test
Packaging
Package Contents X16PR-ED-256L
Driver Disk
User Manual

 

[Ruptga]

It's either a typo or a spam, there's no way a 1600pro can run DX10.

 

[40sTheme]

Hmm, that's odd. The X1950Pro I pointed out earlier said DX10 on Newegg, but DX9 on Jetway's site. This is odd.

 

[sfmedic]

Jetway must have caught on, they changed the compatiblity statement to DX9, which used to be DX10. Yeah a typo!

 

[imported_Kiwi]

It's not possible to retroactively alter the silicon inside of the year and a half old X1600 GPU design. ATI's first Dx10 cards are not due for release for another month or more.

 

[morgash]

they probably just meant vista ready since it supports the shader models and such that you need to run vista.

morgash

 

[dfuze]

I emailed them about this yesterday and never received a response. Yet they updated their website as earlier stated... I still have the original pdf printed out here at work though that says DX 10. Too bad its not worth anything like an messed up minted coin.

 

[sfmedic]

Didn't want to take up more space so I edited the original post to get some thoughts about the performance of this mid ATI card?

 

[StopSign]

X1600 Pro is a bad buy. The only midrange card you need to consider is 7600GT.

 

[sfmedic]

Thanks for the thoughts StopSign

 

[Ruptga]

The x1600 uses the same chip as the 1300xt. The 1650pro has higher clocks than the 1600, and it's probably an 80nm chip which will help you OC the thing. If you go ATi for the midrange, look for a 1650pro.

For comparision within ATi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radeon_R520#Chipset_table

That said, it seems a 7600gs performs as well as the 1600, if I remember right, but the 7600gs is fifty bucks cheaper. General consensus is nVidia currently has the midrange and super-highend, and ATi has the pretty-highend market segments.

 

[memories2002]

Its an x1600pro/xt core running at almost-XT speeds (600,1200 as compared to 590-1380)

 

[sfmedic]

Thanks for the comparison sheet on the ATI cards, ADDAvenger. That helps a lot. I'll probably steer towards a mid nvidia card such as the 7600 series.