X700XT/Pro previews

[klah]

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2214
http://www.bit-tech.net/review/357
http://www.computerbase.de/art...atis_radeon_x700-serie (German)
http://www.driverheaven.net/reviews/X700XT
http://www.extremetech.com/art.../0,1558,1648630,00.asp
http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/ati_radeon_x700_xt
http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=NjY2
http://www.hardtecs4u.com/reviews/2004/ati_x700proxt (German)
http://www.hardware.fr/articles/517/page1.html (French)
http://www.hardware-mag.de/hardware.php?id=291 (German)
http://www.hexus.net/content/r...JsX3Jldmlld19JRD04NzI=
http://www.hkepc.com/hwdb/rv410-1.htm (Chinese)
http://www.hothardware.com/vie...rticleid=582&cid=2
http://www.neoseeker.com/Artic...ews/x700pro/index.html
http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=74
http://www.sudhian.com/showdocs.cfm?aid=605
http://techreport.com/reviews/...on-x700xt/index.x?pg=1
http://graphics.tomshardware.c...ic/20040921/index.html
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articl...y/ati-radeon-x700.html
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articl...radeon-x700-games.html

edit: more compact

 

[GTaudiophile]

Even as an ATi fanboi, I admit that the X700 PRO/XT is a disappointment. I hope some driver maturity helps out!

 

[Lonyo]

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
Even as an ATi fanboi, I admit that the X700 PRO/XT is a disappointment. I hope some driver maturity helps out!

Given serious discrepancies in the AT review (that were not commented on), XBit Labs comments on driver issues, similar at Bit Tech, I think ATi have some driver issues they need to resolve (which may affect performance, either negatively or positively), we'll just have to wait and see.

Nice collection of links.

 

[klah]

Originally posted by: Lonyo

Nice collection of links.

I think it is a worthwhile exercise, especially for people who are looking for something more than the standard FarCry/HL:Source/UT/Halo/Doom3/3DMock benchmarks. For example, TechReport benches Rome:Total War and we see that the extra vertex shading power of the x700xt gives it a 35% higher minimum framerate; while FiringSquad mentions this could also be the case in a similar upcoming game LOTR:BFME. HardOCP and Tom's also bench FS9, which is one of the few reasons I read either of those reviews.