ATI Radeon X1900 XTX 512MB PCI-Express

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Kurtis Kronk
Brian
ATI
Jun. 12, 2006

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The Card

The X1900 XT uses the same cooler as the X1800 XT it replaced, which is a dual slot design that sucks air in at the front edge of the card and then exhausts warm air (and I do mean warm) out the 2nd PCI slot. On the front edge of the card you will see a 6-pin auxiliary power connector, as well as a mysterious 3-pin connection - I did some searching and couldn't find any information about it.

On the top edge of the card you will notice that there is a series of holes close to the PCI bracket; that's actually where a 26 pin connection, like the one we saw on the X1800 XT, would go. This connection is something that the manufacturers use for internal testing, so don't worry if it isn't there, you won't need it. On the back of the card we see two dual-link DVI connections and the vent. All you will find on the backside of the card are some miscellaneous components (no memory), and the heatsink retention bracket.

The bundle you get will depend on what AIB (add-in board) partner you buy it from (Sapphire, MSI, etc!). As such, I can't comment on the bundle you will receive. If you buy directly through ATI, you'll basically just get the card, manual, driver CD, and the requisite cables.

I mentioned above that the card exhausts warm air, and I really mean it. If I play a game for about 30 minutes (Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter, for example), I actually feel heat rising from under my desk. I haven't measured the temperatures in my room, but if there is a game running and you enter the room, it feels like there is a change in temperature of at least 5, maybe even 10 degrees Fahrenheit. There is no doubt that these high-end cards are the hotness, literally.

We'd like to thank Directron.com for donating the ASUS A8N-SLI Premium Socket 939 Motherboard which we used for testing.

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Page 1: Introduction
Page 2: The Card
Page 3: Test Setup
Page 4: Benchmarks: Half-Life 2
Page 5: Benchmarks: Splinter Cell Chaos Theory
Page 6: Benchmarks: Quake 4
Page 7: Benchmarks: X3 Reunion Demo
Page 8: Benchmarks: Chronicles of Riddick
Page 9: Benchmarks: F.E.A.R.
Page 10: Benchmarks: Need for Speed Most Wanted
Page 11: Benchmarks: 3DMark '06
Page 12: Performance Summary
Page 13: Conclusion

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