PowerColor Radeon 9800 XT 256MB

[Kurtis]

The Radeon 9800 XT is ATI's latest and greatest video card. I can't really say its worth upgrading to from a 9800 Pro, but if your video card leaves you wanting more then you should strongly consider this card.

http://www.thetechlounge.com/review.php?directory=powercolor_radeon_9800xt

[jasonwatkins]

Just curious, in the review you didn't state why you used old ATI drivers that are 2 revisions outdated. The current version 3.10's have been out for 2 weeks, but you used version 3.8 (3 months old). Therefore your PQ comparison to nVidia might not be valid since you used the latest nVidia drivers (dated 12/9) against old ATI drivers dated 10/8.

Jason

[A Person]

3.8 is older than 3.10?

[jasonwatkins]

3.8 is older than 3.10?

Yes, ATI has been releasing drivers in this order: 3.8, 3.9, 3.10 (3.ten). The 3.10's are the tenth release in the 3 series.

Jason

[DnD]

Hey I think I just found what you can get me for my birthday :D

[Kurtis]

EDIT:

Just figured out what the prob was... We used the 3.9 drivers, and it was a typo in the review. So, in fact, we did not use 3.8, we used 3.9. Sorry for the confusion, review is being updated right now.

Also, the 3.10 drivers came out on 12/17, and that was after we had started testing.

We will also update the review again as soon as we can get a 5950 Ultra. At that time I will probably retest all the cards, or maybe just the 9800xt and the fx5950 ultra, we'll see.

[A Person]

Yes, ATI has been releasing drivers in this order: 3.8, 3.9, 3.10 (3.ten). The 3.10's are the tenth release in the 3 series.

Jason

Ahh, that makes sense.


I cant wait to see the 9800pro and the 5950ultra head to head. Most people just review one or the other, this is gonna be interesting.