Reviews of the ATI Radeon X1950 Pro
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CNET Review
The Good: New native CrossFire support is more affordable and easier to set up; stronger performance than Nvidia's competing card of the same price on Oblivion and 3DMark 2006.
The Bad: Nvidia is faster on Half-Life 2 and Quake 4; real street prices are higher than ATI's recommended price.
The Bottom Line: If you're looking for a gaming card to run Vista and play most games, ATI's Radeon X1950 Pro will get you there, but not perfectly, and its real-world pricing is higher than we'd like. We're more interested to see ATI's next-gen cards use the newly refined CrossFire dual-card technology, debuted here, but that will have to wait.
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Part number: 100-437807
General
- Device Type Graphics adapter
- Enclosure Type Plug-in card
- Vista Capability This graphics card is capable of running the new Aero interface featured in Windows Vista Home Premium and higher.
- Interface Type PCI Express x16
Processor / Memory
- Graphics Processor / Vendor 1 GPUs - ATI Radeon X1950 Pro
- Core Clock Speed 575 MHz
- RAMDAC Clock Speed 400 MHz
- Video Memory Installed 256 MB
- Technology GDDR3 SDRAM 256-bit
- Memory Clock Speed 1.38 GHz
- Features Avivo Technology, ATI CrossFire Technology
Video Input
- Digital Video Format MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4
Video Output
- Max Resolution (external) 2560 x 1600
- Supported Display Graphics 1152x864, 1920x1200, 1920x1440, 2560x1600, VGA (640x480), SVGA (800x600), XGA (1024x768), HDTV (1920x1080), QXGA (2048x1536), SXGA (1280x1024), UXGA (1600x1200)
- API Supported OpenGL 2.0, DirectX 9.0
- Max Monitors Supported 2
- TV Interface HDTV out / video in
- Analog Video Format S-Video, Composite video
- Digital Video Standard Digital Visual Interface (DVI)
- HDCP compatible Yes
Expansion / Connectivity
- Interfaces 2 x DVI-I (dual link) - 29 pin combined DVI, 1 x HDTV output - RCA X 3 ( On supplied cable ), 1 x VGA - 15 pin HD D-Sub (HD-15) ( With adapter )
- Compatible Slots 1 x PCI Express x16
Miscellaneous
- Cables Included 1 x Composite cable, 1 x S-Video cable, 1 x HDTV cable, 1 x DVI-VGA adapter
- Microsoft Certifications Compatible with Windows 7
- Package Type Retail
Manufacturer Warranty
- Service & Support 1 year warranty
- Service & Support Details Limited warranty - 1 year
Software / System Requirements
- Software Included Drivers & Utilities
- OS Required Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition, Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
- Recommended Power Supply 450 Watt
- Peripheral / Interface Devices CD-ROM
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