ATI Graphics Card Buyer's Guide 2006, Part II

Candidates From Part 1

  • eVGA GeForce 7800 GS AGP
  • Sapphire Radeon X1600 Pro AGP
  • Gainward Golden Sample BLISS 6800 GS PCX
  • Gecube Radeon X1900 XTX
  • HIS Radeon X1600 XT iTurbo IceQ
  • HIS Radeon X1800 XT iTurbo
  • Powercolor Radeon X1900 XTX
  • Sapphire Radeon X1300

Outlook For Part 3

  • Asus EAX X1600 XT Silent
  • Gecube Radeon X1800 GTO
  • MSI RX1900 XTX-VT2D512E
  • Powercolor Radeon X1300 Hypermemory 2
  • Sapphire Radeon X1600 XT
  • Sapphire Radeon X1800 XL

A Detailed Look At The Candidates

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Card Manufacturer and ChipCode NameMemoryHDR-RVertex Shader / Pixel ShaderGPU FrequencyMemory Frequency
Nvidia Graphics Cards
eVGA GeForce 7800 GS SC AGPG70256 MB GDDR3yes3.0 / 3.0460 MHz1350 MHz
ATI Graphics Cards
Gecube Radeon X1900 XTX OCR580512 MB GDDR3yes3.0 / 3.0690 MHz1600 MHz
Gecube Radeon X1900 XTXR580512 MB GDDR3yes3.0 / 3.0648 MHz1548 MHz
Powercolor Radeon X1900 XTX OCR580512 MB GDDR3yes3.0 / 3.0690 MHz1600 MHz
Powercolor Radeon X1900 XTXR580512 MB GDDR3yes3.0 / 3.0648 MHz1548 MHz
HIS Radeon X1900 XTX OCR580512 MB GDDR3yes3.0 / 3.0679 MHz1594 MHz
HIS Radeon X1900 XTXR580512 MB GDDR3yes3.0 / 3.0648 MHz1548 MHz
Sapphire Radeon X1900 XTX OCR580512 MB GDDR3yes3.0 / 3.0689 MHz1594 MHz
Sapphire Radeon X1900 XTXR580512 MB GDDR3yes3.0 / 3.0648 MHz1548 MHz
Sapphire Radeon X1800 XT OCR520512 MB GDDR3yes3.0 / 3.0695 MHz1584 MHz
HIS Radeon X1800 XT iTurboR520512 MB GDDR3yes3.0 / 3.0695 MHz1584 MHz
HIS Radeon X1800 XL OCR520256 MB GDDR3yes3.0 / 3.0554 MHz1098 MHz
HIS Radeon X1800 XLR520256 MB GDDR3yes3.0 / 3.0500 MHz990 MHz
HIS Radeon X1600 XT iTurbo OCRV530256 MB GDDR3yes3.0 / 3.0600 MHz1404 MHz
HIS Radeon X1600 XT iTurboRV530256 MB GDDR3yes3.0 / 3.0587 MHz1386 MHz
Powercolor Radeon X1600 XTRV530256 MB GDDR3yes3.0 / 3.0587 MHz1386 MHz
Sapphire Radeon X1300 ProR515256 MB DDR2yes3.0 / 3.0601 MHz802 MHz
Sapphire Radeon X1300R515256 MB DDR2yes3.0 / 3.0452 MHz514 MHz
Sapphire Radeon X1600 Pro AGPRV530256 MB DDR2yes3.0 / 3.0500 MHz810 MHz