Better late than never they say. Ever since Nvidia launched the GeForce 7 series ATI has been playing catch up, and it wasn't until late this year that they finally caught up. The new Radeon X1950 Pro is a reasonably powerful alternative that is designed to compete with the GeForce 7900GS in the $200 price bracket. The good news is, the Radeon X1950 Pro is faster, if only by a small margin, but faster. Today we will be taking a close look to the ASUS Extreme AX1950Pro which is an actual retail product that strays somewhat from the typical ATI reference design.
There are many ways in which manufacturers can add more value to their particular graphics card offerings. The ASUS Extreme AX1950Pro is a serious Radeon X1950 Pro contender, offering slightly overclocked core and memory frequencies along with an improved cooling solution.
View: ASUS Extreme AX1950Pro review @ TechSpot
There are many ways in which manufacturers can add more value to their particular graphics card offerings. The ASUS Extreme AX1950Pro is a serious Radeon X1950 Pro contender, offering slightly overclocked core and memory frequencies along with an improved cooling solution.
View: ASUS Extreme AX1950Pro review @ TechSpot
In the same shop as the one linked to in the review, the 8800 is anything from $470 to $670 while the AX1950Pro is only $214.50, and the memory on board and GPU speed is far and away greater as well.
Its like comparing a Ford to a Ferrari, and saying that even though they are both cars, Ford is playing catch up, even though they are targetted at different people.
the ATi card is ATi's top of the line card, it's the best they have, so in other words, still playing catch up.
The new Radeon X1950 Pro is a reasonably powerful alternative that is designed to compete with the GeForce 7900GS
And no I'm not an ATI fanboy, or an nVidia fanboy either
Crossfire anyone?
The X1950 Pro is the best card in that price range now.
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