AMD's Graphics Partners Given Green Light to Introduce 2900GT

Seems like AMD is really stepping up their game after being dormant for awhile. The past 2 weeks have seen the introduction of both the 2900pro and the 2950pro. AMD's price/performance is as attractive as always.

Some excerpts from the link for you lazy folks:
"...ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT graphics cards will be equipped with cut-down ATI R600 chips with 240 unified shader processors and 256-bit memory interface, according to graphics cards makers. It is unclear whether the amount of texture units and render back ends was also reduced from what the fully-featured code-named R600 GPUs offer. Add-in graphics cards suppliers will equip Radeon HD 2900 GT boards with 256MB of GDDR3 memory clocked at 1600MHz, whereas the chip will be clocked at 600MHz. Actual pricing of ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT graphics boards is likely to be from $199 to $249 in the U.S..."

cheers.
silentfoot

This post has been edited by maximsilentfoot: Oct 4 2007, 10:41 AM

This card should able to kill 8600 series easily if the pricing is correct, which should fall below 199usd.

erm.. that's can say competitive.. not like long awaited 2600.. and lacked on perfomance..
i think this one can beat 8600gts..

Same here,at least 8800GTS is still standing still till the release of 2950GT...

wah rahat
its been long since u opened a thread here
anyways, 2900gt is the new 1950pro
and yeah, give it sometime, price will go down from rm800
but top up a bit can get 2900pro (which is a 8800gts 640mb killer)
how's that

to me, if its 256bit and next gen card, then its surely an eye catcher
and unlike 2900pro, this one's staying for long right

8600gts will be pawned easily by the card(provided the price is around RM700-800

Ati cards going to kill all Nvidia cards soon

nah
i think nvidia will come with a better comeback or for that matter competition
haha
all this while nvidia is taking the throne in high end cards
that i dont deny
maybe ati's good at mid end ones
but if they can improve their oc ability, then yeah
ati's gonna win
but let's see if nvidia can come out with a better card
i have both sli and crossfire mobo
interesting to try
haha

That's about right, it'll really take some time for ATI to match up with Nvidia's graphics card. Bear this in mind, the 8800 series has been out for like more than 6 months, you reckon Nvidia is sitting there doing nothing? Just wait and see

one thing i am hoping for will be nvidia to slash the price of its 8800gts to compete with the ati 2900 pro....hehe then it will be the time for me to change a new gaming rig

For this new card, would b interested to c how much it fares better than the 8600GTS especially with the 256bit memory part. Price, expect around RM 800-900 initially, coz distri will alwiz cash in on the early interest.

Hoping 8800GTS 320 MB price goes down...
But Nvidia pwned ATI for the higher end cards currently...
8600GTS is considered a mid ranged card..
imho..pwning it wont give ATI the throne yet...

Considering that ATI uses 256bit for the memory of the 2900GT, it'll have similar performance with the x1950pro and this is DX10. Surely, it'll take the throne from the 8600GTS. But don't expect many ppl to go for the 8600GTS now, coz the 2900GT, will be so much better for such a similar pricetag. 8600GTS price will drop to RM500-600 once the 2900GT is matured.

so is this the successor of x1950?

it cud be
since the 2900pro wont stay long
this will be the successor and hell yeah its hell faster
unlike a change from 7600gt to 8600gt
1950pro to 2900gt is going to be proven as worth it
aha

woah ATI has finally step up the gear this month 4 after the past few days 2 break nvidia comfort zone

4 me 1950PRO - 2950PRO is more worth an upgrade

This post has been edited by skylinegtr34rule4life: Oct 4 2007, 11:38 PM

i agree with skyline. though gto does have a point, since the 2900pro could be short on stock (fingers crossed for amd to up production due to demand!!) the 2900gt might just be that upgrade some of us have been waitin for because of the price...most likely priced between 8600gts and 8800gts and should perform better than former anyways, but not as good as latter.

just waiting for nvidia to come out with something more competitive than 8800gts now, so ati can come up with something to counter that....and the circle starts anew we win in this situation dont forget!!

wah
go for ati eh you?
ahaha

well i'd like to see how nvidia'll perform
if good then maybe can partner with my grandfather fx-53 on my k8n diamond plus
hahaha
if not, had to go with the 2950
hmm...

its about time for ppl to realize the 8600s are crap by the release of something in between 8600 & 8800

err...yeah
but when i said that, people wont listen
but that does not apply to 8600
it also apply to the 2600's

mabe they r the unpatient n cant even save a dime 4 one month 4 better cards type well they should start regretting now hahaha