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ATI Radeon X800 XT (R420): Extreme force

Author: Andrey Kuzin
Date: 09.05.2004

Final Words

All the previous Hi-end cards are rubbish compared to the new generation of graphic chips. Along with the two-fold performance rise in modern demanding games, all the tests of previous-generation products with minor increase look scanty and mean. We were earnestly promised a two-fold performance rise, and we got it. For the very first time in many years, the consumer has not been deceived.

We've got to be aware that the new cards are aimed at solely super powerful CPUs and top-quality monitors which would demonstrate the smashing image quality at super-high resolutions with the maximum aggressive quality settings and the gameplay unaffected. Game developers have acquired new horizons for whatever exotic experiments in creating far-fetched effects.

The very first Radeon X800 Pro video cards will be shipped to the retail under ATI brand for the North American continent. As our Taiwanese partners of ATI assured us - their versions will reach Russia in about two weeks.. In two more weeks afterwards, the Radeon X800 XT is to arrive at the retail stores.

Remember - the cost of the Pro version is 400$ and we get whole two weeks to find a decent monitor with an Athlon64/P4 EE...

Toronto, the capital of ATI :-)
(Photo taken from CN Tower)

The "Radeon X800 XT" video card was presented by ATI's Moscow representation office.

Our undying gratitude to:

Aleksandr Zhavoronkov and Nikolay Radovskiy (ATI Russia) - for the arrangement of trip to Toronto to take part in "ATI Technology Day"
Rick Bergman - ATI's Chief Vice President for Marketing, Terry Makedon - Sr. Product Manager - Software Desktop Discrete Graphics, Joe Macri (ATI USA) - for the superb seminar on GDDR3, Chris Hooke (ATI Europe)
Andrey Vorobyov (iXBT) and Pavel Pilarczyk PCLab.pl - for the good company in Canada
Gennadiy Riger, Irina Kramtsova and Roman Kirichinskiy (ATI employees) - for meeting and seeing me off to/from the airport, fantastic excursions, care and attention ;-)