ATI Radeon X1950 Pro CrossFire GPU Review

The ATI Radeon X1950 Pro, codenamed RV570, has been built on the 80nm process, contains 36 pixel shader engines, 12 parallel pipelines and eight vertex engines, utilizes digital PWM, supports dongle-less CrossFire, fits in a single PCIe slot and comes with an MSRP of $199. Legit Reviews puts the X1950 Pro in the hot seat and takes it for a test drive today.

By brian

XFX GeForce 7950 GT 570M Extreme Video Card

The GeForce 7950 GT is the latest addition to the GeForce 7 family and Legit Reviews has had the pleasure to take a look at the retail version of the card by XFX. The XFX GeForce 7950 GT 570M Extreme in unique in the sense that it comes with overclocked core and memory clocks of 570MHz and 730MHz and a passive cooling solution. Come see how the GeForce 7950 GT stacks up against the lasted cards from both ATI and NVIDIA.

By brian

ATI Radeon X1900XT 256MB Video Card Review

When ATI launched their X1950 XTX graphics card a couple weeks ago they also announced several other cards at lower price points with one of them being the Radeon X1900 XT 256MB. The Radeon X1900 XT 256MB graphics card is identical to the Radeon X1900 XT with 512MB of GDDR3 memory, but cost less. We take a look at performance, power consumption and overclocking in our article on the X1900XT.

By brian

Gaming on Windows Vista – ATI versus NVIDIA

All of the buzz this month has been about Microsoft Windows Vista RC1 so Legit Reviews got back to our roots and did a weekend of gaming on this new operating system. Using ATI and NVIDIA graphics cards we were able to compare 32-bit gaming performance on XP Pro and Vista RC1 using the latest and greatest drivers from both ATI and NVIDIA.

By Nathan Kirsch

XFX GeForce 7900 GS 480M Video Card Review

Today NVIDIA announced the GeForce 7950GT and the GeForce 7900GS, but only the 7900GS is available for purchase right away. We have the retail XFX GeForce 7900GS 480M Extreme on hand and give it the usual review and compare it to a dozen other cards that are on the market from ATI and NVIDIA to see where you should spend your hard earned dollar. This card packs a mean punch for $199! Read on to find out what we mean.

By brian

ATI Radeon X1950XTX CrossFire Review

Previously Legit Reviews looked at single card performance with the ATI Radeon X1950XTX with stellar results, but was still conducting our CrossFire testing. With X1950 Crossfire testing complete the outcome is different than single card testing with the GeForce 7900GTX SLI making a comeback of sorts. Read on to see what this means and which multi-GPU platform is right for you.

By brian

The ATI Radeon X1950XTX Video Card Review

ATI is today launching the Radeon X1950 XTX, which is the world?s first video card using GDDR4 memory. Today Legit Reviews looks at the ATI Radeon X1950 XTX and single card performance to see what’s new and how it stacks up against 13 other graphics cards from ATI and NVIDIA. Tomorrow Legit Reviews will be bringing you the Crossfire numbers for those that want to see multi-GPU performance.

By brian

Multi-GPU World Tour Part 7: Uncommon Benchmarks 2

Today the famed Multi-GPU World Tour comes to St. Louis, Missouri for some uncommon benchmarking at the offices of Legit Reviews. We benchmark eight common games that do not have built-in benchmarking utilities and see how CrossFire and SLI do in games that don’t get much attention with the media. The results are interesting and a must read for any gamer considering SLI or CrossFire!

By brian

Integrated Graphics vs Budget ATI and Nvidia Video Cards

Here at Legit Reviews we usually review computer hardware directed at the gaming/enthusiast market. A quick trip to your local Walmart’s electronics isle will put things into perspective for many as the shelves are lined with GeForce 6200TC video cards. With the bulk of America shopping at Walmart on a weekly bassis I feel it is time we stop and take a look at something everyone can buy. Today we compare integrated graphics to the ATI X300 and NVIDIA 6200TC budget graphics cards.

By brian

XFX 7950GX2 570M XXX Edition Video Card

Today NVIDIA unleases a new monster out on the video card market and while it has two GPU’s do not dare call this card SLI. With two GeForce 7-series graphics cores and 1GB of total memory this card is a beast on paper yet not power hungry. Read on and take a look at what XFX has done on their 7950GX2!

By brian

The XFX 7600 GS PCIe Video Card Review

The NVIDIA SLI-Ready GeForce 7600 graphics processing units (GPUs) unleash silent gaming and video on the PC. Today Legit Reviews takes a look at the XFX GeForce 7600 GS Extreme Edition video card and test drives it like you would. After playing current game titles, benchmarking the card, and overclocking it come see our thoughts.

By brian

Sapphire X1600 Pro CrossFire Review

Using the Asus A8R32-MVP motherboard that features the CrossFire Xpress 3200 chipset we ran a pair of X1600 Pro video cards to see how they performed versus a number of other graphics cards from ATI and nVidia. Read on and see what we think of ATI’s dongle free CrossFire solution.

By brian

The Future Of Handheld Gaming: GoForce 5500

While at the CTIA Wireless 2006 show we had a chance to stop by and talk to NVIDA about the latest handheld wireless graphics solutions. If you are interested in seeing how games like Quake III Arena play on phones then read on and see what performance can be had today thanks to the GoForce 5500.

By Nathan Kirsch

NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT Video Card Review

The NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT has an internal architecture that is similar to the 7900 GTX and costs $200 less. What does this mean? It means that you save $200 and get a video card with reduced clock speeds. Read on as we test a pair of GeForce 7900 GT’s that pack some serious punch and start at $309 when bought online.

By brian

ATI and NVIDIA Benchmark Number Problem?

Ding, Ding, Ding… Ladies and gentlemen. Your attention please. In this corner, fighting in the mainstream market, GeForce 7600 GS of Santa Clara, California. And in this corner, Radeon X1600 XT of Ontario Canada. After our GeForce 7600 GS preview yesterday ATI came running and ready to fight… see why!

By Nathan Kirsch