First R520 review

[happyhero]

Normally we would’ve adhered to ATI’s NDA and published results the moment it expired. However this time around ATI decided to just not bother with us as they made it very clear that we did not make the cut, as we have written some articles about CrossFire, R520 and ATI’s financial situation that were not apparently not appreciated. Hence we’ve not been briefed by ATI, nor did we sign an NDA, or have been invited to the launch event, so basically they decided to cut us off.

very dissapointing

http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/article/1813.1/

[Ugly n Grey]

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...ad.php?t=74379 Thread removed from forum view....


Already a thread going here....

[happyhero]

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...ad.php?t=74379

Already a thread going here....

well it was videocard related so i searched the 3d section. i never read the news section any way. thanks for the heads up. how do i delete this thread. can't seem to find the option.

[Geforce4ti4200]

I urge you do not buy an r520! It costs more and its slower than a 7800gtx and in some cases, a 7800gt! Of course some people will not listen and go ahead anyway. Their loss! From the benchmarks, the 7800gtx beats the x1800xt in everything and ties in farcry. In doom3, even a 7800gt wins! The x850xt pe isnt a bad card and is much cheaper than x1800pro/xt. Nvidia clearly has the performance crown for high end with their 7800gtx at or near $500. ATI does win the midrange crown with their x800pro and x800xl at or near $200, although the slightly more expensive 6800gt isnt a bad choice if you must have ps3. ATI also has some good low end cards like the 9700pro for agp users while Nvidia's 6600gt has been very popular.

If you want to buy a high end card, the 7800gtx is the way to go! For midrange, id suggest an x800pro, x800xl or 6800gt and maybe x1600xt(yet to be seen) for low end a 6600gt, x800gt(if prices come down) or 9700pro(for agp)

[G H Z]

Why was that thread nuked, did Grayskull take offense or something? It was obviously BS from the get go but still entertaining

[Ugly n Grey]

Grayskull didn't complain that I am aware of, I complained to the mod of that section because someone called someone some bad names... debate is great, flames and names are just not cool

[metro.cl]

Grayskull didn't complain that I am aware of, I complained to the mod of that section because someone called someone some bad names... debate is great, flames and names are just not cool

dude bad move i asked something to grayskull there and you closed it maybe you could clean it so we can read it

[M.Beier]

Ofcause Grayskull aint happy about this leaking out, would be f***ed if he was all excited about ATI not being in controle of the press release..

[slider99]

Soo... UnG, why you keep posting invalid links in every thread containing the word R520?

[Ugly n Grey]

Slider, there was a thread in news on R520, I have no idea where it went...

[slider99]

Slider, there was a thread in news on R520, I have no idea where it went...

Please stop his is a friendly warning..
I deleted the thread it was done because of posts like this...

[n00b 0f l337]

Erm.... That wasn't funny at all. And it iddnt make any sense.

[Ugly n Grey]

Now aren't you quite the comedian?

I have no idea? Who am I? Why am I here? Who are these men in white robes?? WHere are they taking me? Wahhhh!!

Slider if you take a look at the news and video card sections, you'll notice at the bottom that i'm not a moderator in those forums....

[GAR]

disapointed in ATI.....this round goes to nVidia in my book, im glad i went with the 7800gtx's and not waited for ATI...:] im happy...

[slider99]

Slider if you take a look at the news and video card sections, you'll notice at the bottom that i'm not a moderator in those forums....

Relax. I won't bite.

Anyway... please tell the full story. We're all ears!

[metro.cl]

Slider if you take a look at the news and video card sections, you'll notice at the bottom that i'm not a moderator in those forums....

could you do something about that threat?? i really wanna see it back just clean it

[higgins]

hmm whats up with the closing of the r520 "review" threads?

[Ugly n Grey]

well this one is open, post your thoughts here

[Tanktanium]

Ofcause Grayskull aint happy about this leaking out, would be f***ed if he was all excited about ATI not being in controle of the press release..

Wasn't it already said that the review was a load of BS because they didn't actually do the benchmark themselves? They "sent in specifications" to the boardmaker and got back results.

[metro.cl]

well this one is open, post your thoughts here

not the best answer .......

[Ugly n Grey]

not the best answer .......

What answer would you like? I'd be pleased to type it out for you, it would however have no meaning.

[metro.cl]

What answer would you like? I'd be pleased to type it out for you, it would however have no meaning.

just thought you could talk to a mod and reopen that threat and just clean the fight or whatever happened

[DrJay]

I'm not sure what is going on here, so I'll mind my own business....
But as to the benchmarks,...if they are not BS, I thought they looked pretty good. Only lost to GTX in SLi and of course lost in Doom III but that is to be expected of ATI cards in Open GL.

[G H Z]

Right. Actually I think it will come down to weather or not the new 90nm cores will run well under xtreme cooling. If they do the 7800GTX will have a problem , LOD or not.

Personally I think they will overclock like mad.

[brandinb]

haha i had this huge post lined up in the other thread and when i clicked submit the thread was crashed lol too bad im not gonna write it again. basically i was saying that those results seemed real realistic and pretty competitive. in a month or a few hehe dep on availability the price will drop and they will be competitive with the gtx in all fields so that will be good. crossfire is completly usless besides benching if you really are limited to 1600x1200 @ 60hz as thats just retarted. one single gtx can play any game 1600x1200 with 4xaa over 60 fps so what would the point of crossfire be then?? but hopefully ati engeneers can get around it then it will be usefull tech.