RD600 first look and general questions

[cadaveca]

Yes, it takes alot, but that's true of any board, and has been compounded by the fact that this is the sole board that features this chipset, thereby leaving us without a comparison other than other users.

but in order to find out what the board is capable of, you need to also know your other components very well too. You can't made adequate judgements based on a single platform alone...you must use many. Irregardless of the part you consider.

With that in mind...for gaming in newer titles, this board fares about the same as 975x(currently fastest clock-for-clock), but that's partially due to the nature of those programs.

If i hadn't decided long ago for an all-ATI build, and then pushed further towards it by the merger, I would not be using this board in my daily driver.

Kinda silly that I got 3 975x board just sitting here collecting dust...

but think about that. I DO have other options. I CHOOSE not to use them, and am more than happy with what I get out of this board. No, it's not ideal, and no, it's not the fastest, but...


took me abt 2days apeice to tame the 975/965 boards. While I've explored just about everything this ATI board has to offer, I'm not done yet, and we are talking weeks now. I'm an overclocker...and this board lets me overclock, the way I want to, not the way "they" want me to.