[Testing] Sapphire X2900XT

[Xion X2]

Maybe in 3dmark, but not in games.

In some games, an overclocked XT can catch or pass a stock GTX. I've been benching my card against several guys over at the Nvidia forums. My OC'd XT is ahead in R6 Vegas and is neck and neck in Oblivion. DIRT performance is on par w/ a stock GTX:

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/show...&postcount=413

Benches on the XT were done on the Alphas (8.37.4.2) and 8.38s. That's a rather long thread, but there are tons of benchmarks between the cards across different games if you want to have a look. We've tested Lost Planet, Oblivion, R6 Vegas, DIRT, Riddick, and several other games. The 2900XT is more than holding its own.

Don't believe everything that you read in reviews; a lot of them are probably on Nvidia's payroll. Hardocp and a lot of those other review sites weren't using these performance drivers; they were using very unoptimized sets. It's crazy that ATi let them get away with it, but they did.