ATI Radeon HD 2900 Pro HIS

[burtie]

Unleash the Gaming Power of DirectX® 10

The HIS Radeon™ HD 2900Pro unleashes the power of DirectX® 10 with awesome performance, stunning visual effects and more dynamic interactivity than ever before. Surpass reality with easy CrossFire™ scalability, built-in HDMI and 5.1 surround audio for an immersive HD Gaming experience. HIS Radeon™ HD 2900Pro delivers ultimate realism and performance at all resolutions in high dynamic range from a 2nd generation unified shader engine.

Ultimate High Definition Gaming Technology

The HIS Radeon™ HD 2900 powers today’s titles and introduces a new platform for upcoming DirectX® 10 games. Our next-generation unified shader engine with 320 unified stream processors, a 512-bit memory interface, CrossFire™, game physics, and built-in HDMI with multi-channel 5.1 surround audio establishes a new level of performance and technology designed for discerning gamers.

HIS Radeon™ HD 2900Pro delivers ultimate realism and performance at all resolutions in high dynamic range from a 2nd generation unified shader engine and easy CrossFire upgradeability. Built-in with HDMI audio and video, HIS Radeon™ HD 2900Pro enables a one-plug big-screen HD gaming experience with ATI Avivo™ HD video & display technology with advanced high definition features.

Leadership for Windows Vista™

The HIS Radeon™ HD 2900Pro delivers powerful graphics performance, improved stability, and an immersive HD gaming experience for Windows Vista™. ATI Catalyst™ software is designed for quick setup of graphics, video, and multiple displays, and automatically configures optimal system settings for lifelike DirectX® 10 gaming and the visually stunning Windows Aero™ user interface.

Superscalar unified shader architecture
320 stream processing units
512-bit 8-channel memory interface
Comprehensive DirectX® 10 support
Integrated CrossFire™
High-speed 128-bit HDR (High Dynamic Range) rendering
Up to 24x Custom Filter Anti-Aliasing
ATI Avivo™ HD video and display technology
Built-in HDMI and 5.1 surround audio
Dynamic geometry acceleration
Game physics processing capability

Selling at £170 nice price is scan getting these in?sorry if someone has already posted i could not see it find it anywhere,this card is a good rival for the 8800GTS.

[s_kinton]

Sounds promising, where did that info come from? You should reference it.

How much vram are these cards gonna have? Clock speeds in comparison to the XT?

[burtie]

http://www.techpowerup.com/index.php?39958

http://www.hisdigital.com/html/produ...d=341&view=yes

Sorry forgot about the linkage and it will have 512bit interface looks promising.

[Orville49]

2900Pro's are now showing up on a few websites from £150.

[s_kinton]

Looks like they're 600mhz core, 1600mhz memory. As opposed to 750mhz core, 1650mhz memory on the XT.

Sounds like they stand a fair chance of being clocked to XT speeds. The spec are otherwise identical. I'm just not sure its gonna be able to compete with the 320mb 8800GTS its priced up against.

[med2003]

Has anyone bought one of these 2900 Pro's yet? Any personal reviews would be good.

Cheers.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

The 2900pro and 2900gt are supposed to have a very short production life of a few months.

It would be better to wait for the replacements which will run cooler and may hopefully be single slots designs too.

http://www.vr-zone.com/articles/HD_2...-Oct/5182.html

[twicksisted]

Hi Guys,

I bought one on saterday and have had it running for a few days and am blown away
I had the X1950pro 512mb card and this is a huge difference!

Heres some benchies of the card i did on 3dmark05 & 3Dmark06:

*Unfortunately I need 5 posts before i can post up pictures or URL's****

[twicksisted]

***so i will make 5 short posts***

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***and then I can put the results up***

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***bear with me here and apologies****

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***only one more post to go****

[twicksisted]

Excellent 5 posts... ok so heres the benchmarks i promised!
thanks for putting up with that blatant spam


3Dmark06 results:




3Dmark05 Results:




3Dmark03 Results:




CPU used for test: Q6600 @ 3.2ghz with OCZ DDRII 800mhz platinum rev2

[magneticman]

11474??

wow really good for £150, i think i might get one of these as a stopgap til the 8950 comes out..

[twicksisted]

one note though... you need to have a really fast processor to get the most out of it!
My Q6600 bottlenecks this pro even at 3.2ghz overclock..

I am still on the retail fan/ heatsink so i dont want to push the overclock to high just yet... but at the 2.4ghz mark I was only getting 10000 on 3dmark06...
Who knows how high it will go if i get a decent cooler and clock this Q6600 to 3.6

Also... its worth noting that the clock of this pro are 600 / 800...
Last night i clocked it to XT level and it ran fine till i fell asleep.... no hassles
Will post an updated 3Dmark score with those clocks... but i dont expect it to score any higher as my CPU is definately holding it back!

[magneticman]

hmmn

i have an E6300 @ 3.2, still - my 7950 gx2 (which was 350 when i bought it) does 9500 absolutely max with everything overclocked...