ASUS Extreme AX800 XT PE/2DHTV

[Steve]

It's hard to recommend any graphics card that costs more than a reasonable PC. £430 is an awful lot of money to be spending on a present card when a refresh is just around the corner. In that case, as comprehensive as it is, ASUS' AX800 XP PE/2DHTV package is simply too expensive to be considered by all but the very well-off enthusiast. Performance freaks should look towards SLI'ing a couple of 6800 GT cards, and for the rest, I'd recommend obtaining and overclocking the cheapest X800 XT you could lay your hands. The money you save will be better spent elsewhere.

http://www.hexus.net/content/reviews...lld19JRD05NDg=

[ropey]

AGP graphics, meaning all NVIDIA-based cards, are tested on an Athlon 64 3500+ setup. ASUS' card is run on a Pentium 4 560 (3.6GHz). Athlon 64 power disguises just how good RADEON cards are in UT2004.

Let's get this straight.

You tested X800 XT PE on P4 and Geforce on A64.

That makes no sense to me. One would think that you would keep the testing plaform identical to show the differences rather than add in such variables.

R