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    ABIT Fatal1ty X800 XL 512MB

    Whilst ABIT has sugar-coated the X800 XL 512MB VPU with its range of sweet new features, we find it hard to recommend it unreservedly. It's ostensibly slower than similarly-priced cards, and speed is, after all, why most users shell out £275 on a graphics card. However, it's been refreshing to see a company willing to design better and cleverer cards than the majority of other board partners, and we hope to see more innovation from the folks at ABIT on, dare we say it, faster GPUs.
    http://www.hexus.net/content/reviews...lld19JRD0xNDM2

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    Interesting review, but I take issue with this statement:

    Two obvious departures from the reference design here. The first is a lack of dual-DVI digital outputs that's become a signature feature of ATI's X800 XL 512MB video cards. The question that arises is why would ABIT eschew a feature that can only be considered in positive terms. After all, one can simply use a DVI dongle if requiring HD15 connectivity. The answer is probably space related. Take a look at the width of the right-hand DVI slot and then picture it on the left-hand side. There wouldn't really be enough room to locate ABIT's one-click BIOS-activating switch, especially with the S-Video socket right in the middle. It's actually a heavy price to pay for a new feature, as many users who opt for mid-to-top-end cards often run 2 DVI-capable LCD screens as standard.
    I find it VERY hard to believe that anything more than a very small minority of people who buy x800xls will use 2 TFTs 'as standard' (of course I may well be wrong )

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    Well a lot of us are now getting addicted to dual screens... I know I am
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    well the rich people amongst us with too much desk space maybe

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    Quote Originally Posted by YorkieBen
    well the rich people amongst us with too much desk space maybe
    X800 XL 512MB cards cost upwards of £250. You can now purchase 2x 17-inch DVI-capable TFT monitors for around the £300 mark, and one of the X800 XL 512MB card's selling features is provision for two digital connections.

    You'd be surprised by the number of users who contemplate dual-display setups, especially if the user can afford reasonably expensive cards.
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    Large textures

    I can understand why the card doesnt outperform any of the higher clocked competitors. But I have been looking forward to a 512mb card for a game like Everquest 2. It has the option to use huge textures and I wonder if in that case the 512mb card would be better then a 256mb card since it wouldn't have to swap textures as much as the faster 256mb cards.

    It would be interesting to se the differences in such a game which is very demanding on the graphics card if u turn up the settings high.

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