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Radeon HD 2900XT a product of unstable parents
Our Radeon HD 2900XT review is now live and we think it's a better buy than Nvidia's 8800GTS.
It's a good choice for the high end market but it still disappointment me because I was waiting for an Nvidia 8800GTX killer - one of epic proportions that would emulate what ATI achieved with the 9700 Pro that was miles faster than anything gone before it.
The card came up trumps in 3DMark05, but this is a benchmark I feel has less and less relevance to real gaming scenarios because most of the games I play (and the majority we and other websites benchmark with) are sponsored by Nvidia's 'The Way It's Meant To Be Played' programme. This means games are optimized for, and run better with, Nvidia's cards.
I'm not against this kind of optimization, however AMD has to renew it's own 'Get In The Game' sponsorship pressure because it really is lagging behind Nvidia in the number of game houses it links up with; there's been little movement since Half Life 2.
Perhaps the Radeon HD project was disrupted by AMD buying ATI. Being bought by another company is a disruptive force and one many of us in PCW towers can relate to; in the last eight months we've been owned by three different companies.
There was tension at the Radeon HD 2900XT launch in Tunisia two weeks ago especially when Richard Huddy, former ATI man, told a group of journalists he'd been cautioned by two senior AMD officials for giving a risqué introductory presentation (over drinks) saying budget graphics cards were for "past it" women.
This is a step away from the all singing, all dancing graphics company that is used to holding launches in Ibiza.
Posted by Emil Larsen on May 15, 2007 | Permalink
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