PowerColor ATI Radeon X1300

jmke · 6th February 2006, 09:31

I'll admit it, I'm an NVidia Fanboy. My past experiences with ATI cards have been unsavory at best. Recently I upgraded my wife’s comp and had to get her a video card, I got an ATI for her only because it was on sale for $40. So I don't have any major personal experience with ATI, recently I got for review a PowerColor ATI X1300, that's what we will be taking a look at today. It is a PCIE card, so I stuck it in my main rig, replacing my NVIDIA 7800GTX, of course there is no comparison between the two cards, one costing $500 the other $100. I must say I was pleasantly surprised by the performance of the ATI card actually, I wasn't expecting much for a 'budget' card, and it exceeded all my expectations. Let's take a better look at it shall we?

Sidney · 14th February 2006, 16:55

Doesn't look this card is anything close to the 6600/6200. Will see how vmod impacts overclocking performance.

6th February 2006, 09:31	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	PowerColor ATI Radeon X1300 I'll admit it, I'm an NVidia Fanboy. My past experiences with ATI cards have been unsavory at best. Recently I upgraded my wife’s comp and had to get her a video card, I got an ATI for her only because it was on sale for $40. So I don't have any major personal experience with ATI, recently I got for review a PowerColor ATI X1300, that's what we will be taking a look at today. It is a PCIE card, so I stuck it in my main rig, replacing my NVIDIA 7800GTX, of course there is no comparison between the two cards, one costing $500 the other $100. I must say I was pleasantly surprised by the performance of the ATI card actually, I wasn't expecting much for a 'budget' card, and it exceeded all my expectations. Let's take a better look at it shall we? __________________

14th February 2006, 16:55	#2
Sidney Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,738	Doesn't look this card is anything close to the 6600/6200. Will see how vmod impacts overclocking performance. __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

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