HIS X1900XT IceQ3 Dual DL-DVI VIVO 512MB
 

As power users, we'd all love to own one, or perhaps even two, of today's latest and greatest graphics cards. But wanting to own the best and having the means to do so are two totally different things. Lucky for us, there are usually a multitude of products that fall in just behind the top-of-the-line that tend to offer similar features and only marginally lower performance for a more palatable price.

The product we'll be looking at today, the HIS Radeon X1900 XT IceQ3, falls into this category. As its name implies, the HIS Radeon X1900 XT IceQ3 is powered by ATI's X1900 XT GPU. But unlike an ATI built card, HIS' model sports a custom cooling apparatus that not only performs better than the "stock" model, but it's also much quieter too. In addition to the custom cooler, HIS also throws in far more accessories than ATI, and most of their board partners as well. Take a look...