Computer Reviews

Evga video cards have a reputation for being quality products. Although there is often not much to set video cards apart as they are nearly the same thing, Evga excels in customer support and warranties.

At Gamepyre the Evga 6800GS C/P superclocked edition was tested in SLI mode with two cards. It provided enough oomph to power all of the games the tester went through during the test. The combination of the two in SLI mode boosts the gameplay to decent levels.

The 2 cards in an SLI configuration came in somewhere between the 7800 and 2×7800 setups. So if you are still not willing to throw away your older 6800 then getting another for an SLI setup might be an alternative to getting a 7800 right away.

Check out Gemepyre for the full review.

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The GeCube Radeon X1800 XT gets the full treatment at bit-tech. The card is reviewed using their newer playable settings testing method whereby they find the best setting that still allow for good gameplay and try to give a more real life review of how the card does.

The GeCube Radeon X1800 XT is in an unfortunate spot, with the release of the X1900 which pretty much outdoes it in all aspects of gaming, and does it without costing that much more. For most consumers, this small amount of extra will definitely be worth it to make that small jump to a much better and newer card.

The card itself does not differ much from the rest of the X1800 crowd as all of the cards are about the same. It might still be a viable option for some, but just barely.

The new All-In-Wonder X1900 will certainly be a great card and will allow all the great features of the current All-In-Wonder X1800, but with the gaming performance of the newer cards.

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Powercolor has been around for a few years and this new Radeon based card does a pretty good job at delivering, in terms of graphics performance. There is usually not much between the different cards as they are all based on the same GPU, for example there are a few companies with an X800 model like this as they are all based on the same processor.

This model comes in colorful red packaging and includes a few extra cables that could be needed as well as the usual driver CD for getting things going on your computer. It comes with the standard ATI driver CD, giving you the standard options with no extras to tickle your fancy.

With a large amount of noise coming from the fan it might disrupt your quiet working environment. This is a little bit of problem, but that depends on your needs for your computer. It’s length runs longer than older graphics cards so it might come quite close to your memory slots.

The pricing is right and is clearly outperforms an X600 model from Gigabyte, but which comes at a similar price. In test performed at bigbruin it doubles the results of the X600 mentioned before.

The card needs to be overclocked by other software as none is included with the package. In the end it comes out as a strong performer and recommended.

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