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Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT 1GB Videocard Review
Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT 1GB Videocard Review - PCSTATS
The ATI Radeon HD 2900XT VPU core runs at 743 MHz while the 1GB of GDDR4 memory hums along at a very sweet 2 GHz! In pairs, the Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT is ATI Crossfire compatible on supporting motherboards.
 89% Rating:   
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External Mfg. Website: Diamond Aug 22 2007   C. Sun  
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DX10 Videocard Benchmarks: Call of Juarez, Lost Planet

Call of Juarez

Source: Techland

While Call of Juarez pulls off all the classic FPS mechanisms with aplomb, it also features interesting variations that give it the air and feel of a true Western movie. The player has the genuine impression of being a pistol-packing hero in an age when armed confrontation was the daily grind for many adventurers. The Developers have incorporated a classic shooting system as well as two extra game modes.

PCSTATS Benchmark ReportCall of Juarez
1024x768 Low Settings: FPS Ranking
MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E 61.5
Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC 54.3
MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC 53.6
GeForce 8600GTS SLI 57.6
Foxconn 8600GTS-256 46.3
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC 48.1
Albatron 8600GT-256 40.3
MSI NX8500GT-TD256E 23.4
Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT 56.8
Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT (825/1135) 64.6
Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT CrossFire 57.9
Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT CrossFire (812/1123) 68.4
1024x768 High Settings: FPS Ranking
MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E 28
Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC 20.4
MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC 20.2
GeForce 8600GTS SLI 18.4
Foxconn 8600GTS-256 12.8
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC 13.1
Albatron 8600GT-256 10.8
MSI NX8500GT-TD256E 6.6
Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT 34.1
Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT (825/1135) 37.5
Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT CrossFire 39.9
Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT CrossFire (812/1123) 43.8
1600x1200 Low Settings: FPS Ranking
MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E 40.5
Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC 28.7
MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC 28.5
GeForce 8600GTS SLI 29.3
Foxconn 8600GTS-256 14.4
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC 14.5
Albatron 8600GT-256 10.9
MSI NX8500GT-TD256E 7.3
Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT 43.1
Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT (825/1135) 47.1
Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT CrossFire 54.7
Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT CrossFire (812/1123) 60.3
1600x1200 High Settings: FPS Ranking
MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E 19.4
Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC 10.2
MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC 10
GeForce 8600GTS SLI 7.6
Foxconn 8600GTS-256 4.2
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC 4.3
Albatron 8600GT-256 2.6
MSI NX8500GT-TD256E 1
Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT 18.5
Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT (825/1135) 22.3
Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT CrossFire 32.3
Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT CrossFire (812/1123) 37.5

In the DirectX10 Call of Juarez benchmark, the Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT 1GB videocard handles itself well, and easily keeps up with the GeForce 8800GTX. Overclocking boosts framerates nicely, and this game definitely can take advantage of AMD's CrossFire technology! 1600x1200 with everything enabled is almost playable when the two Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT videocards are overclocked under Crossfire.

Lost Planet

Source: Capcom

This fast-paced third person shooter takes you across the vast and frozen landscape of E.D.N III. The ability to fight stealthily on-foot or from within heavily armored Vital Suits offer two unique modes of gameplay. While on foot, use the zip line to get to strategic enemy annilhilating vantage points and discover unexplored areas and weapons. Or, jump into our vital suit or hijack an enemy Snow Pirate's VS to go head to head with enormous and more powerful Acrid foes.

lost planet
1600x1200 Snow LQ: FPS Ranking
MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E 34
Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC 28
MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC 28
GeForce 8600GTS SLI 26
Foxconn 8600GTS-256 14
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC 14
Albatron 8600GT-256 12
MSI NX8500GT-TD256E 7
Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT 30
Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT (825/1135) 35
Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT CrossFire 27
Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT CrossFire (812/1123) 21
Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT CrossFire Patched 33
Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT CrossFire (812/1123) Patched 41
1600x1200 Snow HQ: Points Ranking
MSI NX8800GTX-T2D768E 15
Foxconn FV-N88SMCD2-ONOC 10
MSI NX8800GTS-T2D320E-HD-OC 9
GeForce 8600GTS SLI 6
Foxconn 8600GTS-256 4
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC 4
Albatron 8600GT-256 2
MSI NX8500GT-TD256E 1
Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT 8
Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT (825/1135) 10
Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT CrossFire 7
Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT CrossFire (812/1123) 9
Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT CrossFire Patched 15
Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT CrossFire (812/1123) Patched 23

CrossFire technology is still in its infancy compared to nVIDIA's SLI, that's why AMD is still having problems getting it implemented. With the special patch that's available on AMD's website, it properly enables CrossFire support and the framerates go up instead of down. With a pair of Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT videocards running in Crossfire, and overclocked, we get a whopping 23FPS in Lost Plant at 1600x1200HQ! Wow.

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Contents of Article: Diamond Radeon HD 2900XT 1GB
 Pg 1.  Diamond Viper Radeon HD 2900XT 1GB Videocard Review
 Pg 2.  Massive Heatsink and Quiet Cooling System?
 Pg 3.  ATI/AMD CrossFire Redone
 Pg 4.  The AMD Radeon HD 2900XT Core
 Pg 5.  Videocard Power Consumption Measurements
 Pg 6.  High Definition Playback Tests with AVIVO
 Pg 7.  Overclocking the Radeon HD 2900XT Videocard
 Pg 8.  Videocard Benchmarks: 3DMark05, 3DMark06
 Pg 9.  Videocard Benchmarks: FarCry
 Pg 10.  Videocard Benchmarks: Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
 Pg 11.  Videocard Benchmarks: Doom 3
 Pg 12.  Videocard Benchmarks: Quake 4
 Pg 13.  Videocard Benchmarks: FEAR
 Pg 14.  — DX10 Videocard Benchmarks: Call of Juarez, Lost Planet
 Pg 15.  PCSTATS Maximum Videocard Overclocking Chart & Conclusions
 Pg 16.  Radeon HD 2900XT To Give nVidia a Real Challenge

 
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