VisionTek Xtreme Gamer Edition ATI X1950 Pro 256 Mbyte GDDR3 Graphics Card Review

Ratings: Ease of Use, Performance: 23/25, Look & Feel: 25/25, Features & Software 25/25, How much I enjoy 25/25
Total: 98/100

Crossfire is the latest technology to enter the video graphics arena and it is ATI's bid against the Nvidia SLI solution to use two graphic cards in one PC. The Crossfire setup is simply putting two video cards with either two small ribbon cables connecting the cards inside your PC or having a cable that connects the back DVI connectors and your monitor.

VisionTek has a good selection of Crossfire ready graphic cards available and I got to put two of their X1950 Pro cards through their paces. I searched the Internet and did not find many articles about the graphics and comparing two graphic cards with Crossfire and was anxious to try my newer PC out with this set up. So here goes.

The VisionTek Xtreme Gamer Edition X1950 Pro is a PCI express card with some impressive specifications:

ATI RADEON™ X1950PRO Visual Processing Unit at 575MHz
Oversized Active Fansink
Single Slot Solution
Dual Link DVI x2
256MB GDDR3 Memory @ 1.38 GHz/ 1380 MHz
256-bit memory interface
512-bit ring bus controller
x16 PCI Express
Ultra threaded core 3D architecture
Avivo™ display enhancement technology
Shader model 3.0
DUAL DVI-I
Component HDTV YPbPr Output
S-Video and Composite Video TV-Out 1
PACKAGE CONTAINS
VisionTek® X1950PRO XGE 3D
Graphics Accelerator
Setup CD
Demos, Utilities & Drivers
DVI to VGA Adapter
Component HDTV Adapter
6-pin Power Connector
Maximum Resolutions
640x480 (digital and analog)
800x600 (digital and analog)
1024x768 (digital and analog)
1152x864 (digital and analog)
1280x1024 (digital and analog)
1600x1200 (digital and analog)
1920x1080* 16:9 (digital and analog)
1920x1200 (digital and analog)
1920x1440 (digital and analog)
2048x1536 (digital and analog)
2560x1600 (digital)