Sunday, September 16th 2007

HIS Unveils ATI Radeon HD 2900 Pro 512MB PCIe

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Rumors of Radeon HD 2900 Pro have been going around for a while. Beta drivers also revealed the existence of the card. Now Hightech Information System (HIS) surprisingly started offering ATI Radeon HD 2900 Pro based video card. The HIS HD 2900 Pro 512MB GDDR3 VIVO PCIe (PN: H290PR512DVN-R) unveils that HD 2900 Pro will feature the same 320 stream processing R600 GPU and 512-bit memory interface used in all ATI HD 2900 XT graphics cards. The only difference between the two cards will be the clock speeds, 600MHz/1600MHz core/memory for HD 2900 Pro (reference HD 2900 XT clocks: 740MHz/825MHz core/memory). HIS also recommends a price of $249 for the 512MB GDDR3 version of HIS HD 2900 Pro. Link to HIS HD 2900 Pro product page.
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53 Comments on HIS Unveils ATI Radeon HD 2900 Pro 512MB PCIe

#26
mitsirfishi
this should be a interesting card will have to see how the pro does aswell as the gt even though it will be a cut down one i think the 2900pro should keep its head above water and take on the 8800gts and the 2900gt probilly more likely to take on the 8600gts if that is the facts of it
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#27
erocker
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Oh yeah baby, now we're talkin' inches!:laugh: I believe they are 9 1/2". I have a question, when you English blokes are bragging about how long your video cards are, do you, in terms of metric or fractional?
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#28
WarEagleAU
Bird of Prey
Excellent card and excellent value. I wouldnt call it a midrange card really, more like a low end hi end card :roll: I want to wait until the RV670 comes out and compare the too. What would be nice if HIS put the IceQ3 Turbo cooler on it <drool>
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#29
lemonadesoda
Great price. Interested.

I bet the 2950 will be much lower power, and ideal for a crossfire solution on one card. But the price will be high... I would imagine $500, meaning this card will remain good value even in Nov.
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#30
mitsirfishi
erockerOh yeah baby, now we're talkin' inches!:laugh: I believe they are 9 1/2". I have a question, when you English blokes are bragging about how long your video cards are, do you, in terms of metric or fractional?
we use inchs we use imperial like we use miles per hours (MPH) instead of kph :D
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#32
Wile E
Power User
FroggerManual says 1-6pin / 1-8pin
"Note: For optimal performance, and for ATI Overdrive, Overclock,
and CrossFire™ configurations, use one 2×3-pin and one 2×4-pin
PCIe™ power connectors on a 750 watt or better power supply."
Yeah, but that's just the a generic manual. It's the same manual as the XT. One power connector is still my guess. But it is still just a guess on my part.
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#33
panchoman
Sold my stars!
wait, the 2900 pro is going to have onboard sound? does that man its dx10.1, cause isn't that a big difference between the 10 and 10.1???
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#34
devguy
The 2900xt and others have onboard HD audio as well. That is the whole big deal about the hdmi port on the card.
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#35
JC316
Knows what makes you tick
Interesting, very very interesting. I may be looking into this as well as the new generation of Geforce cards.
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#36
waspman3372
So how far behind am I with the..

current(1 yr to be exact)256mb ati radeon x1650xt turbo? WASPMAN
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#37
[I.R.A]_FBi
thats a last gen midrange card ... not a bad place to be ... unless u do a lot of hi res gaming
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#39
erocker
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1gb GDDR4 none the less!
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#40
Grings
erocker1gb GDDR4 none the less!
and thats cheaper than 320mb 8800's were on release!
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#41
Tatty_Two
Gone Fishing
Gringsand thats cheaper than 320mb 8800's were on release!
True but they had the monopoly then.
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#42
Xolair
Seems like a pretty sweet card, the power-consumption is a bit off and the price isn't all that incredible IMO. If there's a Radeon 2950 Pro on the way and it's almost cheaper than this, then I'd say no dice for the 2900 Pro.
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#43
mitsirfishi
the 2950pro will follow the legacy of the x1950pro :D
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#44
seedmuse
Looks like the same case as with the X1900 XT and XTX.[/QUOTE]

Sorry for the noob invasion: I was looking at the 1900xtx. Should I but the xt and overclock it? I can't find a 1950xt at newegg so I'm going down a notch 'cause that's all they have...

- Matt
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#45
Pinchy
If everything is at is sounds, this should be a card.

Yet, as mentioned earlier, its probably just a generic specs sheet. Just like when you see the AGP specs sheet's all saying "crossfire ready" or "sli ready".
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#46
Xaser04
seedmuseLooks like the same case as with the X1900 XT and XTX.
Sorry for the noob invasion: I was looking at the 1900xtx. Should I but the xt and overclock it? I can't find a 1950xt at newegg so I'm going down a notch 'cause that's all they have...

- Matt[/QUOTE]

Generally speaking the X1900XTX used cherry picked cores (ie the ones that the would overclock the best) and normally will overclock a little bit futher than the XT model.

However in terms of noticable differences in game the extra possibly overclock you could get out of the XTX would not be noticable. (it would however it you only benchmarked)

I am running a X1900XT which quite happily overclocks to way beyond XTX speeds however when gaming I just leave it at stock.
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#49
Tatty_Two
Gone Fishing
mandeloreoverclockers.co.uk have a preorder for a 1GB 2900pro!!

www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-159-SP&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=922
Shit that price is terrible, I know a couple of places you can almost get a 8800GTS 640 at that price, you can pick up the 2900XT for only about £25 more if you shop around :cry: I bet the dual GPU 2600XT dual with 2 x 512MB GDDR3 would probably be near to the pro's performance and even that can be got in the UK for £150.......seems we lose on price again, thats the equivilent of way over $400!!!!
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#50
devguy
Tatty_OneShit that price is terrible, I know a couple of places you can almost get a 8800GTS 640 at that price, you can pick up the 2900XT for only about £25 more if you shop around :cry: I bet the dual GPU 2600XT dual with 2 x 512MB GDDR3 would probably be near to the pro's performance and even that can be got in the UK for £150.......seems we lose on price again, thats the equivilent of way over $400!!!!
Lets hope the 2900gt can come through for us then. I personally will refuse to pay >$200 for a video card. To me even $200 is absurd (not sure what the £ equivalent is). If the 2900gt isn't under or very close to $200, I sure hope that the 2650 will come through at about $150-165.
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