HIS x1950XT Turbo Edition

Introduction

So here we are once again reviewing another quality product that was sent to us by HIS (Hightech Information System Limited) to review. This time, we are looking at the HIS x1950XT Turbo Edition. In this review we will be looking at the performance in both the non-turbo mode and the turbo mode, which is powered by software (included) called iTurbo, raising the core clock up to the 650MHz from 620Mhz. We will be using a few mainstream games, such as Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Doom 3, and Quake 4, for real-world impressions. For benchmarks, we will be using 3dMark05. We will compare some of these specs to a x1650 video card that have used in the past.

So, let's give a hand to HIS once more, for sending us their hardware so that we can test it, play with it, and tweak it and let the rest of you know what we think of it all.

Powered by ATI Radeon X1950XT - 650MHz
256MB-256bit 8 channel GDDR3 memory - 1.8GHz
48 Pixel shader processor
8 Vertex shader processor
Ultra-threaded SM 3.0 Engine
512-bit Ring-bus
ATI Avivo
High Precision Architecture
CrossFire Support
PCI Express® x16 lane native support

R580+ process
48 Pixel Shader Processors
Vertex and Pixel Shader 3.0
Dynamic Flow Control
128-bit FP32 Processing
1024 instruction slots Shaders
512-bit Ring Bus
High Dymanic Range rendering
6X Adaptive AA
H.264 Accelerated
Dual DL-DVI + VIVO
CrossFire support
DirectX® 9 and OpenGL® supported

FlatOut
Microsoft Dungeon Siege Full
3D Album PicturePro
PowerDirector 3 SE Plus
Power2Go 4
PowerDVD 6

VIVO Cable
HDTV Output cable
DVI to VGA Dongle x 2

Select a Page Page 1: Introduction and Specifications Page 2: First Impressions and Testing Page 3: Conclusion