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HIS Excalibur 9550 VIVO Review |
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Written by Phyro
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Thursday, 07 October 2004 |
Bit-Tech has send word
about their HIS Excalibur 9550 VIVO Review. The Radeon 9550 was released
earlier this year to cope with a hole in the market, where ATI had no DirectX 9.0 graphics card
that could compete with nVidia's GeForce FX5200 Ultra. The GeForce FX5200 was almost
in a league of its own in the budget sector; at least until the arrival of the
Radeon 9550. Initially, it was only available in the Far East, but both
performance and sales figures proved that the demand for this board was likely
to scale across the globe.
 HIS Excalibur 9550 VIVO
Review
Much as we expected, the HIS Excalibur 9550 VIVO falls below both the Radeon 9600 and Radeon 9600 PRO in terms of performance, and it is really put to the test on value by the GeCube 9550XT Platinum, which is one of the most
aggressively priced products that we've had a look at in recent times. Many of you may be thinking that this board isn't a great performer, and also asking questions about why this board should be preferred in front of any other
9550-based board.
Well, the performance of all four boards that have been compared here is not exactly groundbreaking; after all, we're considering a fairly low-end mainstream
part that is projected to sell at around £60. It also brings VIVO to the masses, which is a wonderful feature for those of you who are interested in amateur film
production, among other multimedia activities that this board can offer at a very affordable price. We're still waiting to see this board arrive in the market place; this is the single most important factor when you're considering a graphics card purchase - if you can't buy it, you can't really consider it as a viable solution.
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