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Abit Radeon 9600 XT 256MB Review |
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Written by Mavke
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Saturday, 06 November 2004 |
Hexus has published a review on the Abit Radeon 9600 XT 256MB graphics card. Graphics card technology has been moving swiftly recently. You take a short break and come back to find ATI's Radeon 9800 XT firmly relegated to mid-catalogue status. nVidia's GeForce 6800s and ATI's X800 XTs set the performance bar right now.
 Abit Radeon 9600 XT 256MB Review
Abit's Radeon 9600 XT 256MB card can be found in UK retailers' catalogues for around £115. On the face of it, that represents reasonable value. Informed readers will know that 256MB of onboard memory does little to increase the performance of midrange cards. More importantly, however, the knock-on effect of ATI and nVidia's high-end cards has been the lowering mid-to-top-end card prices. Specifically, one can now purchase a Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB for just £20 more than the Abit's asking price. That card competes in a different league and benchmarks a few percent shy of a 9800 XT's performance. Just that fact makes Abit's card look unattractive.
In summary, Abit's done a decent enough job with its 9600 XT card. It's quiet, efficient, benchmarks well for a midrange card and carries basic VIV0 functionality. Compared to other cards running similar GPUs, and I'm thinking of other 9600 XTs, FX5700/Ultras, it's not a bad buy. What condemns it graphics card limbo is the significant increase in performance users can get by spending just a few pounds more. All in all, a good 9600 XT that's a victim of aggressive R350 pricing.
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