HIS Radeon X1900XT IceQ3

Manufacturer: Hightech Information System
Supplied by: Hightech Information System
Street Price: $440.00

by Dean Barker  (6/22/2006)

Introduction

The big guns right now from ATi are the Radeon X1900XT and X1900XTX.  These cards are the red team’s response team green’s GeForce 7900 GTX series.  Bringing a full 512 megabytes of memory and a 512-bit Ring Bus Controller to the take every advantage possible; ATi’s latest Radeon packs horsepower to spare.  Hightech Information Systems (HIS) has released their version of the Radeon X1900XT with their quite famous IceQ Cooler now in its third incarnation.  The IceQ3 Cooler allows this speed demon Radeon to run cooler and just as importantly, quieter than the competition giving it a significant edge.  Today, thanks to the good people at Hightech Information System, we have the HIS Radeon X1900XT IceQ3 Dual DVI card on the bench. 

As we mentioned just a second ago, a lot of technology has found its way into this card and makes it operate cleaner and faster.  It does this from better engineering as well as raw horsepower.  Rather than get into each and every new technical advancement of the new Radeon, we are going to keep things simple.  If you are looking for details on the specific advanced technologies found on the Radeon X1900XT, the Guru of 3D has an excellent piece written on it in exhausting detail.  For our part, let’s see what you get for your dollar and what it can do for you.

Specifications

• Graphics Engine: ATi Radeon X1900 XT (R580 Core)

• Interface: PCI-Express

• Engine Clock: 621MHz

• Memory Clock: 1440MHz DDR

• Memory Type/Size: GDDR3/512MB

• Memory Bus: 512-bit Ring Bus Controller

• Memory Interface: 256-bit

• Pixel Shaders: 48

• Vertex Shades: 8

• Max Resolution: 2560x1600

• VGA Output: Yes with adapter

• TV-Out: HDTV/S-Video/Composite Out

• VIVO: Yes (Advanced Video In Video Out)

• DVI: two ports

• Crossfire support: Yes