But there are other opinions - these users back up their point with the above mentioned argument and some others.
There are votaries of old models, who think that the optimal formula is 2-to-1, that it's sufficient for all modern games. It's no secret that complex shaders sometimes require more than one or two GPU cycles, while all modern texture processors can apply 1-2 textures with filtering per cycle.īut the heated argument does not abate. That is video cards with an equal number of pixel pipelines and texture processors are outperformed, because complex shader computations lag behind texturing. For example F.E.A.R., where this ratio reaches 5 to 1 and even 6 to 1. According to the Canadian company, all new games have increasingly high shader loads, that is computational capacities of graphics cores, while texturing (still being a constituent part of rendering) plays a less important role. That's when this product became very interesting, it started competing (successfully!) with GeForce 6600GT instead of 6800GS.īut the question remains: is ATI's choice of the new 3-to-1 formula of computational power versus texture performance justified? That is there are just four texture processors for 12 pixel pipelines. Even the first cards in retail were just a tad more expensive. With a stroke of the pen the X1600 XT went down to $170. This product does not fair well even in our 3Digest (but it's not the worst). Yep, extremely high operating frequencies of the core and memory saved the day! But that was still not enough. Moreover, the pipeline architecture of the available GPU was much more powerful: not only 12 pixel pipelines, but also 12 texture processors and even ROPs (for example, X800, GeForce 6800).Īnd in this case, even though the card supports SM3.0, it's equipped with just four texture processors and four ROPs. In fact you could get video cards with sterling 256-bit bus for this price. In early October, when the new series of ATI products including RADEON X1600 XT was just announced, we wrote about this accelerator as an ambiguous product, which was not worth its $249. ITurbo provides advanced setting options such as ULPS, synchronization in Multi-GPU config, providing maximized flexbility for advanced users.How interestingly the situation changes for just 4-5 months. Fan Control and Fan Monitoring allow easy adjustment of your card to its maximum cooling performance or to run your card quietly! ITurbo's interface in simplicity makes it an user friendly overclocking Software. ITurbo is your graphics card assistant to control your graphics card to be quiet, cool and experience overclocking by simply pressing the iTurbo Button!ĭownload it NOW to get the iTurbo experience!
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