X1800XL vs. X1800XL OC

DriverHeaven har kigget nærmere på hvor meget man får for sine surt tjente penge, hvis man køber det kort fra ATi som ligger bedst i pris/ydelses forholdet.
Der er naturligvis tale om X1800XL kortet som har samme specifikationer som XT, lige bortset fra clockspeeds og køleløsningen.




"As we saw from the benchmarks the Club3D X1800XL certainly delivers ? while the performance in stock speeds is certainly ample, the card truly shines when overclocked giving it GREAT performance for the price you pay. As previously stated, both high-end ATI cards (the XT and the XL) have the same features and pipelines, and are only differentiated by clocks and the dual-slot cooling the XT uses (and in some cases the memory amount). So when you have XL cards that overclock to almost XT speeds, you get essentially free performance out of your card ? a real no-brainer.

After all, the X1000 series is definitely one of the most feature-rich cards ATI has ever released. Shader Model 3.0 ? ?Done Right?, as ATI claims ? HDR + AA, and other things that really sets it apart from its former generation of cards. In particular, the Club3D model we had in our hands gave us problem-free usage and great performance and overclockability."

http://www.driverheaven.net/reviews/overclocking1800XL/index.htm