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Radeon X800 Pro Card Roundup
[Abstract]
ATI's Breadwinner Of The High-EndSlightly more than a half a year after its launch, the ATI RADEON X800 XT Platinum Edition is still the highest performing product on the AGP front. Supporting ...
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PowerColor RADEON X800 PRO 256MB
For our shootout, we received the non-VIVO version of the PowerColor RADEON X800 PRO and it appears to be yet another carbon copy of the reference ATI design, save for the PowerColor label on the decorative faceplate. While we are not complaining of the reference design since it is perfectly fine, the difficulty falls upon the various ATI vendors to market the card since they lack a unique identity from adopting the same design. As such, we see products bearing radical and enticing box designs, but the graphics cards themselves remain mostly similar. Similar to GeCube, PowerColor adopted a unique box theme depicting the game that they bundle and in their case it was Hitman: Contracts.
Could this be a case of 'buy a game and get the graphics card free' or the other way around? In any case, the packaging is surely eye-catching to the gamer. |
The PowerColor RADEON X800 PRO graphics card up close. |
Like the other non-VIVO cards in the roundup, PowerColor too outfitted the card with Samsung 2ns memory parts. |
Though the graphics card looks pretty standard, peering into the product package revealed some nice touches. Firstly, PowerColor has supplied a complete cable accessory pack and bagged full marks for that element in our scorecard. Following that, we found CyberLink's DVD Solution bundled, which has programs accomplishing various video related tasks from capturing, editing, authoring, playback and even DVD burning software. For the gaming portion of the bundle, you get Counter Strike: Condition Zero and Hitman: Contracts. All in all, we would have to say it's a dandy bundle.
DVI-I to VGA adapter
S-Video to Composite converter
Component-output cable dongle
S-Video extension cable
Composite extension cable
Y-Power cable splitter
ATI RADEON X800-series user manual
Driver CD
Software: CyberLink DVD Solution (PowerDirector SE+, MediaShow SE, PowerDVD, PowerProducer, Power2Go)
Games: Counter Strike: Condition Zero (2 CDs), Hitman: Contracts (2 CDs)
The software and game bundle in the PowerColor RADEON X800 PRO. Note that the CyberLink DVD solution disc comes in a DVD-ROM media. |
The cable package is as follows, from top left to right: Y-Power cable splitter, S-Video extension cable, Composite extension cable and Component-output cable dongle. At the bottom row: S-Video to Composite converter plug, DVI-I to DB15 VGA adapter. |
Another look at the PowerColor RADEON X800 PRO graphics card. |
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