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| Product | ATI Radeon X1950 XTX (512MB) | NVIDIA GeForce 8400GS (graphics card - GF 8400 GS - 256 MB - Smart Buy) | MSI N480GTX-M2D15 (graphics card - GF GTX 480 - 1.5 GB) | ASUS GTX650TI-OC-2GD5 graphics card (GF GTX 650 Ti - 2 GB) | ATI Radeon X1950 Pro |
| Price | $262.16 to $299.85 | $93.60 to $103.36 | $34.00 to $605.40 | $149.99 to $317.32 | Pricing is currently unavailable. |
| CNET editors' rating | 3.5 stars | Info unavailable | Info unavailable | Info unavailable | 3.5 stars |
| Average user rating | 2.5 stars | 0 stars | 0 stars | 0 stars | 3.5 stars |
| Release date | August 23, 2006 | Info unavailable | Info unavailable | Info unavailable | October 17, 2006 |
| Bottom line | ATI's Radeon X1950 XTX is the fastest single-chip 3D card that you can buy. Unfortunately, with
Windows Vista and its accompanying gaming technology, it's going to become obsolete in just five months. ATI adjusted the price of the Radeon X1950 XTX accordingly, but at $450, it's still not an insignificant purchase. We recommend it only if money is no object. | Info unavailable | Info unavailable | Info unavailable | If you're looking for a gaming card to run Vista and play most games, ATI's Radeon X1950 Pro will get you there, but not perfectly, and its real-world pricing is higher than we'd like. We're more interested to see ATI's next-gen cards use the newly refined CrossFire dual-card technology, debuted here, but that will have to wait. |
| Graphics Processor | ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire | NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti | Info unavailable |
| Video RAM installed | 512 MB | 256 MB | 1.5 GB | 2 GB | Info unavailable |
| Interface type | PCI Express x16 | PCI Express x1 | PCI Express 2.0 x16 | PCI Express 3.0 x16 | Info unavailable |
| Compatibility | PC | PC | PC | PC | Info unavailable |
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