MusicRadar Verdict
Finally, a genuinely affordable but powerful card with full DirectX 10 support
Pros
- +
Unprecedented shader power at this price point. Slim single-slot form factor and significantly reduced power consumption. Added DX10.1 functionality
Cons
- -
Anti-aliasing still performed in the shader units. Quad-card Crossfire support a bit of a gimmick
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Wherever Nvidia treads, ATI must surely follow. Or is it the other way round? With their latest 3D chipset launches, Nvidia and AMD's PC graphics subsidiary have once again mirrored each other extremely closely.
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