Pros
- Full game: STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl
- HDMI output with 5.1 surround sound
Cons
- Average performance
Bottom Line
The EAH2900XT balances performance and price, includes HDMI output, and has an excellent software pack.
The Specs
| Pricing | |
|---|---|
| Inventory Number | 30405 |
| Memory | |
| Memory size | 0.512 MB |
| Memory speed | 1650.0 MHz |
| Memory type | DDR3 |
| Ports and Connections | |
| S-Video-In | Yes |
| Ports | Two DVI-out |
| DVI-Out | 2 |
| Audio Output | Yes |
| S-Video-Out | Yes |
| Composite-Video-In | Yes |
| Component Video | Yes |
| Composite-Video-Out | Yes |
| Audio Input | No |
| Included Software | |
| Windows XP x64 Driver | Yes |
Performance
| Performance | |
|---|---|
| Battlefield 2 (1024 by 768, antialiasing) | 78.09 |
| Half-Life 2 (1024 by 768, antialiasing) | 116.53 |
| Splinter Cell Chaos Theory (1024 by 768, antialiasing) | 93.22 |
| Far Cry (1600 by 1200, antialiasing) | 71.28 |
| Half-Life 2 (1600 by 1200, antialiasing) | 90.03 |
| Doom 3 (1600 by 1200) | 84.6 |
| Unreal Tournament 2004 (1024 by 768, antialiasing) | 77.97 |
| Half-Life 2 (1024 by 768) | 124.47 |
| Quake 4 (1024 by 768) | 117.3 |
| Battlefield 2 (1600 by 1200, antialiasing) | 77.11 |
| Battlefield 2 (1600 by 1200) | 78.85 |
| Splinter Cell Chaos Theory (1600 by 1200) | 112.64 |
| Quake 4 (1024 by 768, antialiasing) | 115.5 |
| Doom 3 (1024 by 768) | 84.53 |
| Unreal Tournament 2004 (1600 by 1200, antialiasing) | 76.92 |
| Splinter Cell Chaos Theory (1024 by 768) | 131.13 |
| Doom 3 (1024 by 768, antialiasing) | 83.53 |
| Battlefield 2 (1024 by 768) | 78.95 |
| Far Cry (1024 by 768, antialiasing) | 71.28 |
| Splinter Cell Chaos Theory (1600 by 1200, antialiasing) | 50.65 |
| Unreal Tournament 2004 (1024 by 768) | 78.67 |
| Doom 3 (1600 by 1200, antialiasing) | 81.87 |
| Far Cry (1024 by 768) | 82.54 |
| Quake 4 (1600 by 1200, antialiasing) | 89.43 |
| Half-Life 2 (1600 by 1200) | 119.6 |
| Halo (1024 by 768) | 128.81 |
| Quake 4 (1600 by 1200) | 113.63 |
| Far Cry (1600 by 1200) | 86.03 |
| Unreal Tournament 2004 (1600 by 1200) | 78.6 |
| Halo (1600 by 1200) | 122.41 |
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