ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT Review | Hardware Secrets
This makes two things clear.
**1.> From the tests AMD has got some serious driver issue.
2.> This card doesnt deliver what was expected of it .hence offered at a
significantly lower price.
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Although ,I have a glimmer of hope that it may perform better in directx 10 games .
Well…this is sumthin new i dug up…the HD 2900XT simply is performing great in all UE3 Based games…like RS:Vegas and Double agent…Well another point for me to buy this damn thing
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Il give you 3 reasons:
Looks like honors shared across many games, doesnt warrant the extra power consumption, heat etc.
Pathetically pathetic perfomance in DCC/CAD apps…GTS wallops its ass like never before…
I dont like it 
Hope the 2nd gen. cards will do better .. i’ve got a long time to wait before i make a purchase. .. and definitely the radeon looks better ..
Yes looks like the AMD Refresh will be a killer…
hehehe…i know man…the 2900 did not keep up to our expectations..but i think it has a huge potential which can be tapped but only in due time…let us hope it happens soon.
All its potential will be tapped with a 65nm refresh sooner than later 
yeah i know…well lets see…i hope my folks will buy me this thing … a few more days left for my friend to leave …
the xbit review keeps honors shared…
For the Indian market, based on ATI’s overall presence and price list and moreover considering the heat levels of the HD 2900XT in a hot/dusty indian env i would stay clear of the the 2900XT unless they usher in a cooler 65nm refresh.. 
Finally someone sees my point…
The perf isnt worth it…
I thought it was pretty obvious!
But seriously, ATI cards tend to more overpriced as well as rare to find then their Nvidia couterparts in India. (Not all dealers have em)
Then when you include the cons like higher power rating and heat factor in India, its pretty much a non brainer decision unless you are a die hard ATi fan!
Messa planning of buying HD 2600XT when it is available in India.If its sensibly priced here ,then its gonna give 8600 series run for its money .
hmmmm wow…ok ill give it a thought…vaise bhi i was thinking of upgradin my CPU first coz ne new cards gonna be a bottleneck on it…better wait until i get a new system and wait for the verdict on ATis drivers…i know my buying thread got too long but when it becomes as undecisive as this, i think it would be wiser of me to better wait till it becomes decisive…still i will be sad with my onboard 6100…god gimme strength
One of the reason I voted against X2900XT was cz its gng to be sourced frm US… its risky proposition with a card like the X2900XT…
After months of delays and much anticipation, ATI has finally come up with the Radeon HD 2900 XT, a DirectX 10 capable GPU meant to compete with Nvidia’s GeForce 8 series, and the first big introduction in the PC enthusiast market since AMD acquired the company.
Radeon HD 2900XT board, which is of course based on the R600 core using an 80nm design process. This version features just 512MB of onboard GDDR3 memory clocked at 1656MHz using a 512-bit wide memory bus. Combined with a core clock of 757MHz, the Radeon HD 2900XT can theoretically produce a memory bandwidth of 102.4GB/s, which is greater than that of the GeForce 8800 GTX.
yeah i know that…but still after so much haggling over the topic , i feel it would be best to wait for the final decision and then invest…