ATI Radeon 9800 XT: a first look

ATI’s Radeon 9800 XT: fast, but pricey for what’s essentially a speed bump.

However, the Radeon 9800 XT's £384 (inc. VAT) price -- for what's essentially a speed bump -- could be hard to justify, especially if you already have the ATI Radeon 9800 Pro.

Thanks to the Radeon 9800 Pro, ATI currently dominates rival Nvidia in the ultra-competitive graphics-card market. By partnering with the makers of Half Life 2, the highly anticipated first-person shooter game that will be available later this year, ATI has positioned the XT as the card to own for the next generation of games. However, the only constant in graphics cards is change, and Nvidia is expected to release new technologies of its own very soon.

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