1st Xabre video card tests(preproduction)

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http://www.tbreak.com/hard/grfx/triplex_xabre_pro/index.html

needs a lot of work. they should have addressed some of the problems before sending out test samples. hopefully most/all is fixed by the time the card hits shelves. test were ran at 2 x's, 8 x's will be interesting(if they fix basic bugs).
-jel:halo:

[sbp]

Hopefully the compatibility problems can be worked out.

For a card supposed to compete against GF4 MX cards its big disappointment. The Xabre 400 gets slapped around by a GF4 MX440 videocard.

JFYI: The performance difference between AGP2X and AGP4X is miniscule. Don't count on AGP8X providing much of a performance increase.

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correct me if im wrong. i read the agp 8 x's doubles the theoretical peak amount of data that can be transfered by todays 4 x's agp.
where current cards bottlenecks, the xabre would have twice the bandwidth(?).
-je:halo:
ps: and i think that box bugly :8)

[sbp]

AGP transfer rate is slow compared to local memory on videocard.