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PC Stats has posted a SiS Xabre600 Reference Videocard review



When SiS released the Xabre400 GPU earlier this year, it was a huge step forward for budget-minded gamers. Today SiS officially releases the Xabre600 GPU which is basically a shrunken, beefed up version of the original Xabre400. Based on a 0.13 micron technology core running at 300 MHz the new Xabre600 is an evolutionary advancement of the older 250 MHz 0.15 micron process, Xabre400 core. The Xabre600 reference card we are examining is backed up with 64MB of DDR memory. The memory is made by Hynix and runs in sync with the GPU at 300 MHz - what SiS call the "Duo300". The Xabre600 boasts Pro8x8, so like it's predecessor, it is both DirectX8 compatible and 8x AGP compatible. DirectX 8 compatibility means that games which take advantage of the Xabre's pixel shaders should look more vibrant and lifelike. Whereas, 8x AGP effectively doubles the bandwidth available on the AGP bus to the videocard.
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