Jetway Radeon HD 2900 XT Crossfire review - Page 1 - Introduction

Jetway Radeon HD 2900 XT (X29XT-EN-512Q)
Price: 360 EUR
Manufacturer: Jetway
Dealer: dollarshops.eu

Aah, bonsoir fellow gurus. Another week and another review. Last week we brought to you the Series HD 2000 preview from AMD's ATI new product range. This week we'll do a stand-alone review on a Radeon HD 2900 XT from none other then Jetway. Next to that ... in this article we'll be testing Crossfire as well!

First thing's first, Jetway; now, Jetway has been around in the graphics and mainboard industry for a long time, folks. You probably have heard the name a couple of times. Usually they do a lot of SKU ands OEM manufacturing for other partners; yes, as a lot of the products you buy are re-badged and could be made by Jetway.

Slowly they are now moving onward to the retail channel, and guys ... Why not? Seriously, Jetway is responsible for some serious high-quality hardware. Today we'll have a look at the Radeon HD 2900 XT, and in the upcoming weeks we'll also have a peek at some of the mainboard that they produce.

Get this: while Jetway is not one of the more known companies, they have however been around since 1986; founded in Taiwan. Anyways, let's have a peek.

So what we're doing today is simple, we'll quickly sift through some HD 2000 technology, review the Jetway HD 2900 XT and have a look at the Crossfire performance.

They recently released Radeon HD 2900 XT, as we'll show is a really fine piece of hardware. Performance-wise it sits among the GeForce 8800 GTS cards. The more interesting thing is that it'll be a high-end product at a very interesting price-level; 399 USD. Since that is a manufacturer suggested retail price you can expect prices of 350 EUR soon. The Jetway HD X2900 XT boards is HDMI/HDCP ready, has Avivo HD and as bundle will shipped with three full free games: Half-life2: Episode 2; Team Fortress 2 and Portal. These games are included as a coupon (code) and you must download it yourself through Valve's steam. But yeah ... Great stuff.

Well, let's not get ahead of things; we have a review to show you. Next page please!

	Nice and Mysterious .. the way Crossfire HD 2900 XT really is