HIS Excalibur IceQ9800 Pro review

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rounddefault-his9800pro.jpgHIS Excalibur 9800Pro IceQ

Product type: Graphics card
Manufacturer: HIS
Website:
www.hightech.com.hkMSRP: 499 / USD 399
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Today we will be looking at a product from a manufacturer that is very up and coming in Europe, HIS. HIS ? yeah HIS ... and it stands for Hightech Information Systems. They actually have been around for quite a while, 1987, and I've been following them for a long time also. The main offices are stationed on Hong Kong.

HIS plant in China occupies a floor area of more than 75,000 square feet. The plant currently employs over 800 diligent workers, which is managed by a team of highly qualified Hong Kong professionals with expertise in quality control and production planning. We successfully set up a production line comprising the state of the art Surface Mount Technology (SMT) to produce the most reliable and the best quality products. The advance Shooters/Pick and Place Machines which are capable of handling large production capacity in high speed, enable us to keep our promise to fulfill orders from our customers promptly, especially in huge volume quantity.

In Europe this company is really up and coming. The first product review we will do for them is based on the almighty Radeon 9800 series. Up-to a week ago, the fastest DirectX 9 graphics card to date. The upcoming Radeon 9800 XT with 256MB is only 5-10% faster then the product we will review today. And you know what is so nice about that ? Whenever a new high-end product enters the market the previous version drops in price.

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HIS has their Excalibur series of graphics cards, within that range they offer a Radeon 9800 Pro and in that 9800 Pro range they just figured out a new cooling solution.

Right then, everyone remembers Excalibur right ... RIGHT ? King Arthur's sword people ..

Main Entry: Ex·cal·i·bur
Pronunciation: ek-'ska-l&-b&r
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English Excalaber, from Old French Escalibor, from Medieval Latin Caliburnus
: the sword of King Arthur

Some of you will get the Goosebumps if they see the product as it looks very much like the FlowFx on the GeForce FX 5800 Ultra with the nicknames leaf blower, hairdryer etc etc. Make no mistake, this product might have a big form of cooling, yet it is very silent and very .. very effective.

With the innovative DHES cooling solution, the Excalibur Radeon 9800 / PRO IceQ is dedicated to providing hardcore gamers and games enthusiasts with the ultimate 3D platforms features.

The product is named the HIS Excalibur 9800Pro IceQ, it's innovative cooling is called the DHES (Direct Heat Exhaust System) cooling solution and can be set at high and normal performance. Armed with the mighty Radeon 9800 core at 380 MHz and it's memory at a steady 2x337.5 MHz. Running a 256-bit DDR memory interface at 675 MHz DDR with a 21.8GB/s bandwidth.

Now I'm curious if we can get this puppy running at 9800XT speeds, aren't you ? Let's make that a target for this review and see what this R350 can do.

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The HIS Excalibur 9800Pro IceQ, click image to see high-res photo.

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