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Last month when ATI launched the Radeon X850 they also launched some new X800 series cards, at that time there were no samples available to the public or reviewers. As of the beginning of January the X800XL is making its way into the hands of the public and so we have a sample here for review. With an expected retail price of $299 it sits around $100 less than a 6800GT and so a performance comparison with the 6800GT is what we have here today.

The X800XL is based on the R430 core and features a 16 pipeline design and our sample comes with clocks of 400mhz core and 493mhz memory. Other than a few minor tweaks of the core (and shrinking to .11micron) it is very similar in design to the X800XT and PE.

http://www.driverheaven.net/reviews/x800xl/index.htm