Well, ATi has their answer to nVidia's GeForce 7900GS: the Radeon X1950 Pro, with an MSRP of $199. While it's nothing new in specs, as Tech Report explains, it is the first ATi GPU to sport an internal data link connector instead of the dongle. For those of you tracking GTs versus XTXs versus Pros at home, the Radeon X1950 Pro is indeed a replacement for the Radeon X1900 GT. The X1900 GT is based on an R580 GPU with portions deactivated, but its basic capabilities work out to almost exactly the same as the X1950 Pro: 36 pixel shaders at 575MHz, albeit with slightly slower memory. One of the X1900 GT's weaknesses was the lack of a matching CrossFire Edition card for it. The GT could pass CrossFire data via a PCIe link, but at the risk of reduced performance. The X1950 Pro solves that problem, and the X1900 GT will be phased out as the X1950 Pro takes its place. More review coverage: Anandtech Firing Squad The Guru of 3D [H]ard|OCP Hexus Hot Hardware PC Perspective
