HIS Excalibur X800 XT IceQ II Limited Edition Review
Category : Video Cards Manufacturer : HIS
Posted by: Ben on 2004-09-08
Introduction
Introduction
We have already looked at a few X800 Pros here at OcPrices, and despite being extremely fast cards, they are not ATi’s flagship. Unless you have been living under a rock for several months, you will already know that the fastest card to come from the Canadian firm is the X800 XT Platinum Edition. The card we are looking at today is the HIS version, more specifically the HIS Excalibur X800 XT IceQ II. Despite its name, I should emphasise this is the full Platinum Edition chipset, not the slower XT version delivered to OEMs.
The IceQ II’s box is very reminiscent to its Pro version brother, and features much the same package contents as well. This card is the full VIVO version, and thus comes with the same plethora of connectivity goodies.
- Picture EZ premium Digital Photo Suite 3.1 (Limited edition - first 1000 IceQ II cards only)
- Lite versions of Vietcong, Railroad Pioneer, Neighbours from hell, Tropico 2, Aquanox 2
- VideoStudio 7SE
- Counterstrike Condition Zero – Full version
- Power DVD 5
- Driver disk
- Arx Fatalis – Full version
- Manual
- Air flow blanking plate
- VIVO leads
- DVI adaptor
- PSU connector
- HDTV connector
The HIS Excalibur X800 XT IceQ II costs £319.95 ex Vat from www.overclockers.co.uk in the UK, and will soon be available for a similar amount from Super PC Mart in the US and Daiwa in Canada.
