Today Guru of 3D will have a look at the a low-end slash low-cost Crossfire solution. ATI has been working really hard to to stray away from the criticism on Crossfire when they first launched it, and with success. With the newer mainboard generation (RD580) of ATI chipset based solutions, ATI had a trump in their hands, the mainboard can transport huge amounts of data in-between the PCI-Express (PCIe) graphics slots. So for their low and mid range line of products, you can now easily do Crossfire without that dreaded cable and even better, without a need to buy an expensive "master" card. We will have a look at the HiS X1600 Pro with 128MB memory paired in Crossfire. Half a year ago this could be called a mid-range product, yet things have changed quickly and these cards offer low-end performance. Dirt cheap is what they are as they are selling for under 100 USD. But is it worth it ?

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