ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT Video Card Review

X3: Reunion

Egosoft: X3 Reunion

The Sequel to the award winning X3: The Threat will introduce a new 3D engine as well as a new story, new ships and a new gameplay to greatly increase the variety in the X-universe. The economy of X3: Reunion will be more complex than anything seen in the X-universe before. Factories are being built by NPCs, wars can affect the global economy, NPCs can trade freely and pirates will behave far more realistically.

Extensive development has gone into the X3 engine, making full use of DirectX 9 technology, to create dramatic visual effects and stunningly realistic starships. Coupled with the massively enhanced A.L. (Artificial Life) system, X3: REUNION will present players with an ever changing, evolving universe; where a player actions really can shape the future of the universe.

In X3 we see that the HD 2900XT is not suited well for this game when compared to the X1950XTX. Perhaps a driver update will increase the performance here but we still have extremely playable frame rates that match very closely what NVIDIA’s 8800 GTS provides.