Hello everyone and welcome back to another Budget Build Episode where today we're taking a look at AMDs 2900XT, a card that has a rather troubled history, being the first card AMD actually made, and one that has echoed some of the issues with their reputation for years to come, but in reality was it that bad (in some ways yes), and how far have AMD come since...

Intro 0:00
Why we're looking at the 2900XT 0:15
The History Part 1 Delays and AMD Buying ATI... 0:54
The History Part 2 The Xbox 360 and Nvidia Competition 3:05
The History Part 3 Features and Delays 4:15
The Specs 5:58
The System and Drivers 7:00
The Benchmarks! 7:48
Grand Theft Auto Online and Driver Utilisation 18:40
Emulation 20:43
Overclocking Woes 21:25
The Drivers Comparison 22:20
A Huge Rant on AMD Leaving this Card Abandoned 24:38
Conclusion 27:00

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Specs:
GPU: Radeon 2900XT
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
RAM: 32GB DDR4 RAM
OS: Windows 10 64 bit