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SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 REVIEW

"In this article we test the Sapphire Atlantis Radeon 9600 against the Inno3D GeForce FX 5200 Ultra, Inno3D GeForce FX 5200 SE and MSI GeForce4 Ti4200. Software used for benchmarking was:- 3dmark 2001 SE, 3dmark 2003, GL Excess, Nvidia Dawn, Comanche4, Max Payne 2, Quake III Arena, Serious Sam SE, Unreal Tournament 2003 and X2 The Threat."

Embodying the unbridled dreams of the avid gamer the Radeon™ 9600 Atlantis Smartshader™ 2.1 and Smoothvision™ 2.1 technologies construct detail rich worlds peppered with ill-intentioned villains brought to life by DirectX® 9.0 and OpenGL 2.0.

128MB DDR memory accelerates the latest 3D games. Double Data Rate memory removes hardware performance bottleneck and provides end users with faster 3D graphics. Industry's only 4-pipeline graphics solution in its 2nd generation, providing twice the rendering power of any currently competing product.

Supports the new AGP 8X standard, providing a high-speed link between the graphics board and the rest of the PC (2.0 GB/sec). First to fully support DirectX® 9.0 and the latest OpenGL® functionality. New Smartshader™ 2.1 technology allows users to experience complex, movie-quality effects in next-generation 3D games and applications.

Smoothvision™ 2.1 technology enhances image quality by removing jagged edges and bringing out fine texture detail, without compromising performance. 128-bit floating-point color precision allows for a greater range of colors and brightness.

Unique Videoshader™ engine uses programmable pixel shaders to accelerate video processing and provide better-looking visuals. ATI's new Fullstream™ technology removes blocky artifacts from Streaming and Internet video and provides sharper image quality.

COMANCHE 4 800x600 42 31 46 1024x768 42 25 45 1280x1024 38 18 42 SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 INNO3D GEFORCE FX 5200 ULTRA INNO3D GEFORCE FX 5200 SE MSI GEFORCE4 TI4200 BENCHMARK SETTINGS Fullscreen Enabled 32Bit Colour Depth Anti-Aliasing Disabled Terrain Detail High Object Detail High Texture Quality High Water Quality High Shadows High Particle Density High COMMENT - "The Inno3D GeForce FX 5200 Ultra was unavailable for testing with this game. The results for Comanche4 apart from the Inno3D GeForce FX 5200 SE are small and the Sapphire Radeon 9600 finishes a close second to the MSI GeForce4 Ti4200."

MAX PAYNE 2 1024x768 73 38 90 SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 INNO3D GEFORCE FX 5200 ULTRA INNO3D GEFORCE FX 5200 SE MSI GEFORCE4 TI4200 BENCHMARK SETTINGS Anti Aliasing Disabled High Texture Colour Depth High Texture Resolution Trilinear Texture Filtering All Content Scalabilty High COMMENT - "Once again the Inno3D GeForce FX 5200 Ultra was unavailable for testing with this game. The Sapphire Radeon 9600 puts in a good performance of 73fps but the MSi GeForce4 Ti4200 with 90fps is much better."

QUAKE III ARENA 800x600 216 223 161 232 1024x768 182 198 107 215 1280x1024 157 174 86 198 4x FSAA & 8x ANISOTROPCI 91 73 32 81 SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 INNO3D GEFORCE FX 5200 ULTRA INNO3D GEFORCE FX 5200 SE MSI GEFORCE4 TI4200 BENCHMARK SETTINGS Four.dm68 Benchmark 32Bit Colour Depth Texture Compress Disabled Lightmap Lighting High Geometric Detail Full Texture Detail Trilinear Texture Filtering COMMENT - "Nvidia based video cards have always performed very well with Quake3 and it comes as no surprise that they have shown such good performance. In the standard tests the Sapphire Radeon 9600 is closer in performance to the Inno3D GeForce FX 5200 Ultra than the MSI GeForce4 Ti4200. However once we enable fsaa and anisotropic filtering the Sapphire Radeon 9600 is able to beat all of the video cards tested."

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