SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 REVIEW

"In this article we test the Sapphire Atlantis Radeon 9600 against the Inno3D GeForce 5200 Ultra, Inno3D GeForce 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."

GENERAL SYSTEM INFORMATION

PROCESSOR	AMD ATHLON XP 2500
VIDEO CARD	SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600
	INNO3D GEFORCE 5200 ULTRA
	INNO3D GEFORCE 5200 SE
	MSI GEFORCE4 TI4200
ATI DRIVER	CATALYST v4.2
NVIDIA DRIVER	FORCEWARE v53.03
MOTHERBOARD	ASROCK K7S8X
MEMORY	512MB CRUCIAL PC2700 DDR
OPERATING SYSTEM	WINDOWS XP SERVICE PACK 1
DIRECTX VERSION	v9.0b

SERIOUS SAM SE

GRAND CATHEDRAL

	59
	69
	33
	57

CITADEL

	78
	69
	36
	49

ELEPHANT ATRIUM

	62
	61
	41
	75

SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 INNO3D GEFORCE 5200 ULTRA
INNO3D GEFORCE 5200 SE MSI GEFORCE4 TI4200

BENCHMARK SETTINGS
1024x768 Resolution
Fullscreen Enabled
Extreme Quality Settings
Large Texture Size
Optimal Texture Quality
Detail Textures Enabled

COMMENT - "The Sapphire Radeon 9600 can only manage third in the Grand Cathedral demo. However it quickly recovers to score a victory with the Citadel demo before finishing ahead of the Inno3D GeForce 5200 Ultra to finish second in the Elephant Atrium."

UNREAL TOURNAMENT 2003

800x600

	59
	57
	45
	60

1024x768

	55
	53
	30
	58

1280x1024

	40
	38
	20
	43

4x FSAA & 8x ANISOTROPIC

	31
	21
	10
	15

SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 INNO3D GEFORCE 5200 ULTRA
INNO3D GEFORCE 5200 SE MSI GEFORCE4 TI4200

BENCHMARK SETTINGS
Antalus Benchmark
Character Shadows Enabled
Decals Enabled
Dynamic Lighting Enabled
Detail Textures Enabled
Projectors Enabled
Foliage Enabled

COMMENT - "The Sapphire Radeon 9600 is now back into second place right behind the MSI GeForce4 Ti4200 but with FSAA and Anisotropic filtering enabled the Sapphire Radeon 9600 manages to beat the first placed Inno3D GeForce 5200 Ultra by 10fps."

X2 THE THREAT

DEFAULT QUALITY

	51
	35
	63

SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 INNO3D GEFORCE 5200 ULTRA
INNO3D GEFORCE 5200 SE MSI GEFORCE4 TI4200

BENCHMARK SETTINGS
1024x768 Resolution
Fullscreen Enabled
Auto Quality Enabled
Anti-aliasing Disabled
Bumpmaps Enabled
Shadows Disabled

COMMENT - "The Inno3D GeForce 5200 Ultra was unavailable for testing with this game. X2 The Threat is a very visually and processor demanding game, the results for the Sapphire Radeon 9600 and MSI GeForce4 Ti4200 are only 12fps apart."

CONCLUSION - "The Sapphire Radeon 9600's performance with synthetic benchmarks like 3dmark2001 and GL Excess wasn't as good as the MSI GeForce4 Ti4200 or Inno3D GeForce 5200 Ultra. However you can't play synthetic benchmarks and the Sapphire Radeon 9600 showed that it's much better with games and it's performance with most of the games was very good. If your looking for a video card which performs very well with DX8 games then the MSI GeForce4 Ti4200 is for you, if your looking for a DX9 video card then get the Sapphire Radeon 9600."
ULTIMATE HARDWARE AWARDS THE SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 70%

SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 REVIEW INDEX

PAGE 1 - SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 INTRODUCTION

PAGE 2 - MAX PAYNE 2 AND QUAKE III ARENA

PAGE 3 - SERIOUS SAM SE AND UNREAL TOURNAMENT 2003

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