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POWERCOLOR RADEON 9700 PRO REVIEW
"In this reader requested review we compare the Powercolor Radeon 9700 Pro against the Leadtek Winfast PX6600, Sapphire Radeon 9600 XT and Gigabyte Geforce PCX 5900. We used a range of software including:- 3dmark 2001 SE, 3dmark 2003, 3dmark 2005, 3dmark 2006, Rightmark and Shadermark."
 POWERCOLOR RADEON 9700 PRO SPECIFICATIONS
ATI Radeon® 9700 Pro is the most advanced graphics board in its category, featuring ATI's Radeon 9700 Pro Visual Processing Unit (VPU), supporting AGP design specifications. Through a combination of incredible 3D rendering performance, sophisticated real-time visual effects, industry-leading image quality, processing speed, and cutting-edge video features, it takes the PC entertainment experience to a new level.
Fastest 3D gaming performance with next-generation VPU architecture.
Complete DirectX® 9.0 support for unprecedented realism and sophisticated visual effects.
Smoothvision™ 2.0 technology provides new levels of image quality.
Revolutionary new video features including Videoshader™ and Fullstream™ technologies.
Featuring Catalyst™ - ATI's industry leading software suite with frequently scheduled updates.
.15 Silicon Process.
110 Million Transistors.
325Mhz Core Clock Speed.
8 Rendering Pipelines with 1 texture sampling unit per pipe giving 2.6Giga Fillrate.
128MB of 310Mhz DDR RAM on a 256Bit Bus giving 19.8GB per second actual bandwidth.
Up to 16 textures per pass.
4 Parallel Geometry Pipeline giving a peak Triangle throughput of 325Mtri/sec.
Dual Display Controllers with two 400MHz RAMDAC's and Integrated TMDS Transmitter.
DirectX Version 9.0 Compliancy.
Trueform 2.0 Higher Order Surface Processor.
Smartshader 2.0.
DX Vertex Shaders 2.0.
DX Pixel Shaders 2.0.
HyperZ III Memory Optimisations.
Smoothvision 2.0.
Up to 6X FSAA.
Up to 16X Anisotropic Filtering.
Videoshader Video/DVD Playback.
Hydravision Display Software.
| CHIP |
GPU |
CORE
CLOCK MHZ |
MEMORY
CLOCK MHZ |
MEMORY
INTERFACE |
PIXELS
PER CLOCK |
DIRECTX |
| POWERCOLOR RADEON 9700 PRO |
R300 |
325 |
620 |
256 |
8 |
9.0 |
| LEADTEK WINFAST PX6600 TD |
NV43 |
300 |
550 |
128 |
8 |
9.0C |
| SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 XT |
RV360 |
500 |
650 |
128 |
4 |
9.0 |
| GIGABYTE GEFORCE PCX 5900 |
NV34 |
350 |
500 |
256 |
4 |
9.0 |
| CHIP |
GPU |
CORE
CLOCK MHZ |
MEMORY
CLOCK MHZ |
MEMORY
INTERFACE |
PIXELS
PER CLOCK |
DIRECTX |
GENERAL SYSTEM INFORMATION |
| PROCESSOR |
AMD ATHLON64 3000 |
| VIDEO CARD |
POWERCOLOR RADEON 9700 PRO |
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SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 XT |
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LEADTEK WINFAST PX6600 TD |
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GIGABYTE GEFORCE PCX 5900 |
| ATI DRIVER |
ATI CATALYST v6.6 |
| NVIDIA DRIVER |
NVIDIA FORCEWARE v91.31 |
| MOTHERBOARD |
ASROCK 939 DUAL SATA 2 (BIOS v2.20) |
| MEMORY |
2 x 512MB OCZ GOLD XTC PC3200 DDR |
| OPERATING SYSTEM |
WINDOWS XP SERVICE PACK 2 |
| DIRECTX VERSION |
v9.0c |
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| BENCHMARK SETTINGS:- We use three different image quality and resolution settings when we benchmark computer hardware for review. Low quality setting uses a resolution of 1024x768 (unless otherwise stated) and all of the game settings are set to low, this setting will mostly test for processor rather than video performance. Medium quality setting uses a resolution of 1280x1024 (unless otherwise stated) and all of the game settings are set to medium, this setting will test both the processor and video performance. High quality setting uses a resolution of 1600x1200 (unless otherwise stated) and all of the game settings are set to high, this setting is a very demanding test for video rather processor performance! |
3DMARK BENCHMARKS
POWERCOLOR RADEON 9700 PRO LEADTEK WINFAST PX6600 TD
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 XT GIGABYTE GEFORCE PCX 5900 |
COMMENT - "The Powercolor Radeon 9700 Pro puts in a great performance with 3dmark 2001 SE and outperforms the Sapphire Radeon 9600 XT by 14%. In an unexpected twist the Leadtek Winfast PX6600 pulls out a victory against the Powercolor Radeon 9700 Pro with 3dmark 2003 beating it by 5%. Things return to normal with 3dmark 2005 and the Powercolor Radeon 9700 Pro beats the Sapphire Radeon 9600 XT by 6%. 3dmark 2006 is more advanced than all of the other 3dmark programs and has SM2.0 and SM3.0 tests. The only video card which can complete all of the tests is the SM3.0 equipped Leadtek Winfast PX6600 which is why it's score of 875 is 43% faster than the Powercolor Radeon 9700 Pro."
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RIGHTMARK
POWERCOLOR RADEON 9700 PRO LEADTEK WINFAST PX6600 TD
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 XT GIGABYTE GEFORCE PCX 5900 |
COMMENT - "The Powercolor Radeon 9700 Pro does well beating the Leadtek Winfast PX6600 by 11% with the PS1.1 benchmark and then by 12% with the PS2.0 benchmark."
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SHADERMARK 2.0
POWERCOLOR RADEON 9700 PRO LEADTEK WINFAST PX6600 TD
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 XT GIGABYTE GEFORCE PCX 5900 |
COMMENT - "The Powercolor Radeon 9700 Pro and Sapphire Radeon 9600 XT both fail some of the dynamic flow control and floating point filtering tests. This gives the victory to the Leadtek Winfast PX6600 and it beats the Powercolor Radeon 9700 Pro by 8%."
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