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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 wide range of software including:- Area 51, Aurora Watching, Earth 2160, Far Cry, GT Legends and Quake 4."

POWERCOLOR RADEON 9700 PRO

POWERCOLOR RADEON 9700 PRO SPECIFICATIONS

ATI Radeonฎ 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.


GENERAL SYSTEM INFORMATION

PROCESSOR AMD ATHLON64 3000
VIDEO CARD POWERCOLOR RADEON 9700 PRO
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 XT
LEADTEK WINFAST PX6600 TD
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

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!

AREA 51

POWERCOLOR RADEON 9700 PRO63
LEADTEK WINFAST PX6600 TD53
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 XT54
GIGABYTE GEFORCE PCX 590046

POWERCOLOR RADEON 9700 PRO LEADTEK WINFAST PX6600 TD
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 XT GIGABYTE GEFORCE PCX 5900

COMMENT - "This is the first of our game benchmarks and is a shader intensive game called Area 51. Both of the ATI cards do well and the Powercolor Radeon 9700 Pro outperforms the Sapphire Radeon 9600 XT by 16%."

AURORA WATCHING

LOW QUALITY

POWERCOLOR RADEON 9700 PRO64
LEADTEK WINFAST PX6600 TD49
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 XT61
GIGABYTE GEFORCE PCX 590052

MEDIUM QUALITY

POWERCOLOR RADEON 9700 PRO55
LEADTEK WINFAST PX6600 TD38
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 XT50
GIGABYTE GEFORCE PCX 590034

HIGH QUALITY

POWERCOLOR RADEON 9700 PRO37
LEADTEK WINFAST PX6600 TD24
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 XT26
GIGABYTE GEFORCE PCX 590015

POWERCOLOR RADEON 9700 PRO LEADTEK WINFAST PX6600 TD
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 XT GIGABYTE GEFORCE PCX 5900

COMMENT - "Aurora Watching is another clear victory for the two ATI video cards and the Powercolor Radeon 9700 Pro outperforms the second placed Sapphire Radeon 9600 XT by between 5% to 30%. The Powercolor Radeon 9700 Pro is the only video card which is playable at the high quality setting."

EARTH 2160

LOW QUALITY

POWERCOLOR RADEON 9700 PRO75
LEADTEK WINFAST PX6600 TD61
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 XT69
GIGABYTE GEFORCE PCX 590033

MEDIUM QUALITY

POWERCOLOR RADEON 9700 PRO35
LEADTEK WINFAST PX6600 TD29
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 XT32
GIGABYTE GEFORCE PCX 590015

HIGH QUALITY

POWERCOLOR RADEON 9700 PRO21
LEADTEK WINFAST PX6600 TD18
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 XT18
GIGABYTE GEFORCE PCX 59007

POWERCOLOR RADEON 9700 PRO LEADTEK WINFAST PX6600 TD
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 XT GIGABYTE GEFORCE PCX 5900

COMMENT - "Earth 2160 is another victory for the two ATI video cards and the Powercolor Radeon 9700 Pro outperforms the Sapphire Radeon 9600 XT by between 8% to 15%. The Gigabyte Geforce PCX 5900 does especially poorly with Earth 2160 and is only playable using low quality settings."

FAR CRY

LOW QUALITY

POWERCOLOR RADEON 9700 PRO146
LEADTEK WINFAST PX6600 TD141
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 XT131
GIGABYTE GEFORCE PCX 5900132

MEDIUM QUALITY

POWERCOLOR RADEON 9700 PRO62
LEADTEK WINFAST PX6600 TD55
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 XT50
GIGABYTE GEFORCE PCX 590042

HIGH QUALITY

POWERCOLOR RADEON 9700 PRO31
LEADTEK WINFAST PX6600 TD26
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 XT23
GIGABYTE GEFORCE PCX 590019

POWERCOLOR RADEON 9700 PRO LEADTEK WINFAST PX6600 TD
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 XT GIGABYTE GEFORCE PCX 5900

COMMENT - "The Far Cry results are fairly close and all of the video cards are playable upto medium quality but only the Powercolor Radeon 9700 Pro is playable at high quality. Powercolor Radeon 9700 Pro beats the Leadtek PX6600 by 4% to 17%."

GT LEGENDS

LOW QUALITY

POWERCOLOR RADEON 9700 PRO58
LEADTEK WINFAST PX6600 TD37
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 XT39
GIGABYTE GEFORCE PCX 590019

MEDIUM QUALITY

POWERCOLOR RADEON 9700 PRO38
LEADTEK WINFAST PX6600 TD26
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 XT24
GIGABYTE GEFORCE PCX 590012

HIGH QUALITY

POWERCOLOR RADEON 9700 PRO21
LEADTEK WINFAST PX6600 TD16
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 XT17
GIGABYTE GEFORCE PCX 59009

POWERCOLOR RADEON 9700 PRO LEADTEK WINFAST PX6600 TD
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 XT GIGABYTE GEFORCE PCX 5900

COMMENT - "The Powercolor Radeon 9700 Pro is the clear winner where GT Legends performance is concerned, it beats the other video cards by between 20% to 33%. GT Legends is a mixed result for the Sapphire Radeon 9600 XT and the Leadtek Winfast PX6600 change places depending on the quality setting used."

QUAKE 4

LOW QUALITY

POWERCOLOR RADEON 9700 PRO77
LEADTEK WINFAST PX6600 TD67
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 XT60
GIGABYTE GEFORCE PCX 590052

MEDIUM QUALITY

POWERCOLOR RADEON 9700 PRO52
LEADTEK WINFAST PX6600 TD47
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 XT40
GIGABYTE GEFORCE PCX 590035

HIGH QUALITY

POWERCOLOR RADEON 9700 PRO38
LEADTEK WINFAST PX6600 TD34
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 XT27
GIGABYTE GEFORCE PCX 590025

POWERCOLOR RADEON 9700 PRO LEADTEK WINFAST PX6600 TD
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 XT GIGABYTE GEFORCE PCX 5900

COMMENT - "Quake 4 is another clear victory for the Powercolor Radeon 9700 Pro and it beats the Leadtek Winfast PX6600 by between 10% to 13%. Powercolor Radeon 9700 Pro and Leadtek Winfast PX6600 are the only video cards which are playable using high quality settings."
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