SAPPHIRE RADEON X700 PRO vs MSI 6600 GT vs POWERCOLOR 9700 PRO vs LEADTEK GEFORCE 6600 BY ULTIMATE HARDWARE

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SAPPHIRE RADEON X700 PRO

"Sapphire Radeon x700 Pro review featuring MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT, Powercolor Radeon 9700 Pro and Leadtek GeForce 6600. Software used:- 3dmark 2001 SE 3dmark 2006, Rightmark and Shadermark."

DAWN OF A HARDWARE RADEON Erupting from the depths of a hardware stew of performance and affordability, the X700 Series presents itself as the definitive Radeon graphic solution! Combining technologies such as 8 Pixel Shader pipes, and 6 Vertex pipelines, the X700 Radeon series raises the threshold of believability in today's detail rich game environments.

SAPPHIRE RADEON X700 PRO SPECIFICATIONS

256MB of GDDR3 memory accelerates the latest cutting edge 3D applications
128-bit GDDR3 memory interface
8 parallel pixel pipelines
Supports the latest X16 Lane PCI Express technology
Six programmable vertex shader pipelines
Full support for DirectX 9.0 and the latest OpenGL functionality
Manufacturer Sapphire Technology
Model X700 PRO
Product Line Sapphire Radeon
Video Memory 256 MB
Technology GDDR3 SDRAM
API Supported OpenGL & DirectX 9.0
Digital Video Standard Digital Visual Interface (DVI)
Graphics Processor / Vendor ATI RADEON X700 PRO
Graphics Processor Manufacturer ATI
Interface Type PCI Express x16
Max Monitors Supported 2
TV Interface TV out

SAPPHIRE RADEON X700 PRO

CHIP	GPU	CORE CLOCK MHZ	MEMORY CLOCK MHZ	MEMORY INTERFACE	PIXELS PER CLOCK	DIRECTX
SAPPHIRE RADEON X700 PRO	RV410	425	864	128	8	9.0B
MSI GEFORCE NX 6600 GT	NV43	500	900	128	8	9.0C
POWERCOLOR RADEON 9700 PRO	R300	325	620	256	8	9.0
LEADTEK GEFORCE 6600	NV43	300	550	128	8	9.0C
CHIP	GPU	CORE CLOCK MHZ	MEMORY CLOCK MHZ	MEMORY INTERFACE	PIXELS PER CLOCK	DIRECTX

GENERAL SYSTEM INFORMATION

PROCESSOR	AMD ATHLON64 3000
VIDEO CARD	SAPPHIRE RADEON X700 PRO
	MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT
	POWERCOLOR RADEON 9700 PRO
	LEADTEK GEFORCE 6600
ATI DRIVER	ATI CATALYST v6.6
NVIDIA DRIVER	NVIDIA FORCEWARE v91.31
MOTHERBOARD	ASROCK 939 DUAL SATA 2
MEMORY	2 x 512MB OCZ GOLD XTC PC3200 DDR
OPERATING SYSTEM	WINDOWS XP SERVICE PACK 2
DIRECTX VERSION	v9.0C

3DMARK BENCHMARKS

3DMARK 2001 SE

	17371
	16709
	15785
	13523

3DMARK 2003

	7064
	7725
	4960
	5168

3DMARK 2005

	3226
	2982
	2159
	1955

3DMARK 2006

	1010
	1125
	500
	875

SAPPHIRE RADEON X700 PRO MSI GEFORCE NX 6600 GT
POWERCOLOR RADEON 9700 PRO LEADTEK WINFAST PX6600

COMMENT "The Sapphire Radeon x700 Pro starts off well with 3dmark 2001 SE and it beats the MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT by 4%. 3dmark 2003 favours the MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT which beats the Sapphire Radeon x700 Pro by 9%. 3dmark 2005 is a good victory for the Sapphire Radeon x700 Pro and it beats the MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT by 8%. 3dmark 2006 uses a combination of SM2.0 and SM3.0 benchmarks and although the Sapphire Radeon x700 Pro can only run the SM2.0 benchmark the MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT is only 11% ahead. We investigated the result and found that the Sapphire Radeon x700 Pro was actually 16% faster than the MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT with the SM2.0 benchmarks. If the Sapphire Radeon x700 Pro had Shadermark 3.0 support then then it would outperform the MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT."

RIGHTMARK

PIXEL SHADING (PS1.1)

	873
	1064
	725
	646

PIXEL SHADING (PS2.0)

	267
	306
	208
	184

SAPPHIRE RADEON X700 PRO MSI GEFORCE NX 6600 GT
POWERCOLOR RADEON 9700 PRO LEADTEK WINFAST PX6600

COMMENT "The Sapphire Radeon x700 Pro doesn't have the raw power of the MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT and it is beaten by 18% with the PS1.1 benchmark and then by 13% with PS2.0 benchmark."

SHADERMARK 2.0

	4513
	6490
	3638
	3942

SAPPHIRE RADEON X700 PRO MSI GEFORCE NX 6600 GT
POWERCOLOR RADEON 9700 PRO LEADTEK WINFAST PX6600

COMMENT "Shadermark 2.0 is a major victory for the MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT and it outperforms the Sapphire Radeon x700 Pro by 31%."