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

SAPPHIRE RADEON X700 PRO REVIEW

"Sapphire Radeon x700 Pro review also featuring MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT, Powercolor Radeon 9700 Pro and Leadtek GeForce 6600. Software used:- Aurora Watching, Earth 2160, Far Cry and GT Legends."

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

AURORA WATCHING

LOW QUALITY

	64
	55
	64
	49

MEDIUM QUALITY

	57
	46
	55
	38

HIGH QUALITY

	41
	28
	37
	24

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

COMMENT - "As shown in a previous review Aurora Watching favours ATI video cards and it was no surprise for the two ATI video cards to win by a comfortable margin."

EARTH 2160

LOW QUALITY

	92
	85
	75
	61

MEDIUM QUALITY

	50
	43
	35
	29

HIGH QUALITY

	33
	32
	21
	18

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

COMMENT - "Sapphire Radeon x700 Pro does well with Earth 2160 and outperforms the MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT by 4% to 14%."

FAR CRY

LOW QUALITY

	150
	141
	146
	141

MEDIUM QUALITY

	71
	75
	62
	55

HIGH QUALITY

	36
	42
	31
	26

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

COMMENT - "Sapphire Radeon x700 Pro starts off with a 6% victory over the MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT however as quality increases the MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT gains the lead."

GT LEGENDS

LOW QUALITY

	68
	54
	58
	37

MEDIUM QUALITY

	45
	38
	38
	26

HIGH QUALITY

	23
	22
	21
	16

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

COMMENT - "ATI video cards always performed well with GT Legends and the Sapphire Radeon x700 Pro beats the MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT by between 5% to 21%."

SAPPHIRE RADEON X700 PRO REVIEW INDEX

PAGE 1 - SAPPHIRE RADEON X700 PRO INTRODUCTION

PAGE 2 - AURORA WATCHING, EARTH 2160, FAR CRY AND GT LEGENDS

PAGE 3 - PANZER ELITE, QUAKE 4 AND SCOOTER WAR3Z

PAGE 4 - SCRAPLAND, SERIOUS SAM II AND TRACKMANIA SUNRISE

PAGE 5 - TOCA RACE DRIVER 3, TRIBES VENGEANCE AND WORLD RACING 2

PAGE 6 - X3 REUNION, XPAND RALLY AND FINAL RESULT

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