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SAPPHIRE HYBRID X700 PRO REVIEW

"Sapphire Hybrid x700 Pro review also featuring MSI NX 6600 GT, Powercolor Radeon 9700 Pro and Leadtek Winfast PX6600 video cards. Software used:- Panzer Elite, Quake 4 and Scooter War3z."

SAPPHIRE HYBRID X700 PRO

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


GENERAL SYSTEM INFORMATION

PROCESSOR AMD ATHLON64 3000
VIDEO CARD SAPPHIRE HYBRID X700 PRO
MSI NX 6600 GT VTD128
POWERCOLOR RADEON 9700 PRO
LEADTEK WINFAST PX6600TD
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

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!

PANZER ELITE

LOW QUALITY

SAPPHIRE HYBRID X700 PRO75
MSI GEFORCE NX 6600 GT55
POWERCOLOR RADEON 9700 PRO51
LEADTEK WINFAST PX660035

MEDIUM QUALITY

SAPPHIRE HYBRID X700 PRO59
MSI GEFORCE NX 6600 GT48
POWERCOLOR RADEON 9700 PRO41
LEADTEK WINFAST PX660031

HIGH QUALITY

SAPPHIRE HYBRID X700 PRO45
MSI GEFORCE NX 6600 GT39
POWERCOLOR RADEON 9700 PRO33
LEADTEK WINFAST PX660026

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

COMMENT - "When I saw the results for Sapphire Hybrid x700 Pro with Panzer Elite I had to check the results again. Sapphire Hybrid x700 Pro beats the MSI NX 6600 GT and beats it by between 14% to 27%."

QUAKE 4

LOW QUALITY

SAPPHIRE HYBRID X700 PRO98
MSI GEFORCE NX 6600 GT100
POWERCOLOR RADEON 9700 PRO77
LEADTEK WINFAST PX660067

MEDIUM QUALITY

SAPPHIRE HYBRID X700 PRO61
MSI GEFORCE NX 6600 GT67
POWERCOLOR RADEON 9700 PRO44
LEADTEK WINFAST PX660043

HIGH QUALITY

SAPPHIRE HYBRID X700 PRO43
MSI GEFORCE NX 6600 GT51
POWERCOLOR RADEON 9700 PRO31
LEADTEK WINFAST PX660030

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

COMMENT - "Like Aurora Watching favouring ATI cards, Quake 4 favours Nvidia cards which is why the MSI NX 6600 GT outperforms the Sapphire Hybrid x700 Pro by between 1% to 16%."

SCOOTER WAR3Z

LOW QUALITY

SAPPHIRE HYBRID X700 PRO209
MSI GEFORCE NX 6600 GT181
POWERCOLOR RADEON 9700 PRO171
LEADTEK WINFAST PX6600114

MEDIUM QUALITY

SAPPHIRE HYBRID X700 PRO106
MSI GEFORCE NX 6600 GT99
POWERCOLOR RADEON 9700 PRO89
LEADTEK WINFAST PX660068

HIGH QUALITY

SAPPHIRE HYBRID X700 PRO43
MSI GEFORCE NX 6600 GT34
POWERCOLOR RADEON 9700 PRO34
LEADTEK WINFAST PX660022

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

COMMENT - "Scooter War3z is another solid victory for the Sapphire Hybrid x700 Pro and it beats the MSI NX 6600 GT by between 7% to 21%."
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