ULTIMATE HARDWARE - SAPPHIRE HYBRID X700 PRO vs MSI 6600 GT vs POWERCOLOR 9700 PRO vs LEADTEK PX6600

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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."

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

	75
	55
	51
	35

MEDIUM QUALITY

	59
	48
	41
	31

HIGH QUALITY

	45
	39
	33
	26

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

	98
	100
	77
	67

MEDIUM QUALITY

	61
	67
	44
	43

HIGH QUALITY

	43
	51
	31
	30

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

	209
	181
	171
	114

MEDIUM QUALITY

	106
	99
	89
	68

HIGH QUALITY

	43
	34
	34
	22

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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