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

ULTIMATE HARDWARE = CPU REVIEWS, DIGITAL CAMERA REVIEWS, LINKS, MOTHERBOARD REVIEWS, PERFORMANCE DATABASE, SITEMAP AND VIDEO CARD REVIEWS

SAPPHIRE HYBRID X700 PRO REVIEW

"Sapphire Hybrid x700 Pro review also featuring MSI NX 6600 GT, Powercolor Radeon 9700 Pro and Leadtek Winfast PX6600 cards. Software used:- Scrapland, Serious Sam II and Trackmania Sunrise."

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!

SCRAPLAND

LOW QUALITY

	152
	140
	123
	103

MEDIUM QUALITY

	77
	82
	62
	50

HIGH QUALITY

	25
	30
	16
	19

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

COMMENT - "Scrapland starts off favouring the Sapphire Hybrid x700 Pro but when the quality settings are increased the MSI NX 6600 GT takes the lead."

SERIOUS SAM II

LOW QUALITY

	78
	76
	76
	75

MEDIUM QUALITY

	66
	71
	56
	45

HIGH QUALITY

	21
	23
	19
	15

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

COMMENT - "The Sapphire Hybrid x700 Pro delivers a narrow 3% victory over the MSI NX 6600 GT using low quality settings before the MSI NX 6600 GT fights back beating the Sapphire Hybrid x700 Pro by between 8% to 9% using medium and high quality settings."

TRACKMANIA SUNRISE

LOW QUALITY

	189
	178
	167
	136

MEDIUM QUALITY

	103
	88
	83
	62

HIGH QUALITY

	37
	44
	30
	34

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

COMMENT - "The Sapphire Hybrid x700 Pro does well with Trackmania Sunrise beating the MSI NX 6600 GT by between 6% to 15% when using low and medium quality settings. The MSI NX 6600 GT fights back and beats the Sapphire Hybrid x700 Pro by 16% with high quality."

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