SAPPHIRE RADEON X550 256MB REVIEW BY ULTIMATE HARDWARE

SAPPHIRE RADEON X550 256MB REVIEW

"The Sapphire Radeon x550 will be reviewed against the Inno3D GeForce 6200 TC using Scooter War3z, Scrapland, Serious Sam 2, Trackmania Sunrise, Tribes Vengeance and UT 2004."

GENERAL SYSTEM INFORMATION

PROCESSOR	AMD ATHLON64 3000
VIDEO CARD	SAPPHIRE RADEON X550
	INNO3D GEFORCE 6200 TC
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 two 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.

SCOOTER WAR3Z

LOW QUALITY

	111
	50

MEDIUM QUALITY

	60
	26

SAPPHIRE RADEON X550 INNO3D GEFORCE 6200 TURBOCACHE

COMMENT - "The Sapphire Radeon x550 puts in a very impressive performance and beats the Inno3D GeForce 6200 TC by 55% to 57%."

SCRAPLAND

LOW QUALITY

	84
	54

MEDIUM QUALITY

	41
	25

SAPPHIRE RADEON X550 INNO3D GEFORCE 6200 TURBOCACHE

COMMENT - "Sapphire Radeon x550 puts in another good performance and beats the Inno3D GeForce 6200 TC by between 36% to 40%."

SERIOUS SAM II

LOW QUALITY

	67
	42

MEDIUM QUALITY

	30
	21

SAPPHIRE RADEON X550 INNO3D GEFORCE 6200 TURBOCACHE

COMMENT - "Both video cards can provide playable performance when using low quality but only the Sapphire Radeon x550 can provide playable performance when using medium quality."

TRACKMANIA SUNRISE

LOW QUALITY

	130
	70

MEDIUM QUALITY

	57
	34

SAPPHIRE RADEON X550 INNO3D GEFORCE 6200 TURBOCACHE

COMMENT - "The Sapphire Radeon x550 and Inno3D GeForce 6200 TC can both provide playable performance with Trackmania Sunrise. However the Sapphire Radeon x550 performs much better and beats the Inno3D GeForce 6200 TC by 41% to 47%."

TRIBES VENGEANCE

LOW QUALITY

	106
	54

MEDIUM QUALITY

	40
	22

SAPPHIRE RADEON X550 INNO3D GEFORCE 6200 TURBOCACHE

COMMENT - "Once again the Sapphire Radeon x550 totally outclasses the Inno3D GeForce 6200 TC and beats it by between 45% to 50%."

UNREAL TOURNAMENT 2004

1024x768

	105
	75

1280x1024

	80
	53

SAPPHIRE RADEON X550 INNO3D GEFORCE 6200 TURBOCACHE

COMMENT - "The Sapphire Radeon x550 and Inno3D GeForce 6200 TC both deliver very playable results."

SAPPHIRE RADEON X550 REVIEW INDEX

PAGE 1 - SAPPHIRE RADEON X550 INTRODUCTION

PAGE 2 - FAR CRY, GT LEGENDS, LEGO STAR WARS AND QUAKE 3 ARENA

PAGE 3 - SERIOUS SAM II, TRACKMANIA SUNRISE AND TRIBES VENGEANCE

PAGE 4 - WARHAMMER 40,000 DAWN OF WAR, WORLD RACING 2 AND FINAL RESULT

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