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SAPPHIRE RADEON X550 256MB REVIEW

"The Sapphire Radeon x550 is a 256MB video card using the latest PCI Express standard, it has been designed to offer good performance for a budget price. Sapphire Radeon x550 will be reviewed against the Inno3D GeForce 6200 TC using Warhammer Dawn of War, World Racing 2 and Xpand Rally."

ENHANCED THE WAY YOU PLAY - Ignite your imagination with the technology that makes distant worlds erupt with vibrant textures rendered in High-Definition clarity a reality. The Sapphire RADEON™ X550 with the awesome power of two programmable vertex shader pipelines and four extreme parallel pixel pipelines, accelerates next generation DirectX 9 games while remaining best in its price vs. performance class. Support for the latest Smartshader™ 2.0, and Smoothvision™ 2.1 boost the level of realism provided by the X550 to new heights and the available onboard memory of 128MB or 64MB ensures a smooth framrate!

WARHAMMER 40,000 DAWN OF WAR LOW QUALITY 69 53 MEDIUM QUALITY 54 36 SAPPHIRE RADEON X550 INNO3D GEFORCE 6200 TURBOCACHE COMMENT - "Sapphire Radeon x550 and Inno3D GeForce 6200 TC both deliver playable performance even using medium quality."

WORLD RACING 2 LOW QUALITY 38 21 MEDIUM QUALITY 29 14 SAPPHIRE RADEON X550 INNO3D GEFORCE 6200 TURBOCACHE COMMENT - "The Inno3D GeForce 6200 TC is unable to provide playable performance at any quality setting. However the Sapphire Radeon x550 is playable at all settings."

XPAND RALLY LOW QUALITY 70 40 MEDIUM QUALITY 29 16 SAPPHIRE RADEON X550 INNO3D GEFORCE 6200 TURBOCACHE COMMENT - "The Sapphire Radeon x550 outperforms the Inno3D GeForce 6200 TC by between 43% to 45%."

FINAL RESULT SYNTHETIC BENCHMARKS 17589 11538 (-35%) GAME BENCHMARKS 2097 1343 (-36%) SAPPHIRE RADEON X550 INNO3D GEFORCE 6200 TURBOCACHE COMMENT - "The Sapphire Radeon x550 delivers some good performances when you consider it's a budget video card. The Sapphire Radeon x550 when using synthetic benchmarks outperforms the Inno3D GeForce 6200 TC by an impressive 35%. The Sapphire Radeon x550 also has no problems running games software and it outperforms the Inno3D GeForce 6200 TC by an equally impressive 36%. The Sapphire Radeon x550 might not always be able to run software using medium or high settings but it's performance is very good for such a cheap video card!"

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