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SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 REVIEW
"Sapphire Radeon x800 review featuring Sapphire Radeon x700 Pro, Sapphire Radeon 9700 Pro and Sapphire Radeon 9600 XT. Software used was:- 3dmark 2003, 3dmark 2005, 3dmark 2006, PowerVR Fablemark, Rightmark, Shadermark, PowerVR Templemark and PowerVR Villagemark."
 PASSIONATE ABOUT PERFORMANCE! - Built upon features that today's game developers dreamed about, you won't miss a single villain lurking in the distance of today's gaming titles with the next generation power of the Sapphire Radeon x800. Outfitted with 12 parallel pixel pipelines, available with 128MB or 256MB of GDDR3 memory, and the latest technology, the PCI Express interface, Sapphire promises to make you passionate about performance!
SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 FEATURES
256MB GDDR3 memory, 256-bit memory interface, 12 parallel pixel pipelines, PCI Express x16 and Dual display support.
3Dc™ High quality 4:1 Normal Map Compression delivers beautiful scenes without the performance hit.
Videoshader™ HD engine uses programmable pixel shaders to accelerate video processing and provide better-looking visuals.
Hyper Z™ HD is optimized for performance at high display resolutions, including widescreen HDTV resolutions.
Full support for DirectX® 9.0 and the latest OpenGL® 2.0 functionality.
Smartshader™ HD technology and Smoothvision™ HD technology.
| CHIP |
GPU |
CORE
CLOCK MHZ |
MEMORY
CLOCK MHZ |
MEMORY
INTERFACE |
PIXELS
PER CLOCK |
DIRECTX |
| SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 |
RV430 |
400 |
700 |
256 |
12 |
9.0B |
| SAPPHIRE HYBRID X700 PRO |
RV410 |
425 |
864 |
128 |
8 |
9.0B |
| SAPPHIRE RADEON 9700 PRO |
R300 |
325 |
620 |
256 |
8 |
9.0 |
| SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 XT |
RV360 |
500 |
650 |
128 |
4 |
9.0 |
| CHIP |
GPU |
CORE
CLOCK MHZ |
MEMORY
CLOCK MHZ |
MEMORY
INTERFACE |
PIXELS
PER CLOCK |
DIRECTX |
GENERAL SYSTEM INFORMATION |
| PROCESSOR |
AMD ATHLON64 3000 |
| VIDEO CARD |
SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 |
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SAPPHIRE HYBRID X700 PRO |
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SAPPHIRE RADEON 9700 PRO |
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SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 XT |
| ATI DRIVER |
ATI CATALYST v6.6 |
| MOTHERBOARD |
ASROCK 939 DUAL SATA 2 (BIOS v2.20) |
| MEMORY |
2 x 512MB OCZ GOLD XTC PC3200 DDR |
| OPERATING SYSTEM |
WINDOWS XP SERVICE PACK 2 |
| DIRECTX VERSION |
v9.0C |
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| 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! |
3DMARK BENCHMARKS
SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 SAPPHIRE HYBRID X700 PRO
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9700 PRO SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 XT |
COMMENT - "The Sapphire Radeon x800 starts off strongly beating the Sapphire Hybrid x700 Pro by 16% with 3dmark 2003. With 3dmark 2005 the Sapphire Radeon x800 beats the Sapphire Hybrid x700 Pro by an impressive 20% and finally the Sapphire Radeon x800 beats the Sapphire Hybrid x700 Pro by 19% using 3dmark 2006. The Sapphire Radeon 9700 Pro and Sapphire Radeon 9600 XT both give almost the same performance which is between 48% to 62% slower than the Sapphire Radeon x800."
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POWERVR BENCHMARK
SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 SAPPHIRE HYBRID X700 PRO
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9700 PRO SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 XT |
COMMENT - "This is a small collection of PowerVR benchmarks to test stencil and hidden surface removal performance. The Sapphire Radeon x800 once again starts off strongly and shows how advanced it's features are by outperforming the Sapphire Hybrid x700 Pro by 25% with Fablemark. Templemark which mostly tests hidden surface removal shows a smaller difference between the Sapphire Radeon x800 and Sapphire Hybrid x700 Pro of 7%. Villagemark also tests hidden surface removal but is less advanced than Templemark and this time the Sapphire Radeon x800 outperforms the Sapphire Hybrid x700 Pro by a very impressive 31%."
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RIGHTMARK
SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 SAPPHIRE HYBRID X700 PRO
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9700 PRO SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 XT |
COMMENT - "Rightmark is a collection of benchmarks to test different aspects of the video card, we have decided just to use the Pixel Shader 1.1 and Pixel Shader 2.0 tests. The Sapphire Radeon x800 starts off strongly and delivers 26% more Pixel Shader 1.1 performance compared to the Sapphire Hybrid x700 Pro. Things improve even more for the Sapphire Radeon x800 when it delivers 29% more Pixel Shader 2.0 performance compared to the Sapphire Hybrid x700 Pro."
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SHADERMARK
SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 SAPPHIRE HYBRID X700 PRO
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9700 PRO SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 XT |
COMMENT - "This chart is pretty clear and shows the Sapphire Radeon x800 outperforming the Sapphire Hybrid x700 Pro by 25%."
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