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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:- 1944, Doom 3, Farcry, GT Legends and Quake 4."
 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!
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! |
1944 - BATTLE OF THE BULGE
SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 SAPPHIRE HYBRID X700 PRO
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9700 PRO SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 XT |
COMMENT - "The Sapphire Radeon x800 delivers 29% to 31% better performance compared to the Sapphire Hybrid x700 Pro."
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DOOM 3
SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 SAPPHIRE HYBRID X700 PRO
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9700 PRO SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 XT |
COMMENT - "Doom 3 is a game ATI video cards don't usually perform very well but the Sapphire Radeon x800 is more than a match for Doom 3 and beats the Sapphire Hybrid x700 Pro by 16% to 25%."
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FARCRY
SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 SAPPHIRE HYBRID X700 PRO
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9700 PRO SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 XT |
COMMENT - "The Sapphire Radeon x800 puts in a good performance using medium quality beating the Sapphire Hybrid x700 Pro by 13%. The demanding high quality setting is where the Sapphire Radeon x800 really shows it's power when it beats the Sapphire Hybrid x700 Pro by a very impressive 40%. I am sure the 12 pixel pipelines and 256bit memory interface have really helped the Sapphire Radeon x800 get this result."
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GT LEGENDS
SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 SAPPHIRE HYBRID X700 PRO
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9700 PRO SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 XT |
COMMENT - "Sapphire Radeon x800 has no problem running GT Legends, the Sapphire Radeon x800 outperforms the Sapphire Hybrid x700 Pro by 16% using medium quality and by 46% using high quality."
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QUAKE 4
SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 SAPPHIRE HYBRID X700 PRO
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9700 PRO SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 XT |
COMMENT - "Sapphire Radeon x800 delivers great Quake 4 performance beating the Sapphire Hybrid x700 Pro by between 22% to 24%."
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