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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 during testing was:- Scooter War3z, Scrapland, Trackmania Sunrise, Tribes Vengeance and World Racing 2. Also feaures the conclusion for this review."

SAPPHIRE RADEON X800

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
SAPPHIRE HYBRID X700 PRO
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9700 PRO
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 XT
ATI DRIVER ATI CATALYST v6.6
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!

SCOOTER WAR3Z

MEDIUM QUALITY SETTINGS

SAPPHIRE RADEON X800134
SAPPHIRE HYBRID X700 PRO106
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9700 PRO89
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 XT76

HIGH QUALITY SETTINGS

SAPPHIRE RADEON X80056
SAPPHIRE HYBRID X700 PRO43
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9700 PRO34
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 XT27

SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 SAPPHIRE HYBRID X700 PRO
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9700 PRO SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 XT

COMMENT - "The Sapphire Radeon x800 outperforms the Sapphire Hybrid x700 Pro by between 21% to 24%."

SCRAPLAND

MEDIUM QUALITY SETTINGS

SAPPHIRE RADEON X80095
SAPPHIRE HYBRID X700 PRO77
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9700 PRO62
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 XT53

HIGH QUALITY SETTINGS

SAPPHIRE RADEON X80030
SAPPHIRE HYBRID X700 PRO25
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9700 PRO16
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 XT15

SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 SAPPHIRE HYBRID X700 PRO
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9700 PRO SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 XT

COMMENT - "The Sapphire Radeon x800 outperforms the Sapphire Hybrid x700 Pro by between 17% to 19%."

TRACKMANIA SUNRISE

MEDIUM QUALITY SETTINGS

SAPPHIRE RADEON X800116
SAPPHIRE HYBRID X700 PRO103
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9700 PRO83
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 XT68

HIGH QUALITY SETTINGS

SAPPHIRE RADEON X80046
SAPPHIRE HYBRID X700 PRO37
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9700 PRO30
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 XT23

SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 SAPPHIRE HYBRID X700 PRO
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9700 PRO SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 XT

COMMENT - "Fairly close result for the Sapphire Radeon x800 but it still beats the Sapphire Hybrid x700 Pro by between 12% to 20%."

TRIBES VENGEANCE

MEDIUM QUALITY SETTINGS

SAPPHIRE RADEON X80093
SAPPHIRE HYBRID X700 PRO77
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9700 PRO65
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 XT52

HIGH QUALITY SETTINGS

SAPPHIRE RADEON X80054
SAPPHIRE HYBRID X700 PRO42
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9700 PRO35
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 XT27

SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 SAPPHIRE HYBRID X700 PRO
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9700 PRO SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 XT

COMMENT - "It's back to normal for the Sapphire Radeon x800 with Tribes Vengeance with it beating the Sapphire Hybrid x700 Pro by between 17% to 23%."

WORLD RACING 2

MEDIUM QUALITY SETTINGS

SAPPHIRE RADEON X80055
SAPPHIRE HYBRID X700 PRO41
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9700 PRO30
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 XT28

HIGH QUALITY SETTINGS

SAPPHIRE RADEON X80029
SAPPHIRE HYBRID X700 PRO22
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9700 PRO16
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 XT14

SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 SAPPHIRE HYBRID X700 PRO
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9700 PRO SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 XT

COMMENT - "World Racing 2 is the final victory for Sapphire Radeon x800 when it outperforms Sapphire Hybrid x700 Pro by 25% to 26%."

FINAL RESULT

SAPPHIRE RADEON X80022882
SAPPHIRE HYBRID X700 PRO18385 (-20%)
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9700 PRO13413 (-42%)
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 XT11435 (-51%)

SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 SAPPHIRE HYBRID X700 PRO
SAPPHIRE RADEON 9700 PRO SAPPHIRE RADEON 9600 XT

COMMENT - "The Sapphire Radeon X800 has a host of advanced features such as 12 pixel pipelines, 256mb GDDR3 memory, videoshader technology, smartshader technology, 3dc, hyperz and support for HDTV. Another big selling point is the Sapphire Radeon x800's performance especially when using high quality settings."
COMMENT - "The Sapphire Radeon x800 is an excellent performing video card and beats the Sapphire Hybrid x700 Pro by 20%, the Sapphire Radeon 9700 Pro by 42% and the Sapphire Radeon 9600 XT by 51%."
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