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SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 GTO REVIEW

"Sapphire Radeon x800 GTO review featuring Sapphire Radeon x800, Sapphire Radeon x700 Pro and MSI GeForce 6600 GT. Software used was:- 3dmark 2006 game benchmarks, Rightmark and Shadermark."

SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 GTO


GENERAL SYSTEM INFORMATION

VIDEO CARD SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 GTO
SAPPHIRE RADEON X800
SAPPHIRE HYBRID X700 PRO
MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT
ATI DRIVER CATALYST v6.6
NVIDIA DRIVER FORCEWARE v91.31
PROCESSOR AMD ATHLON64 3000
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


3DMARK 2006 GAME BENCHMARKS

RETURN TO PROXYCON (SM2.0)

SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 GTO5.62
SAPPHIRE RADEON X8004.31
SAPPHIRE HYBRID X700 PRO3.68
MSI GEFORCE NX 6600 GT3.39

FIREFLY FOREST (SM2.0)

SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 GTO7.61
SAPPHIRE RADEON X8006.12
SAPPHIRE HYBRID X700 PRO4.66
MSI GEFORCE NX 6600 GT3.61

CANYON FOREST (HDR/SM3.0)

MSI GEFORCE NX 6600 GT3.43

DEEP FREEZE (HDR/SM3.0)

MSI GEFORCE NX 6600 GT5.07

SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 GTO SAPPHIRE RADEON X800
SAPPHIRE HYBRID X700 PRO MSI GEFORCE NX 6600 GT

COMMENT - "3dmark 2006 has the most demanding game benchmarks with only two benchmarks using SM2.0 and two using SM3.0 which only the SM3.0 equipped MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT can use. The Sapphire Radeon x800 GTO runs the SM2.0 tests 20% to 24% faster than the Sapphire Radeon x800. Although the Sapphire Radeon x800 GTO is unable to run the two "high point scoring" SM3.0 tests it's final score is still 27% faster than MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT which can run all the tests."

RIGHTMARK

PIXEL SHADING (PS1.1)

SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 GTO1476
SAPPHIRE RADEON X8001169
SAPPHIRE HYBRID X700 PRO873
MSI GEFORCE NX 6600 GT1064

PIXEL SHADING (PS2.0)

SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 GTO447
SAPPHIRE RADEON X800373
SAPPHIRE HYBRID X700 PRO267
MSI GEFORCE NX 6600 GT306

SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 GTO SAPPHIRE RADEON X800
SAPPHIRE HYBRID X700 PRO MSI GEFORCE NX 6600 GT

COMMENT - "The Sapphire Radeon x800 GTO puts in another great performance beating the Sapphire Radeon x800 by 21% with PS1.1 and 17% with PS2.0. Sapphire Radeon x800 shows it has muscle by beating the MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT by 18%."

SHADERMARK

SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 GTO7682
SAPPHIRE RADEON X8005944
SAPPHIRE HYBRID X700 PRO4513
MSI GEFORCE NX 6600 GT6355

SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 GTO SAPPHIRE RADEON X800
SAPPHIRE HYBRID X700 PRO MSI GEFORCE NX 6600 GT

COMMENT - "The Sapphire Radeon x800 GTO shows it's power by beating the MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT by 18%. I was very surprised to see the MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT beat the Sapphire Radeon x800 when you consider the MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT's poor showing so far."

SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 GTO REVIEW INDEX

PAGE 1 - SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 GTO INTRODUCTION
PAGE 2 - 3DMARK 2003, 3DMARK 2005 AND 3DMARK 2006
PAGE 3 - 3DMARK 2006 GAMES, RIGHTMARK AND SHADERMARK
PAGE 4 - FAR CRY, GT LEGENDS AND PREY
PAGE 5 - QUAKE 4, SCOOTER WAR3Z AND TRACKMANIA SUNRISE
PAGE 6 - TRIBES VENGEANCE, WORLD RACING 2, XPAND RALLY AND FINAL RESULT

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