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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. Games software used for benchmarking was:- Farcry, GT Legends and Prey."

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


FARCRY

MEDIUM QUALITY

SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 GTO91
SAPPHIRE RADEON X80081
SAPPHIRE HYBRID X700 PRO71
MSI GEFORCE NX 6600 GT75

HIGH QUALITY

SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 GTO68
SAPPHIRE RADEON X80060
SAPPHIRE HYBRID X700 PRO36
MSI GEFORCE NX 6600 GT42

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

COMMENT - "Now we get to the interesting benchmarks and what better start than the classic game Farcry. It was good to see that all of the video cards can provide very playable performance with Farcry but there can be only one winner and the Sapphire Radeon x800 GTO beats the Sapphire Radeon x800 by between 11% to 12%."

GT LEGENDS

MEDIUM QUALITY

SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 GTO60
SAPPHIRE RADEON X80053
SAPPHIRE HYBRID X700 PRO45
MSI GEFORCE NX 6600 GT38

HIGH QUALITY

SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 GTO48
SAPPHIRE RADEON X80042
SAPPHIRE HYBRID X700 PRO23
MSI GEFORCE NX 6600 GT22

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

COMMENT - "GT Legends is a game which we have found usually favours ATI rather than Nvidia video cards. The Sapphire Radeon x800 GTO narrowly outperforms the Sapphire Radeon x800 by between 12% to 13%."

MEDIUM QUALITY

SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 GTO56
SAPPHIRE RADEON X80046
MSI GEFORCE NX 6600 GT54

HIGH QUALITY

SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 GTO30
SAPPHIRE RADEON X80021
MSI GEFORCE NX 6600 GT24

SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 GTO SAPPHIRE RADEON X800
MSI GEFORCE NX 6600 GT

COMMENT - "All Doom3 based games usually favour Nvidia rather than ATI which explains the good performance shown by the MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT. The Sapphire Radeon x800 GTO manages a victory over the MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT of between 4% to 20%."

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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