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SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 GTO REVIEW

"Sapphire Radeon x800 GTO review featuring Sapphire Radeon x800, Sapphire Radeon x700 Pro and MSI NX 6600 GT. Games software used was:- Quake4, Scooter War3z and Trackmania Sunrise."

INVOKE YOUR IMAGINATION! - Merging the blistering frame-rates of the enthusiast realm with the frugality of the mainstream is where the perfect blend of Hybrid lies, the next generation Sapphire Radeon X800 GTO! Built upon industry acclaimed tech and tweaked to perfection is the moniker of any Sapphire product and the X800 GTO does not disappoint with it is 12 Pixel Pipelines and 256MB / 128MB of onboard memory while utilizing a 256-bit memory interface. The only limit to the power you wield is your imagination and the hardware in your PC! Push your PC’s performance threshold and realize the true potential of PCI-Express and the Sapphire Radeon X800 GTO!

GENERAL SYSTEM INFORMATION

VIDEO CARD	SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 GTO
	SAPPHIRE RADEON X800
	SAPPHIRE HYBRID X700 PRO
	MSI NX 6600 GT VTD128
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

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!

QUAKE4

MEDIUM QUALITY

	106
	78
	61
	67

HIGH QUALITY

	73
	56
	43
	51

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

COMMENT - "It appears that the Sapphire Radeon x800 GTO really loves Quake4 and it beats the Sapphire Radeon x800 by between 24% to 27% for a good victory."

SCOOTER WAR3Z

MEDIUM QUALITY

	171
	134
	106
	99

HIGH QUALITY

	73
	56
	43
	34

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

COMMENT - "Scooter War3z is another game which favours ATI and the Sapphire Radeon x800 GTO beats the Sapphire Radeon x800 by between 22% to 24%."

TRACKMANIA SUNRISE

MEDIUM QUALITY

	123
	106
	103
	88

HIGH QUALITY

	52
	46
	37
	44

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

COMMENT - "Trackmania Sunrise is a fairly close result however the Sapphire Radeon x800 GTO manages to beat the Sapphire Radeon x800 by 12% to 14%."

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