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SAPPHIRE RADEON X1650 PRO REVIEW

"The powerful Sapphire Radeon x1650 Pro with 256MB DDR3, Ringbus, Avivo and Crossfire is pitted against the MSI NX 6600 GT. The Sapphire Radeon x1650 Pro is almost identical to the earlier x1600 XT apart from the Sapphire Radeon x1650's lower price tag and slightly faster memory/core speeds."

GENERAL SYSTEM INFORMATION

VIDEO CARD	SAPPHIRE RADEON X1650 PRO
	MSI NX 6600 GT VTD128
ATI DRIVER	CATALYST v6.8
NVIDIA DRIVER	FORCEWARE v91.47
PROCESSOR	AMD ATHLON64 3500
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

BENCHMARK SETTINGS:- We use two different image quality and resolution settings when we benchmark computer hardware for review. 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!

3DMARK 2006

3DMARK SCORE

	2246
	1063

SM2.0 SCORE

	903
	352

SM3.0 SCORE

	906
	428

SAPPHIRE RADEON X1650 PRO MSI NX 6600 GT

COMMENT - "The Sapphire Radeon x1650 Pro wiped the floor with the MSI NX 6600 GT with 3dmark 2006 outperforming it by a massive 57%. If 3dmark 2006 is an indicator of future performance then the Sapphire Radeon x1650 Pro will offer better performance for longer compared to the MSI NX 6600 GT."

3DMARK 2006 GAMES

RETURN TO PROXYCON (SM2.0)

	7.04
	2.40

FIREFLY FOREST (SM2.0)

	7.99
	3.40

CANYON FLIGHT (HDR SM3.0)

	8.26
	3.50

DEEP FREEZE (HDR SM3.0)

	9.85
	5.07

SAPPHIRE RADEON X1650 PRO MSI NX 6600 GT

COMMENT - "The Sapphire Radeon x1650 Pro builds on it's great 3dmark 2006 performance with another great performance this time using the 3dmark 2006 game benchmarks. The Sapphire Radeon x1650 Pro offers 49% to 58% better performance than the MSI NX 6600 GT even with the HDR SM3.0 benchmarks."