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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 GEFORCE 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 speed increase."

SAPPHIRE RADEON X1650 PRO


GENERAL SYSTEM INFORMATION

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


DOOM 3

MEDIUM QUALITY

SAPPHIRE RADEON X1650 PRO70
MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT76

HIGH QUALITY

SAPPHIRE RADEON X1650 PRO35
MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT42

ULTRA HIGH QUALITY

SAPPHIRE RADEON X1650 PRO22
MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT11

SAPPHIRE RADEON X1650 PRO MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT

COMMENT - "Doom3 is well known to favour Nvidia video cards like the MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT but the Sapphire Radeon x1650 Pro manages to stay fairly close. The Sapphire Radeon x1650 Pro even manages a 50% win using Ultra High Quality although the performance isn't playable with either video cards."

FAR CRY

MEDIUM QUALITY

SAPPHIRE RADEON X1650 PRO83
MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT80

HIGH QUALITY

SAPPHIRE RADEON X1650 PRO50
MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT42

ULTRA HIGH QUALITY (HDR)

SAPPHIRE RADEON X1650 PRO39
MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT37

SAPPHIRE RADEON X1650 PRO MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT

COMMENT - "It's another fairly close performance but the Sapphire Radeon x1650 Pro beats the MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT by between 4% to 16%."

GT LEGENDS

MEDIUM QUALITY

SAPPHIRE RADEON X1650 PRO62
MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT39

HIGH QUALITY

SAPPHIRE RADEON X1650 PRO49
MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT30

ULTRA HIGH QUALITY

SAPPHIRE RADEON X1650 PRO31
MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT23

SAPPHIRE RADEON X1650 PRO MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT

COMMENT - "GT Legends favours ATI video cards which is clear to see and Sapphire Radeon x1650 Pro delivers very impressive performance beating the MSI GEFORCE 6600 GT by between 26% to 38%."

SAPPHIRE RADEON X1650 PRO REVIEW INDEX

PAGE 1 - SAPPHIRE RADEON X1650 PRO INTRODUCTION
PAGE 2 - 3DMARK 2006 AND 3DMARK 2006 GAMES
PAGE 3 - DOOM 3, FAR CRY AND GT LEGENDS
PAGE 4 - PREY, QUAKE 4, SCOOTER WARZ AND SERIOUS SAM 2
PAGE 5 - TRACKMANIA SUNRISE, WORLD RACING 2, X3 REUNION AND FINAL RESULT

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