SAPPHIRE RADEON X1800 GTO REVIEW
"Sapphire Radeon x1800 GTO review also featuring the Sapphire Radeon x800 GTO and Sapphire Radeon x1650 Pro. The Sapphire Radeon x1800 GTO is equipped with 12 Pixel Shader Processors, 8 Vertex Shader Processors, a 256-bit memory interface and driven by the x1800 GTO core."
"DISCOVER YOUR PASSION FOR PERFORMANCE! - Engage in the ultimate struggle between reality and fantasy with the Sapphire RADEON X1800 GTO as it breaths life into the inhabitants of far off worlds. Exploding with vibrant colors and highly detailed sinister villains lurking in shadows, today’s game developers are succeeding in dulling the lines between reality and fantasy with tools such as the awe inspiring power of the X1800 GTO. Equipped with 12 Pixel Shader Processors, 8 Vertex Shader Processors, a 256-bit memory interface, 256MB of onboard memory and driven by the industry acclaimed ATI RADEON X1800 GTO core that empowers you to crank up the settings without worry of a hit to the frame rate , the Sapphire X1800 GTO has the key to unlock your imagination and rekindle your passion for performance."
FEATURESUltra-threaded architecture with fast dynamic branching 12 pixel shader processors 8 vertex shader processors 256-bit 8-channel GDDR3/GDDR4 memory interface Native PCI Express x16 bus interface Dynamic Voltage Control RING BUS MEMORY CONTROLLERProgrammable intelligent arbitration logic Fully associative texture, color, and Z/stencil cache designs Hierarchical Z-buffer with Early Z test Lossless Z Compression (up to 48:1) Fast Z-Buffer Clear Z/stencil cache optimized for real-time shadow rendering Optimized for performance at high display resolutions, including widescreen HDTV resolutions ULTRA-THREADED SHADER ENGINEFull speed 128-bit floating point processing for all shader operations Up to 512 simultaneous pixel threads Dedicated branch execution units for high performance dynamic branching and flow control Dedicated texture address units for improved efficiency 3Dc+ texture compression High quality 4:1 compression for normal maps and two-channel data formats High quality 2:1 compression for luminance maps and single-channel data formats Multiple Render Target (MRT) support Render to vertex buffer support Complete feature set also supported in OpenGL® 2.0 ADVANCED IMAGE QUALITY FEATURESIncludes support for blending and multi-sample anti-aliasing 32-bit integer HDR (10:10:10:2) format supported throughout the pipeline Includes support for blending and multi-sample anti-aliasing 2x/4x/6x Anti-Aliasing modes New Adaptive Anti-Aliasing feature with Performance and Quality modes Temporal Anti-Aliasing mode Lossless Color Compression (up to 6:1) at all resolutions 2x/4x/8x/16x Anisotropic Filtering modes Up to 128-tap texture filtering Adaptive algorithm with Performance and Quality options High resolution texture support (up to 4k x 4k) AVIVO VIDEO AND DISPLAY PLATFORMDe-blocking and noise reduction filtering Motion compensation, IDCT, DCT and color space conversion Vector adaptive per-pixel de-interlacing 3:2 pulldown (frame rate conversion) Seamless integration of pixel shaders with video in real time HDR tone mapping acceleration Maps any input format to 10 bit per channel output Flexible display support Dual integrated dual-link DVI transmitters DVI 1.0 compliant / HDMI interoperable and HDCP ready Dual integrated 10 bit per channel 400 MHz DACs 16 bit per channel floating point HDR and 10 bit per channel DVI output Complete, independent color controls and video overlays for each display High quality pre- and post-scaling engines, with underscan support for all outputs Content-adaptive de-flicker filtering for interlaced displays Xilleon TV encoder for high quality analog output YPrPb component output for direct drive of HDTV displays Spatial/temporal dithering enables 10-bit color quality on 8-bit and 6-bit displays Fast, glitch-free mode switching VGA mode support on all outputs Drive two displays simultaneously with independent resolutions and refresh rates Compatible with ATI TV/Video encoder products, including Theater 550 CROSSFIREFour modes of operation: Alternate Frame Rendering (maximum performance) Supertiling (optimal load-balancing) Scissor (compatibility) Super AA 8x/10x/12x/14x (maximum image quality) |
| CHIP | CORE CLOCK |
MEMORY CLOCK |
MEMORY TYPE |
MEMORY INTERFACE |
PIXELS PER CLOCK |
DIRECTX |
| SAPPHIRE RADEON X1800 GTO | 500 | 1000 | 256MB DDR3 | 256 | 12 | 9.0C |
| SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 GTO | 400 | 980 | 256MB DDR3 | 256 | 12 | 9.0B |
| SAPPHIRE RADEON X1650 PRO | 600 | 1400 | 256MB DDR3 | 128 | 12 | 9.0C |
| CHIP | CORE CLOCK |
MEMORY CLOCK |
MEMORY TYPE |
MEMORY INTERFACE |
PIXELS PER CLOCK |
DIRECTX |
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1800 GTO REVIEW INDEX |
| PAGE 1 - SAPPHIRE RADEON X1800 GTO INTRODUCTION |
| PAGE 2 - ATI TECH DEMO, 3DMARK 2003 AND 3DMARK 2005 |
| PAGE 4 - 3DMARK 2006 AND POWERVR FABLEMARK |
| PAGE 5 - 1944 - BATTLE OF THE BULGE, DOOM 3 AND FARCRY |
| PAGE 6 - PREY, QUAKE 4 AND SCOOTER WARZ |
| PAGE 7 - SCRAPLAND, SERIOUS SAM 2 AND TRIBES VENGEANCE |
| PAGE 8 - WORLD RACING 2, X3 REUNION AND CONCLUSION |
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