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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."

GENERAL SYSTEM INFORMATION

VIDEO CARD	SAPPHIRE RADEON X1800 GTO
	SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 GTO
	SAPPHIRE RADEON X1650 PRO
ATI DRIVER	ATI CATALYST v6.8
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

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!

PREY

MEDIUM QUALITY

	85
	57
	55

HIGH QUALITY

	41
	30
	26

ULTRA QUALITY

	31
	20
	16

SAPPHIRE X1800 GTO SAPPHIRE X800 GTO SAPPHIRE X1650 PRO

COMMENT - "Prey is the most modern game we have featured here and the Sapphire Radeon x1800 GTO offers great performance beating the Sapphire Radeon x800 GTO by 27% to 36%. It appears the older technology found on the Sapphire Radeon x800 GTO is limiting it's performance with Prey because it is only 4% to 20% faster than the Sapphire Radeon x1650 Pro."

QUAKE 4

MEDIUM QUALITY

	120
	106
	67

HIGH QUALITY

	103
	73
	53

ULTRA QUALITY

	87
	54
	40

SAPPHIRE X1800 GTO SAPPHIRE X800 GTO SAPPHIRE X1650 PRO

COMMENT - "Quake 4 is another demanding modern game and the Sapphire Radeon x1800 GTO is able to outperform the Sapphire Radeon x800 GTO by 12% to 38%. Unlike with Prey the Sapphire Radeon x800 GTO is able to easily outperform the Sapphire Radeon x1650 Pro by 26% to 37%."

SCOOTER WAR3Z

MEDIUM QUALITY

	198
	180
	139

HIGH QUALITY

	88
	73
	58

SAPPHIRE X1800 GTO SAPPHIRE X800 GTO SAPPHIRE X1650 PRO

COMMENT - "The Sapphire Radeon x1800 GTO outperforms the Sapphire Radeon x800 GTO by between 10% to 18% and the Sapphire Radeon x1650 Pro by between 30% to 35%."

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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