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CONNECT3D RADEON X1950 PRO REVIEW

"Connect3D Radeon x1950 Pro review also featuring the Sapphire Radeon x1800 GTO. The Connect3D Radeon x1950 Pro is the latest mainstream video card from ATI featuring the R570 GPU which has 36 pixel shaders. The Connect3D Radeon x1950 Pro was tested with 3dmark 2006."

SYSTEM INFORMATION

VIDEO CARD	CONNECT3D RADEON X1950 PRO
	SAPPHIRE RADEON X1800 GTO
ATI DRIVER	CATALYST v7.2
PROCESSOR	AMD ATHLON64 3500 (2.2GHZ)
MOTHERBOARD	ASROCK 939 DUAL SATA 2 (BIOS v2.30)
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

FINAL SCORE

	4367
	2819

SM2.0

	1936
	1201

SM3.0

	2323
	1187

CONNECT3D RADEON X1950 PRO SAPPHIRE RADEON X1800 GTO

COMMENT - "The Connect3D Radeon x1950 Pro simply blows away the Sapphire Radeon x1800 GTO with a massive 1557 point or 36% victory. Unlike the Sapphire Radeon x1800 GTO which has a SM3.0 performance less than it's performance for SM2.0 the Connect3D Radeon x1950 Pro's SM3.0 performance actually increased by 17%."

3DMARK 2006 GAMES

RETURN TO PROXYCON

	15
	9

FIREFLY FOREST

	18
	11

CANYON FLIGHT (HDR)

	23
	12

DEEP FREEZE (HDR)

	24
	12

CONNECT3D RADEON X1950 PRO SAPPHIRE RADEON X1800 GTO

COMMENT - "After the excellent 3dmark 2006 performance shown by the Connect3D Radeon x1950 Pro we should expect a big performance advantage over the Sapphire Radeon x1800 GTO. The 36 pixel shaders really help the performance with 3dmark 2006's games and the Connect3D Radeon x1950 Pro is between 39% to 50% faster."

3DMARK 2006 FILL RATE

SINGLE-TEXTURING

	4007
	3169

MULTI-TEXTURING

	6868
	5982

CONNECT3D RADEON X1950 PRO SAPPHIRE RADEON X1800 GTO

COMMENT - "The Connect3D Radeon x1950 Pro should deliver 28% more memory bandwidth compared to the Sapphire Radeon x1800 GTO, let's see if this 3dmark 2006 Fill-Rate benchmark backs this up. When using Single-Texturing the Connect3D Radeon x1950 Pro can deliver 21% more bandwidth and using Multi-Texturing it can deliver 13%."

CONNECT3D RADEON X1950 PRO REVIEW INDEX

PAGE 1 - INTRODUCTION

PAGE 2 - SYSTEM INFORMATION AND 3DMARK 2006

PAGE 3 - 3DMARK 2005, PCMARK 2005, RIGHTMARK AND SHADERMARK

PAGE 4 - DOOM 3, FAR CRY HDR AND GT LEGEND

PAGE 5 - PREY, QUAKE 4 AND SERIOUS SAM 2

PAGE 6 - SUPREME COMMANDER

PAGE 7 - OTHER ATI VIDEO CARDS AND CONCLUSION