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SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 PRO REVIEW

"Sapphire Radeon x1950 Pro 512MB review also featuring Connect3D Radeon x1950 Pro, Sapphire Radeon x1800 GTO and Sapphire Radeon x800 GTO. Benchmarked with 3dmark 2001 SE, 3dmark 2003, 3dmark 2005, 3dmark 2006, Prey, Doom3 and Quake4."

SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 PRO BOX


SYSTEM INFORMATION
VIDEO CARD SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 PRO
CONNECT3D RADEON X1950 PRO
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1800 GTO
SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 GTO
ATI DRIVER CATALYST v8.6
PROCESSOR AMD ATHLON64 3500
MOTHERBOARD ASROCK 939 DUAL SATA 2
MEMORY 2 x 1GB OCUK PC3200 DDR
OPERATING SYSTEM WINDOWS XP SERVICE PACK 3
DIRECTX v9.0c

3DMARK 2006

FINAL SCORE

SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 PRO4632
CONNECT3D RADEON X1950 PRO4367
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1800 GTO2824
SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 GTO1569

SHADER MODEL 2.0

SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 PRO2085
CONNECT3D RADEON X1950 PRO1936
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1800 GTO1201
SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 GTO798

SHADER MODEL 3.0

SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 PRO2558
CONNECT3D RADEON X1950 PRO2323
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1800 GTO1187
SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 GTON/A

SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 PRO CONNECT3D RADEON X1950 PRO
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1800 GTO SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 GTO

COMMENT - "The Sapphire Radeon x1950 Pro outperforms the Connect3D Radeon x1950 Pro by 6%, the Sapphire Radeon x1800 GTO by 40% and the Sapphire Radeon x800 GTO by 67%."
COMMENT - "3dmark 2006 is the very latest and more demanding 3dmark program available and will really stress the four video cards to breaking point. The reason the Sapphire Radeon x800 GTO has N/A for Shader Model 3.0 is because it doesn't have Shader Model 3.0."

3DMARK 2006 GAMES

RETURN TO PROXYCON

SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 PRO16
CONNECT3D RADEON X1950 PRO15
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1800 GTO10
SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 GTO6

FIREFLY FOREST

SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 PRO19
CONNECT3D RADEON X1950 PRO18
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1800 GTO11
SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 GTO8

CANYON FLIGHT

SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 PRO24
CONNECT3D RADEON X1950 PRO23
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1800 GTO12
SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 GTON/A

DEEP FREEZE

SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 PRO27
CONNECT3D RADEON X1950 PRO24
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1800 GTO12
SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 GTON/A

SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 PRO CONNECT3D RADEON X1950 PRO
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1800 GTO SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 GTO

COMMENT - "The Sapphire Radeon x1950 Pro outperforms the Connect3D Radeon x1950 Pro by 7%, the Sapphire Radeon x1800 GTO by 48% and the Sapphire Radeon x800 GTO by 84%."
COMMENT - "These 3dmark 2006 game benchmarks are very demanding and require high performance which only the Radeon x1950 Pro video cards can supply. Although the Sapphire Radeon x1800 GTO can run ALL of the game benchmarks their performance is much lower than for the Radeon x1950 Pro video cards. The reason the Sapphire Radeon x800 GTO has N/A for Canyon Flight and Deep Freeze is because it doesn't support SM3.0."

3DMARK 2006 FILL RATE

SINGLE TEXTURING

SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 PRO4344
CONNECT3D RADEON X1950 PRO4007
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1800 GTO3169
SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 GTO2683

MULTI TEXTURING

SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 PRO6868
CONNECT3D RADEON X1950 PRO6868
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1800 GTO5982
SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 GTO5678

SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 PRO CONNECT3D RADEON X1950 PRO
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1800 GTO SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 GTO

COMMENT - "The Sapphire Radeon x1950 Pro outperforms the Connect3D Radeon x1950 Pro by 4%, the Sapphire Radeon x1800 GTO by 19% and the Sapphire Radeon x800 GTO by 26%."

3DMARK 2006 SHADERS

PIXEL SHADERS

SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 PRO317
CONNECT3D RADEON X1950 PRO284
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1800 GTO101
SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 GTO81

VERTEX SHADERS

SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 PRO55
CONNECT3D RADEON X1950 PRO55
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1800 GTO46
SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 GTO44

SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 PRO CONNECT3D RADEON X1950 PRO
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1800 GTO SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 GTO

COMMENT - "The Sapphire Radeon x1950 Pro outperforms the Connect3D Radeon x1950 Pro by 9%, the Sapphire Radeon x1800 GTO by 61% and the Sapphire Radeon x800 GTO by 67%."

SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 PRO REVIEW

PAGE 1 - INTRODUCTION
PAGE 2 - 3DMARK 2001 SE, 3DMARK 2003 AND 3DMARK 2005
PAGE 3 - 3DMARK 2006 - FILL RATE, GAMES AND PIXEL SHADERS
PAGE 4 - DOOM 3, PREY, QUAKE 4 AND FINAL RESULT

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