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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

MEDIUM QUALITY

SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 PRO98
CONNECT3D RADEON X1950 PRO84
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1800 GTO61
SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 GTO47

HIGH QUALITY

SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 PRO74
CONNECT3D RADEON X1950 PRO66
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1800 GTO38
SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 GTO24

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 13%, the Sapphire Radeon x1800 GTO by 43% and the Sapphire Radeon x800 GTO by 59%."

QUAKE 4

MEDIUM QUALITY

SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 PRO126
CONNECT3D RADEON X1950 PRO120
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1800 GTO103
SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 GTO73

HIGH QUALITY

SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 PRO118
CONNECT3D RADEON X1950 PRO107
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1800 GTO87
SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 GTO54

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 23% and the Sapphire Radeon x800 GTO by 48%."

MEDIUM QUALITY

SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 PRO125
CONNECT3D RADEON X1950 PRO124
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1800 GTO85
SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 GTO57

HIGH QUALITY

SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 PRO65
CONNECT3D RADEON X1950 PRO62
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1800 GTO41
SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 GTO30

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 3%, the Sapphire Radeon x1800 GTO by 34% and the Sapphire Radeon x800 GTO by 55%."

FINAL RESULT

SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 PRO606
CONNECT3D RADEON X1950 PRO563
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1800 GTO415
SAPPHIRE RADEON X800 GTO285

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

COMMENT - "This is a very interesting result and shows the benefit of having 512MB GDDR3 memory compared to 256MB GDDR3 memory. Another important point to make is the power of the x1950 Pro GPU which just blows away the x1800 GTO and x800 GTO video cards. In the end the Sapphire Radeon x1950 Pro outperforms the Connect3D Radeon x1950 Pro by 8%, the Sapphire Radeon x1800 GTO by 32% and the Sapphire Radeon x800 GTO by 53%."
COMMENT - "We have decided to only use the game benchmarks for the final result because although programs like 3dmark are important you can't actually play them which makes game benchmarks more important!"
BEST BUY

SAPPHIRE RADEON X1950 PRO SCORES 9/10!

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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