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POWERCOLOR RADEON X1950 PRO REVIEW

"The Powercolor Radeon x1950 Pro also featuring the Sapphire Radeon x1900 GT. The Powercolor Radeon x1950 Pro has a 5% higher clock speed, 8% higher memory speed and the same 36 pixel shaders compared to the Sapphire Radeon x1900 GT. Software used for testing was Half Life 2, Need for Speed and Quake 4."

POWERCOLOR RADEON X1950 PRO


SYSTEM INFORMATION
VIDEO CARD POWERCOLOR RADEON X1950 PRO
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1900 GT
PROCESSOR AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200
MOTHERBOARD ASROCK 939 DUAL SATA 2
ATI DRIVER CATALYST v8.7 WHQL
NVIDIA DRIVER FORCEWARE v178.13 WHQL
MEMORY 2 x 1GB OCUK PC3200 DDR
OPERATING SYSTEM WINDOWS XP
DIRECTX v9.0c

HALF LIFE 2

NORMAL QUALITY

POWERCOLOR RADEON X1950 PRO
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1900 GT

HIGH QUALITY

POWERCOLOR RADEON X1950 PRO
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1900 GT

EXTREME QUALITY

POWERCOLOR RADEON X1950 PRO
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1900 GT

POWERCOLOR RADEON X1950 PRO SAPPHIRE RADEON X1900 GT

COMMENT - "Powercolor Radeon x1950 Pro puts in a close performance beating the Sapphire Radeon x1900 GT by 2% with Half Life 2."

NEED FOR SPEED MOST WANTED

NORMAL QUALITY

POWERCOLOR RADEON X1950 PRO67
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1900 GT64

HIGH QUALITY

POWERCOLOR RADEON X1950 PRO48
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1900 GT46

EXTREME QUALITY

POWERCOLOR RADEON X1950 PRO36
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1900 GT34

POWERCOLOR RADEON X1950 PRO SAPPHIRE RADEON X1900 GT

COMMENT - "Powercolor Radeon x1950 Pro puts in a good performance beating the Sapphire Radeon x1900 GT by 5% with Need for Speed Most Wanted."

QUAKE 4

NORMAL QUALITY

POWERCOLOR RADEON X1950 PRO128
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1900 GT125

HIGH QUALITY

POWERCOLOR RADEON X1950 PRO120
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1900 GT113

EXTREME QUALITY

POWERCOLOR RADEON X1950 PRO104
SAPPHIRE RADEON X1900 GT97

POWERCOLOR RADEON X1950 PRO SAPPHIRE RADEON X1900 GT

COMMENT - "Powercolor Radeon x1950 Pro puts in another good performance beating the Sapphire Radeon x1900 GT by 5% with Quake 4."

FINAL RESULT

COMMENT - "Powercolor Radeon x1950 Pro delivered solid performance and always beat the Sapphire Radeon x1900 GT. The performance difference between the Powercolor Radeon x1950 Pro and Sapphire Radeon x1900 GT was only 5% with the victor being the Powercolor Radeon x1950 Pro. The only major difference between the Powercolor Radeon x1950 Pro and Sapphire Radeon x1900 GT is that the Powercolor Radeon x1950 Pro has 512MB memory while the Sapphire Radeon x1900 GT has 256MB. Another difference is that the Powercolor Radeon x1950 Pro uses the RV570 GPU while the Sapphire Radeon x1900 GT uses the R580 GPU. You can pick the Powercolor Radeon x1950 Pro or Sapphire Radeon x1900 GT and be guaranteed great gaming performance but there has to be a winner and it's the Powercolor Radeon x1950 Pro!"
POWERCOLOR RADEON X1950 PRO SCORES 8/10!
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POWERCOLOR RADEON X1950 PRO REVIEW INDEX

PAGE 1 - POWERCOLOR RADEON X1950 PRO INTRODUCTION
PAGE 2 - 3DMARK 2006, CALL OF DUTY AND FEAR
PAGE 3 - HALF LIFE 2, NEED FOR SPEED MOST WANTED AND QUAKE 4

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