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POWERCOLOR RADEON X1950 XTX REVIEW

"The Powercolor Radeon x1950 XTX also featuring the XFX GeForce 7900 GTX. The Powercolor Radeon x1950 XTX has the same clock speed, 20% higher memory speed and 24 extra pixel shaders compared to the XFX GeForce 7900 GTX. Software used for testing was Half Life 2, Need for Speed Most Wanted and Quake 4."

POWERCOLOR RADEON X1950 XTX


SYSTEM INFORMATION
VIDEO CARD POWERCOLOR RADEON X1950 XTX
XFX GEFORCE 7900 GTX
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 XTX152
XFX GEFORCE 7900 GTX143

HIGH QUALITY

POWERCOLOR RADEON X1950 XTX124
XFX GEFORCE 7900 GTX121

EXTREME QUALITY

POWERCOLOR RADEON X1950 XTX97
XFX GEFORCE 7900 GTX98

POWERCOLOR RADEON X1950 XTX XFX GEFORCE 7900 GTX

COMMENT - "Powercolor Radeon x1950 XTX puts in a solid performance beating the XFX GeForce 7900 GTX by a slim 3% with Half Life 2."

NEED FOR SPEED MOST WANTED

NORMAL QUALITY

POWERCOLOR RADEON X1950 XTX
XFX GEFORCE 7900 GTX

HIGH QUALITY

POWERCOLOR RADEON X1950 XTX
XFX GEFORCE 7900 GTX

EXTREME QUALITY

POWERCOLOR RADEON X1950 XTX
XFX GEFORCE 7900 GTX

POWERCOLOR RADEON X1950 XTX XFX GEFORCE 7900 GTX

COMMENT - "Powercolor Radeon x1950 XTX and XFX GeForce 7900 GTX have their first draw with Need for Speed Most Wanted."

QUAKE 4

NORMAL QUALITY

POWERCOLOR RADEON X1950 XTX132
XFX GEFORCE 7900 GTX128

HIGH QUALITY

POWERCOLOR RADEON X1950 XTX129
XFX GEFORCE 7900 GTX123

EXTREME QUALITY

POWERCOLOR RADEON X1950 XTX124
XFX GEFORCE 7900 GTX114

POWERCOLOR RADEON X1950 XTX XFX GEFORCE 7900 GTX

COMMENT - "Powercolor Radeon x1950 XTX puts in a good performance beating the XFX GeForce 7900 GTX by 6% with Quake 4."

FINAL RESULT

COMMENT - "The Powercolor Radeon x1950 XTX and XFX GeForce 7900 GTX both performed very well. However the Powercolor Radeon x1950 XTX manged to outperform the XFX GeForce 7900 GTX by delivering a performance increase of 8%. This is especially impressive when you consider that the Powercolor Radeon x1950 XTX is 25% cheaper than the XFX GeForce 7900 GTX which makes the winner the Powercolor Radeon x1950 XTX."
POWERCOLOR RADEON X1950 XTX SCORES 9/10!
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POWERCOLOR RADEON X1950 XTX REVIEW INDEX

PAGE 1 - POWERCOLOR RADEON X1950 XTX 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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