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SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 2600 XT REVIEW

"The Sapphire Radeon HD 2600 XT is compared to the XFX GeForce 7900 GT. The Sapphire Radeon HD 2600 XT RV630 GPU is clocked 32% faster, has 40% faster memory and 96 more Pixel Shaders compared to XFX GeForce 7900 GT. Tested with 3dmark 2006."

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 2600 XT


SYSTEM INFORMATION
VIDEO CARD SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 2600 XT
XFX GEFORCE 7900 GT
ATI DRIVER CATALYST v8.10
NVIDIA DRIVER FORCEWARE v178.13 WHQL
PROCESSOR AMD ATHLON64 X2 4200
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 HD 2600 XT5341
XFX GEFORCE 7900 GT5260

SHADER MODEL 2.0

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 2600 XT1953
XFX GEFORCE 7900 GT2124

SHADER MODEL 3.0

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 2600 XT2531
XFX GEFORCE 7900 GT2271

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 2600 XT XFX GEFORCE 7900 GT

COMMENT - "The Sapphire Radeon HD 2600 XT finishes 2% faster than the XFX GeForce 7900 GT, 8% slower with Shader Model 2.0 but 11% faster than the XFX GeForce 7900 GT when using the advanced Shader Model 3.0 test."

3DMARK 2006 GAMES

RETURN TO PROXYCON

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 2600 XT15
XFX GEFORCE 7900 GT17

FIREFLY FOREST

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 2600 XT18
XFX GEFORCE 7900 GT18

CANYON FLIGHT

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 2600 XT23
XFX GEFORCE 7900 GT20

DEEP FREEZE

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 2600 XT28
XFX GEFORCE 7900 GT25

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 2600 XT XFX GEFORCE 7900 GT

COMMENT - "The Sapphire Radeon HD 2600 XT starts off being beaten by the XFX GeForce 7900 GT by 0% to 12%. However the Sapphire Radeon HD 2600 XT quickly recovers and beats the XFX GeForce 7900 GT by 12% to 15% to snatch the final two important games."

3DMARK 2006 FILL RATE

SINGLE TEXTURING

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 2600 XT2834
XFX GEFORCE 7900 GT5101

MULTI TEXTURING

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 2600 XT6335
XFX GEFORCE 7900 GT10664

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 2600 XT XFX GEFORCE 7900 GT

COMMENT - "The Sapphire Radeon HD 2600 XT gets killed by the XFX GeForce 7900 GT finishing 41% to 44% slower."

3DMARK 2006 SHADERS

PIXEL SHADERS

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 2600 XT280
XFX GEFORCE 7900 GT308

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 2600 XT XFX GEFORCE 7900 GT

COMMENT - "The Sapphire Radeon HD 2600 XT has more Pixel Shaders than the XFX GeForce 7900 GT but still manages to lose to the XFX GeForce 7900 GT by 9%."


SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 2600 XT REVIEW INDEX

PAGE 1 - SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 2600 XT INTRODUCTION
PAGE 2 - 3DMARK 2006 RESULT
PAGE 3 - LIGHTSPEED, PASSMARK, SHADERMARK AND POWERVR FABLE
PAGE 4 - AQUAMARK3, DOOM 3, PREY AND SERIOUS SAM 2
PAGE 5 - CRYSIS, LOST PLANET AND SUPREME COMMANDER FORGED ALLIANCE
PAGE 6 - TRACKMANIA NATIONS FOREVER, WORLD IN CONFLICT AND FINAL RESULT

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