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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. The Sapphire Radeon HD 2600 XT was tested with Aquamark3, Doom3, Prey and Serious Sam 2."

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

AQUAMARK3

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 2600 XT13482
XFX GEFORCE 7900 GT15117

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 2600 XT XFX GEFORCE 7900 GT

COMMENT - "The Sapphire Radeon HD 2600 XT is beaten by the XFX GeForce 7900 GT by 11%."

DOOM 3

NORMAL QUALITY

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 2600 XT118
XFX GEFORCE 7900 GT119

MEDIUM QUALITY

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 2600 XT115
XFX GEFORCE 7900 GT91

HIGH QUALITY

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 2600 XT66
XFX GEFORCE 7900 GT53

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 2600 XT XFX GEFORCE 7900 GT

COMMENT - "The Sapphire Radeon HD 2600 XT puts in a great performance with Doom 3 beating the XFX GeForce 7900 GT by between 1% to 26%."

NORMAL QUALITY

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 2600 XT185
XFX GEFORCE 7900 GT207

MEDIUM QUALITY

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 2600 XT115
XFX GEFORCE 7900 GT133

HIGH QUALITY

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 2600 XT49
XFX GEFORCE 7900 GT65

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 2600 XT XFX GEFORCE 7900 GT

COMMENT - "The Sapphire Radeon HD 2600 XT is easily outperformed by the XFX GeForce 7900 GT with Prey. The XFX GeForce 7900 GT wins by between 11% to 25%."

SERIOUS SAM 2

NORMAL QUALITY

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 2600 XT102
XFX GEFORCE 7900 GT106

MEDIUM QUALITY

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 2600 XT90
XFX GEFORCE 7900 GT85

HIGH QUALITY

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 2600 XT34
XFX GEFORCE 7900 GT37

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 2600 XT XFX GEFORCE 7900 GT

COMMENT - "The Sapphire Radeon HD 2600 XT puts in a good performance as does the XFX GeForce 7900 GT which means that Serious Sam 2 is a draw."

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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