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ATI's Radeon X800 256MB and Radeon X850 PRO Preview

by Ryszard Sommefeldt on 9 February 2005, 00:00

Tags: ATi Technologies (NYSE:AMD)

Quick Link: HEXUS.net/qa7h

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System Information and Notes

The X850 PRO is up against the 6800 GT in terms of price, so I grabbed one off the shelf for comparison purposes. X800 256MB's obvious most available NVIDIA competitor is 6600 GT on PCI Express, in the absence of available three-quad 6800s. Look out for memory pressure influencing results in that fight.

Hardware

  • ATI Radeon X800, R430, 256MB, PEG16X, 390/700
  • ATI Radeon X850 PRO, R480, 256MB, PEG16X, 507/520
  • NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT Reference Board, NV43, 128MB, PEG16X, 500/1000
  • NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT Reference Board, NV45 + BR2, 256MB, PEG16X, 350/1000
  • AMD Athlon FX-55, 1MB L2, 2600MHz
  • ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe, nForce4 SLI, Socket 939, PEG16X
  • 1GB OCZ PC3200 Platinum rev2, 2-2-2-5, DDR400
  • Western Digital WD360G Raptor, SATA

Software

  • Windows XP Professional w/SP2
  • DirectX 9.0c Runtime
  • ATI CATALYST 5.1 WHQL
  • NVIDIA Detonator Release 66.93 WHQL
  • 3DMark05 v1.0.0
  • ShaderMark 2.1
  • D3D RightMark 1.0.5.0 BETA
  • Realtime High Dynamic Range Image-Based Lighting v1.2
  • GL_EXT_reme
  • FRAPS 2.1
  • Half-Life 2 - HEXUS Demo
  • Doom3 - HEXUS Demo
  • Far Cry v1.3 - HEXUS Demo

Notes

The latest WHQL drivers from each IVH were used, along with a brand new custom demos for all three games titles, to be used in future reference board articles.