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Review: MSI RX800 XTs

by Ryszard Sommefeldt on 7 November 2004, 00:00

Tags: AMD (NYSE:AMD), MSI, ATi Technologies (NYSE:AMD)

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System Setup and Notes

Hardware

System

NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra Reference Platform, nForce4 Ultra, Socket 939, PEG16X (X800 XT, 6800 Ultra)
ECS KV2 Extreme, VIA K8T800 Pro, Socket 939, AGP8X (X800 XT PE)

Processor

AMD Athlon FX-53 (2.4GHz, 1MB L2, dual-channel memory), Socket 938

Graphics Cards

MSI RX800 XT, ATI R420, 256MB, PEG16X, 500/1000
MSI RX800 XT PE, ATI R420, 256MB, AGP8X, 520/1120
NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra, NVIDIA NV45, 256MB, PEG16X, 400/1100

Memory

1GB (2 x 512MB) Corsair XMS3200XL - 2-2-2-5

Hard Disks

1 x 36.6GB Western Digital Raptor SATA

Software

Windows XP Professional w/ SP2
NVIDIA nForce Unified Platform Driver v6.11 BETA English
VIA Hyperion 4.51v
DirectX 9.0c End User Runtime
NVIDIA 66.81 Graphics Driver
ATI CATALYST 4.9 Graphics Driver

3DMark03 v340
Far Cry v1.1
Unreal Tournament 2003
Painkiller
Doom 3
Call of Duty

Notes

Both X800 XT variants go up against each other on very similar platforms, with the XT on PCI Express also competing with the 6800 Ultra.