System Setup and Notes
Hardware
- ATI Radeon X800 XL Reference Board, R430, 256MB, PEG16, 400/1000
- ATI Radeon X850 Platinum Edition Reference Board, R480, 256MB, PEG16X, 540/1180
- AMD Athlon FX-55, 1MB L2, 2600MHz
- NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra Reference Board, Socket 939, PEG16X
- 1GB memory, 2-2-2-5, DDR400
- Western Digital WD360G Raptor, SATA
Software
- Windows XP Professional w/SP2
- DirectX 9.0c Runtime
- AT CATALYST 8-08-rc2-019256e
- NVIDIA Detonator Release 66.93
- 3DMark03 v3.5.0
- 3DMark05 v1.0.0
- Half-Life 2
- 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
Notes
Powerstrip verified the X800 XL's clocks of 400/1000.
The X850 XT Platinum Edition reference board was rebenchmarked using the supplied reference driver for X800 XL, and was also downclocked to 520/1080 to simulate an X850 XT, to see how close X800 XL can get to ATI's flagship PCI Express accelerators, costing at least $200 more in tersm of MSRP.
Overclocking testing was outside my means, ATI requesting the board back almost as soon as it had arrived. As soon as a more permanent sample arrives, I'll update this page with the results.
