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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)

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ShaderMark 2.1 and RTHDRIBL

ShaderMark 2.1

ShaderMark 2.1


ShaderMark 2.1 ranks X800 and 6600 GT almost equal in most tests, with the odd few swinging either way. With X850 PRO and 6800 GT, it's more clear cut with the NVIDIA board having the edge in SM2.1's tests, especially those that involve FP blending or filtering.

RTHDRIBL

A classic test that shows off the effect of hand-written shaders on an architecture whos performance is somewhat compiler-driven.

RTHDRIBL


NVIDIA's shader compiler has a really hard time, not living up to theoretical potential.