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LOSTCIRCUITS

SHORTCUTS:
The Bottleneck Paradox
The Bundle
Tech Specs
3DMark2001SE
3DMark'50
3DMark05 4xAA
X2 (Default)
X2 AA + Shadows
FarCry
FarCry 4 x AA - 8 x AF
DOOM3
Overclocking
Conclusions

Discussion of this Article on the LostCircuits Forum

 Sapphire RADEON X800XL
Romancing the "Hybrid"
(Review by MS, Feb 1, 2005)
GeForce 6800GT At:

The Sapphire RADEON HYBRID X800XL and its Competitors

 Core Clock [MHz]Pixel PipelinesTexture Units/Pixel PipelineFill Rate (Single) [MPixels/sec]Fill Rate (Multi) [MTexels/sec]Memory Clock [Mbps]Memory Bus Width [bit]Memory Bandwidth [GB/s]
GeForce 6600GT5008140004000100012816.0
RADEON 9600 XT50041200020006001289.6
RADEON 9800380813040304068025621.8
RADEON X700XT4758138003800105012826.8
ASUS RADEON 9800 XT410813280328073025623.36
GeForce 6800GT35016156005600100025635.2
GeForce 6800 Ultra Extreme45016172007200110025635.2
ASUS RADEON X800Pro4751215700570090025628.8
Sapphire RADEON X800XL 4001616400640098025631.36
Sapphire RADEON X800XT 50016180008000100025632.0
RADEON X800XT Platinum Edition52016183208320112025635.4
RADEON X850XT Platinum Edition54016186408640118025637.76


Screenshot of the ATI Tools utility used to identify the default settings of the "Hybrid" X800XL

System Configuration

All benchmarks shown in the rest of this review were generated using the following system configuration:

General Hardware:
  • ASUS A8N-SLI
  • AMD Athlon64 4000+
  • 2 x 512 MB OCZ ZB DDR (dual channel configuration)
  • Maxtor Maxline3 250GB SATA HDD
  • ASUS 40 x CDROM
Graphics Adapters:
  • Sapphire Radeon X800 XL
  • Sapphire Radeon X800 XT
    • Catalyst 5.1
  • 2 x eVGA GeForce 6600 GT
  • 1 x GeForce 6800 GT
    • Driver Revision: 7.1.2.4
Software:
  • Windows XP Pro
  • Service Pack 1a
  • DX9c
  • 3Dmark2001SE (3.30)
  • 3DMark'05
  • Doom3
  • FarCry
  • Aquamark3*
  • X2 Rolling Demo

*we have not been able to achieve a full run of Aquamark with any of the latest ATI-based graphics cards. That is, the benchmark runs but instead of generating a score, it exits generating a memory exception error. This happens regardless of whether we were using the X800XT, the X800Pro or the X800XL with various driver revisions.

Sapphire Technology
Toxic X800 PRO VIVO (256 MB)

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