Test Setup
| Test Systems | |||||
| CPU | Intel Pentium 4 Extreme Edition 3.4GHz [Check Prices] | AMD Athlon 64 FX-53 [Check Prices] | |||
| Motherboard | Intel D925XCV [Check Prices] | ABIT AV8 [Check Prices] | |||
| Chipset Drivers | Intel Chipset INF 6.0.0.1014 | VIA 4-in-1 4.53 | |||
| RAM | 1GB (2x512MB) Micron DDR2 533 [Check Prices] | 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 DDR400 RAM (Corsair XMS3200LL) [Check Prices] | |||
| Network | Integrated | ||||
| PSU | Tagen TG480-U01 480W Silent PSU | ||||
| Video | ATI Radeon X700 XT 128MB [Check Prices] | Sapphire Radeon X700 PRO 256MB [Check Prices] | ATI Radeon X800 XT 256MB [Check Prices] | ATI Radeon X600 XT 128MB [Check Prices] | ATI Radeon 9800 PRO 128MB [Check Prices] |
| Video Drivers | ATI Beta 8.07 with Catalyst Control Center (.NET 1.1 SP1) | ||||
| OS | Windows XP Professional SP2 [Check Prices] | ||||
| DirectX Runtime | DirectX9.0c | ||||
| Benchmarks | |
| 3DMark2001SE | Selected Benchmarks used Default Configuration |
| 3DMark03 | Selected Benchmarks Used Default Configuration |
| D3D RightMark | Version 1.0.5.0, Beta 4 Selected Tests Used |
| FillrateBenchmark 2004 | Selected Tests Used Default Options |
| TexBench | 64x64 to 1024x1024 texture sizes 100 Textures |
| Serious Magic Texture Upload | Full Screen Resolutions |
| Games Benchmarks - DirectX | |
| Unreal Tournament 2004 [Check Prices] | Full Detail Settings Firingsquad Custom Demo used Application Anisotropic Filtering Control Panel FSAA |
| Splinter Cell | European Full Retail Version |
| Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness [Check Prices] | TR:AoD Build 49 Custom Detail Settings Custom Beyond3D Demo Application Anisotropic Filtering Application FSAA |
| Far Cry [Check Prices] | V1.1 "Very High" Graphics Settings Custom Firingsquad demo Application Anisotropic Filtering Application FSAA |
| Counter Strike: Source | Video Stress Test |
| All games benchmarks using 32bit colour and 32bit textures (where applicable) | |
| Games Benchmarks - OpenGL | |
| Doom 3 | Version 1.0.1262 |
| All games benchmarks using 32bit colour and 32bit textures (where applicable) | |
We'll compare both the X700's with the higher end PCI Express X800 XT and lower performance X600 XT to see where these boards are, performance wise, within the PCI Express line around it. We'll also look at a Radeon 9800 PRO on an AGP system to see if the newer X700's are able to best last years high end performance - note that the AGP system is using an Athlon 64 FX-53 which has shown itself to be a little more powerful than the Intel 3.4GHz P4 EE so when the benchmarks are CPU limited they will tend to favour the 9800 PRO.
We are using the recently released Beta 8.07 drivers from ATI for all boards here, with Catalyst Control Center installed. All the options were set to default in Catalyst Control Center, meaning that Catalyst AI was enabled.
