Sapphire Radeon X1600 XT Ultimate Review
3DMark05
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3DMark05 measures performance by simulating DirectX 9.0c games, i.e., using the new Shader 3.0 model. This programming model is used by Far Cry game and other games to be launched in the future. This new programming model is used by GeForce 6 and 7 series from NVIDIA and Radeon X1000 series from ATI.
We run this program in three resolutions, 1024x768x32, 1280x1024x32 and 1600x1200x32, first without antialising and anisotropic filtering, and then configuring antialising at 4x and anisotropic filtering also at 4x. This improves the video quality but lowers the performance. We were willing to see how much performance we lost by putting the VGA to run at the maximum possible image quality. It is important to note that ATI chips can run at 6x antialising. Since NVIDIA chips cannot run at this configuration, we had to use 4x antialising to use a configuration that is valid to all video cards included in our benchmark, allowing direct comparison between them.
The results you check below. Radeon X1600 Pro Turbo from HIS is factory-overclocked, running at 587 MHz and accessing its memory at 1.38 GHz, while the standard Radeon X1600 Pro runs at 500 MHz and accesses its memory at 780 MHz.
| 3DMark05 – 1024×768 | Score | Difference |
| GeForce 7950 GX2 (NVIDIA) | 8,096 | 54.30 |
| GeForce 7900 GTX (NVIDIA) | 7,370 | 40.46 |
| Radeon X1900 GT (Connect3D) | 7,342 | 39.93 |
| Radeon X1800 XT (ATI) | 7,222 | 37.64 |
| Radeon X1900 XTX (ATI) | 6,982 | 33.07 |
| GeForce 7900 GT (NVIDIA) | 6,863 | 30.80 |
| GeForce 7800 GTX (MSI) | 6,789 | 29.39 |
| Radeon X1800 XL (ATI) | 6,471 | 23.33 |
| GeForce 7800 GT (NVIDIA) | 6,343 | 20.89 |
| Radeon X850 XT P.E. (ATI) | 5,732 | 9.24 |
| GeForce 7600 GT (NVIDIA) | 5,594 | 6.61 |
| Radeon X1600 XT (Sapphire) | 5,247 | |
| Radeon X1600 XT (ATI) | 4,991 | 5.13 |
| GeForce 6800 GS (NVIDIA) | 4,941 | 6.19 |
| GeForce 6800 GT (NVIDIA) | 4,537 | 15.65 |
| Radeon X800 GTO (HIS) | 4,301 | 21.99 |
| Radeon X1600 Pro Turbo (HIS) | 4,238 | 23.81 |
| Radeon X1600 Pro 512 MB (PowerColor) | 4,082 | 28.54 |
| Radeon X800 GT (HIS) | 3,993 | 31.40 |
| GeForce 7600 GS (NVIDIA) | 3,675 | 42.78 |
| Radeon X700 Pro (Sapphire) | 2,886 | 81.81 |
| GeForce 6600 GT (XFX) | 2,872 | 82.69 |
| GeForce 6600 (Albatron) | 1,701 | 208.47 |
| Radeon X600 XT (ATI) | 1,433 | 266.15 |
| Radeon X600 Pro (Sapphire) | 1,365 | 284.40 |
| 3DMark05 – 1280×1024 | Score | Difference |
| GeForce 7950 GX2 (NVIDIA) | 7,804 | 80.86 |
| GeForce 7900 GTX (NVIDIA) | 6,962 | 61.34 |
| Radeon X1900 GT (Connect3D) | 6,761 | 56.69 |
| Radeon X1900 XTX (ATI) | 6,699 | 55.25 |
| Radeon X1800 XT (ATI) | 6,534 | 51.43 |
| GeForce 7900 GT (NVIDIA) | 6,208 | 43.87 |
| GeForce 7800 GTX (MSI) | 6,067 | 40.60 |
| Radeon X1800 XL (ATI) | 5,554 | 28.71 |
| GeForce 7800 GT (NVIDIA) | 5,504 | 27.56 |
| GeForce 7600 GT (NVIDIA) | 4,780 | 10.78 |
| Radeon X850 XT P.E. (ATI) | 4,740 | 9.85 |
| Radeon X1600 XT (Sapphire) | 4,315 | |
| GeForce 6800 GS (NVIDIA) | 4,130 | 4.48 |
| Radeon X1600 XT (ATI) | 4,085 | 5.63 |
| GeForce 6800 GT (NVIDIA) | 3,745 | 15.22 |
| Radeon X800 GTO (HIS) | 3,479 | 24.03 |
| Radeon X1600 Pro 512 MB (PowerColor) | 3,381 | 27.62 |
| Radeon X800 GT (HIS) | 3,192 | 35.18 |
| GeForce 7600 GS (NVIDIA) | 3,093 | 39.51 |
| Radeon X1600 Pro Turbo (HIS) | 3,074 | 40.37 |
| Radeon X700 Pro (Sapphire) | 2,253 | 91.52 |
| GeForce 6600 GT (XFX) | 1,957 | 120.49 |
| GeForce 6600 (Albatron) | 1,259 | 242.73 |
| Radeon X600 Pro (Sapphire) | 1,040 | 314.90 |
| Radeon X600 XT (ATI) | 992 | 334.98 |
| 3DMark05 – 1600×1200 | Score | Difference |
| GeForce 7950 GX2 (NVIDIA) | 7,598 | 121.52 |
| GeForce 7900 GTX (NVIDIA) | 6,559 | 91.22 |
| Radeon X1900 XTX (ATI) | 6,513 | 89.88 |
| Radeon X1900 GT (Connect3D) | 6,220 | 81.34 |
| Radeon X1800 XT (ATI) | 5,862 | 70.90 |
| GeForce 7900 GT (NVIDIA) | 5,524 | 61.05 |
| GeForce 7800 GTX (MSI) | 5,371 | 56.59 |
| GeForce 7800 GT (NVIDIA) | 4,786 | 39.53 |
| Radeon X1800 XL (ATI) | 4,785 | 39.50 |
| GeForce 7600 GT (NVIDIA) | 4,096 | 19.42 |
| Radeon X850 XT P.E. (ATI) | 3,931 | 14.61 |
| GeForce 6800 GS (NVIDIA) | 3,455 | 0.73 |
| Radeon X1600 XT (Sapphire) | 3,430 | |
| Radeon X1600 XT (ATI) | 3,376 | 1.60 |
| GeForce 6800 GT (NVIDIA) | 3,091 | 10.97 |
| Radeon X800 GTO (HIS) | 2,856 | 20.10 |
| Radeon X1600 Pro 512 MB (PowerColor) | 2,702 | 26.94 |
| GeForce 7600 GS (NVIDIA) | 2,608 | 31.52 |
| Radeon X800 GT (HIS) | 2,430 | 41.15 |
| Radeon X1600 Pro Turbo (HIS) | 2,062 | 66.34 |
| Radeon X700 Pro (Sapphire) | 1,789 | 91.73 |
| GeForce 6600 GT (XFX) | 1,264 | 171.36 |
| GeForce 6600 (Albatron) | 944 | 263.35 |
| Radeon X600 Pro (Sapphire) | 814 | 321.38 |
| Radeon X600 XT (ATI) | 708 | 384.46 |
| 3DMark05 – 1024×768 AAx4, Anisox4 | Score | Difference |
| GeForce 7950 GX2 (NVIDIA) | 7,735 | 80.51 |
| GeForce 7900 GTX (NVIDIA) | 6,893 | 60.86 |
| Radeon X1800 XT (ATI) | 6,788 | 58.41 |
| Radeon X1900 XTX (ATI) | 6,717 | 56.76 |
| Radeon X1900 GT (Connect3D) | 6,656 | 55.33 |
| GeForce 7900 GT (NVIDIA) | 6,123 | 42.89 |
| GeForce 7800 GTX (MSI) | 6,052 | 41.24 |
| Radeon X1800 XL (ATI) | 5,874 | 37.08 |
| GeForce 7800 GT (NVIDIA) | 5,559 | 29.73 |
| Radeon X850 XT P.E. (ATI) | 4,971 | 16.01 |
| GeForce 7600 GT (NVIDIA) | 4,634 | 8.14 |
| Radeon X1600 XT (Sapphire) | 4,285 | |
| GeForce 6800 GS (NVIDIA) | 4,108 | 4.31 |
| Radeon X1600 XT (ATI) | 4,072 | 5.23 |
| GeForce 6800 GT (NVIDIA) | 3,700 | 15.81 |
| Radeon X800 GTO (HIS) | 3,655 | 17.24 |
| Radeon X800 GT (HIS) | 3,523 | 21.63 |
| Radeon X1600 Pro 512 MB (PowerColor) | 3,214 | 33.32 |
| GeForce 7600 GS (NVIDIA) | 2,881 | 48.73 |
| Radeon X1600 Pro Turbo (HIS) | 2,460 | 74.19 |
| Radeon X700 Pro (Sapphire) | 2,232 | 91.98 |
| GeForce 6600 GT (XFX) | 1,287 | 232.94 |
| Radeon X600 Pro (Sapphire) | 1,038 | 312.81 |
| GeForce 6600 (Albatron) | 935 | 358.29 |
| Radeon X600 XT (ATI) | 903 | 374.53 |
| 3DMark05 – 1280×1024 AAx4, Anisox4 | Score | Difference |
| GeForce 7950 GX2 (NVIDIA) | 7,485 | 115.33 |
| Radeon X1900 XTX (ATI) | 6,571 | 89.04 |
| GeForce 7900 GTX (NVIDIA) | 6,325 | 81.96 |
| Radeon X1800 XT (ATI) | 6,040 | 73.76 |
| Radeon X1900 GT (Connect3D) | 5,955 | 71.32 |
| GeForce 7900 GT (NVIDIA) | 5,277 | 51.81 |
| GeForce 7800 GTX (MSI) | 5,186 | 49.19 |
| Radeon X1800 XL (ATI) | 4,915 | 41.40 |
| GeForce 7800 GT (NVIDIA) | 4,664 | 34.18 |
| Radeon X850 XT P.E. (ATI) | 4,028 | 15.88 |
| GeForce 7600 GT (NVIDIA) | 3,738 | 7.54 |
| Radeon X1600 XT (Sapphire) | 3,476 | |
| Radeon X1600 XT (ATI) | 3,295 | 5.49 |
| GeForce 6800 GS (NVIDIA) | 3,286 | 5.78 |
| GeForce 6800 GT (NVIDIA) | 2,969 | 17.08 |
| Radeon X800 GTO (HIS) | 2,891 | 20.24 |
| Radeon X1600 Pro 512 MB (PowerColor) | 2,571 | 35.20 |
| Radeon X800 GT (HIS) | 2,510 | 38.49 |
| GeForce 7600 GS (NVIDIA) | 2,232 | 55.73 |
| Radeon X1600 Pro Turbo (HIS) | 1,796 | 93.54 |
| Radeon X700 Pro (Sapphire) | 1,722 | 101.86 |
| Radeon X600 Pro (Sapphire) | 803 | 332.88 |
| Radeon X600 XT (ATI) | 581 | 498.28 |
| 3DMark05 – 1600×1200 AAx4, Anisox4 | Score | Difference |
| GeForce 7950 GX2 (NVIDIA) | 7,209 | 167.89 |
| Radeon X1900 XTX (ATI) | 6,253 | 132.37 |
| GeForce 7900 GTX (NVIDIA) | 5,668 | 110.63 |
| Radeon X1800 XT (ATI) | 5,288 | 96.51 |
| Radeon X1900 GT (Connect3D) | 5,285 | 96.40 |
| Radeon X1800 XL (ATI) | 4,205 | 56.26 |
| GeForce 7800 GTX (MSI) | 4,168 | 54.89 |
| GeForce 7900 GT (NVIDIA) | 3,776 | 40.32 |
| GeForce 7800 GT (NVIDIA) | 3,746 | 39.20 |
| Radeon X850 XT P.E. (ATI) | 3,325 | 23.56 |
| Radeon X1600 XT (Sapphire) | 2,691 | |
| Radeon X1600 XT (ATI) | 2,644 | 1.78 |
| GeForce 7600 GT (NVIDIA) | 2,553 | 5.41 |
| Radeon X800 GTO (HIS) | 2,365 | 13.78 |
| GeForce 6800 GS (NVIDIA) | 2,235 | 20.40 |
| GeForce 6800 GT (NVIDIA) | 2,233 | 20.51 |
| Radeon X800 GT (HIS) | 1,948 | 38.14 |
| Radeon X1600 Pro 512 MB (PowerColor) | 1,931 | 39.36 |
| GeForce 7600 GS (NVIDIA) | 1,552 | 73.39 |
| Radeon X700 Pro (Sapphire) | 1,374 | 95.85 |
| Radeon X1600 Pro Turbo (HIS) | 988 | 172.37 |
| Radeon X600 Pro (Sapphire) | 589 | 356.88 |
| Radeon X600 XT (ATI) | 341 | 689.15 |