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Sapphire Radeon X1600 XT Ultimate Review

Our review of Radeon X1600 XT Ultimate from Sapphire, a Radeon X1600 XT using a silent cooling solution.

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3DMark05

Contents

  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Radeon X1600 XT Ultimate from Sapphire
  • 3. Main Specifications
  • 4. How We Tested
  • 5. 3DMark2001 SE
  • 6. 3DMark03
  • 7. 3DMark05
  • 8. Doom 3
  • 9. Far Cry
  • 10. Conclusions

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.

Radeon X1600

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

Radeon X1600

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

Radeon X1600

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

Radeon X1600

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

Radeon X1600

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

Radeon X1600

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
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