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Review: SAPPHIRE X800 GT Hybrid 256MB PCIe

by Tarinder Sandhu on 12 August 2005, 00:00

Tags: Sapphire

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System setup and notes

Hardware and Software

Test Platforms

Systems Athlon 64 S939 PCI-Express System
Processor AMD Athlon 64 4000+
Mainboard ABIT AX8 K8T890
Memory 1GByte (2x512MB) Corsair XMS3200 XL
Memory timings 2-2-2-5 1T @ DDR400
Graphics Card #1 SAPPHIRE X800 GT Hybrid 256MB PCIe (475/980)
Graphics Card #2 ATI Radeon X700 Pro 256MB PCIe (425/865)
Graphics Card #3 Galaxy GeForce 6600 GT 128MB PCIe (525/1050)
Disk Drive 160GB Western Digtal 160JB IDE
BIOS Version BIOS 10 - 14th February 2005
Operating System Windows XP Professional SP2
Mainboard Software VIA Hyperion Pro v4.55


Software



ATI CATALYST 5.7 for ATI-based cards
NVIDIA ForceWare 77.72 for NVIDIA-based cards

Futuremark 3DMark05 Build 1.2.0 - AA and AF set via application
DOOM 3 v1.1 (1282) Timedemo 1 - AA and AF set via application
Far Cry v1.3 - custom HEXUS benchmark - AA and AF set via application
Half-Life 2 - custom HEXUS benchmark - AA and AF set via application
Chronicles Of Riddick - Escape from Butcher Bay - custom HEXUS benchmark - AA and AF set via control panel
Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory - custom HEXUS benchmark

Notes


We'll be taking a look at SAPPHIRE's X800 GT 256MB performance against the GPU it effectively replaces as ATI's midrange champion, the X700 Pro. No comparison would be complete without an offering from NVIDIA, and it's absolutely no surprise that it's the GeForce 6600 GT, with Galaxy supplying the sample which was clocked in at 525MHz core and 1050MHz RAM, just above default levels.