Powercolor X1950XTX
Benchmarking (3dMark) and Overclocking
Published: 7th September 2006 | Source: Powercolor | Price: |
Author: Matthew Kemp (kempez)
Hardware Acquired: Powercolor
Benchmarking - 3DMark
for this section I will include only the results from the cards I have run 3DMark on in the test system. This is the 7900GTX and the X1950XT-X.
I used the popular gaming benchmarks made by Futuremark to bench all of the cards. I used 3dMark 03, 05 and 06. All benches were performed at stock speeds for this section. I ran all benchmarks from the stock settings just like the free versions to give you a good comparison of scores.
The Results were as follows:
3dMark 03
First we start with 3dMark03. This is a benchmark that relies heavily on DirectX 8 features. This will give an indication of how the card will run on games that rely on DX 8.
For some reason the X19XX series don't do very well in this benchmark compared to the nVidia cards.. The score is still good, but a little disappointing compared to a 7900GTX.
3dMark05
I ran 3dMark05. This benchmark requires some more features of DirectX 9 and gets slightly more taxing on the cards.
Here the X1950XTX really shows us what it can do. With a very nice score of 13371 out of the box, I was impressed with this card in this test.
3dMark06
3dMark06 is the latest in the benchmarking tests from Futuremark. It has a lot of DirectX 9.0c features such as HDR and use of Shader model 3.0. This benchmark is very taxing for the cards and also includes quite a harsh CPU benchmark. Seeing as this was run with the exact same CPU this was not an issue.
And again the X1950XTX excels in the benchmark. That's a very impressive score for 3dMark06.
Overall an impressive performance by the X1950XTX - definately a card you want to get if you plan on breaking some records - LN² or phase would certainly push the card right up there...
Overall an impressive performance by the X1950XTX - definately a card you want to get if you plan on breaking some records - LN² or phase would certainly push the card right up there...
Most Recent Comments
Nice review. Good pix & benches too, Kempez 
Very thorough. You should use that card, hehe..your GTX get's smacked around by both cards lol, it's depressing (for you at least).
Very thorough. You should use that card, hehe..your GTX get's smacked around by both cards lol, it's depressing (for you at least).Nah not depressed.
3 reasons:
1: nVidia's drivers are better
2: My GTX doesn't sound like its about to take off
3: I know I'll change my card when DX10 cards come out
Nice card tho
3 reasons:
1: nVidia's drivers are better
2: My GTX doesn't sound like its about to take off
3: I know I'll change my card when DX10 cards come out
Nice card tho
LOL good point. The X1K is quite loud, but christ ever stick your hand back there? Pushes at least 60 CFM at 100% if not more.
Nick
Nick
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Originally Posted by NickS
LOL good point. The X1K is quite loud, but christ ever stick your hand back there? Pushes at least 60 CFM at 100% if not more.
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sweet reveiw mate and agreed nvidia's cooling solution is very capable sound-performance wise .
cheers.
.cheers.
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