Sapphire X1900XT-X 512mb

Game Tests Cont.

Published: 27th January 2006 | Source: Sapphire | Price: | Author: Matt Kemp

Gaming Tests Cont.

Counter Strike: Source

I was running Counter Strike via the Steam service, fully patched. I ran three two minute tests on the same server (with a good ping and excellent server FPS). This test was simply stunning. I enabled all high-end features of the card at 1920 x 1200 and the FPS was excellent - above 70 at all times.

Counter Strike is the multi-player game based on the source engine. This runs a lot of DX 9 features but is relatively light on the GPU. This game test was more a test of quality and the X1900XT-X looked easily better than the 7800GTX. The AF was awesome and AA in the distance was simply stunning - no jaggies at all. Even when compared to the 7800GTX 512mb the quality of the scene is very good.

Card	X1900XT-X	7800GTX 512mb
Resolution	1920 x 1200	1920 x 1200
AA	6x TAA	4x SSAA
AF	16x HQAF	16x AF
HDR	Enabled	Enabled

Full in game settings used.
The X1900XT-X performs very well in CS:S

F.E.A.R.

F.E.A.R. is a game based on a new engine that uses many features of DirectX 9.0c. It has volumetric lighting, soft shadows, parallax mapping and particle effects, with a slow-motion mode that really taxes today's top of the line GPU's. I fully patched version the game with the latest patch. I played three two-minute runs on a taxing part of the game with plenty of action, using slow-motion for the full time whilst firing at enemy soldiers.

Card	X1900XT-X	7800GTX 512mb
Resolution	1920 x 1200	1920 x 1200
AA	4x TAA	2x AA
AF	16x HQAF	16x AF
HDR	Disabled	Disabled

Soft Shadows are disabled on the 7800GTX cards as they it takes a very big hit in FPS. The ATI card handled this fine, although this is a poorly implemented feature and makes barely any visual difference.

Call of Duty 2

Call of Duty 2 is a fairly recent game that uses a lot of DirectX 9.0c features, including real time shadows, amazing smoke effects and some nice looking HDR effects. This maked the game very taxing at these high resolutions. I played a fully patched up version of the game.

The X1900XT-X had a tough time playing this with 4 x TAA enabled so I lowered it to simply 4 x AA, leaving Adaptive AA enabled as well as 16 x HQAF. The 7800GTX 512 struggled to play the game at 4 x AA and 1920 x 1200, so I played at 1680 x 1080 with 4 x AA, which ran fine, even if the minimum FPS dropped a bit low at 13FPS. In comparison the X1900XT-X never creeped below 18FPS at any point, making for a far more enjoyable and smooth experience.

Card	X1900XT-X	7800GTX 512mb
Resolution	1920 x 1200	1680 x 1080
AA	6x TAA	4x AA
AF	16x HQAF	16x AF
HDR	Enabled	Enabled

Maximum settings were used.
The X1900XT-X easily won this test over the 7800GTX 512mb. The card made the game look simply stunning and I thoroughly enjoyed the experience with the X1900XT-X.

Next: Benchmarking and conclusion....

Most Recent Comments

31-01-2006, 10:12:50

FarFarAway

A few minor adjustments to do: but here is where you can discuss the review:

http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews_show.php?id=19&page=1

31-01-2006, 10:14:14

Jim

Great review mate. Props too ya . Hopefully the begining of a lot of top class reviews for OC3D

31-01-2006, 10:41:36

FragTek

Very nice mate!! Keep up the awesome reviewing

31-01-2006, 14:13:41

FarFarAway

Thanks lads

I've added a few more pics and amended a few bits of the review

31-01-2006, 14:20:26

Tec

Very nice review Kemp , keep up the good work, have you tried overclocking the card with Ati Tools or are they both have same speed limits ?

31-01-2006, 14:27:01

FarFarAway

No Imma get something to OC today mefinks

31-01-2006, 16:15:37

WC Annihilus

Nice review man.

I did the same with this review as the other (hope you don't mind

)

31-01-2006, 16:29:18

Tec

Little addon to spice up the benchys.

http://upload.sysxtreme.com/0.X/0.4186518/oc3dati1900xtxkemp.swf

I had to do this quickly , i can alter the background colour to match sites background colour so it looks embedded.

If you want to get numbers for the games too then i can do charts for them too.

Hope you like it.. See you around.

31-01-2006, 16:34:36

FarFarAway

Nice work Tec

I don't want to do game numbers for this one seeing as I don't have an nvidia card anymore and I don't think that thats what this card is about.

The add-in would need to be below 400px wide to fit on the page so feel free to go ahead and change it to match and I'll put it in with credit

31-01-2006, 18:06:38

Tec

.swf should fit into any width Kempez , autofit anysize i meant

if it doesnt i ll do another one. No need for credit as its all for OC3D

31-01-2006, 18:57:18

Danni

Nice review- I could understand everything (always a good sign).

Hope it's the beginning of a great future for OC3D

31-01-2006, 18:58:58

Tec

Quote:

Originally Posted by Danni

Nice review- I could understand everything (always a good sign).

Hope it's the beginning of a great future for OC3D

I am sure it is

02-02-2006, 08:13:05

FarFarAway

some pretty decent news:

Type in "sapphire x1900xt-x review"

and here's what ya get:

w00t

02-02-2006, 08:14:57

Jim

Page 1 baby

And OC3D hasn't even been submitted to the engines yet!

02-02-2006, 08:25:18

FragTek

Quote:

Originally Posted by XMS

Page 1 baby

And OC3D hasn't even been submitted to the engines yet!

Verrry nice. Maybe we shouldn't submit it

Maybe that's what fucked up the SX listings, lol.

02-02-2006, 08:43:03

Jim

Yeah, i think i'll wait and see. If Google indexes the entire site (its only doing the index atm) then i wont bother submitting it

EDIT: THB, what you said could well be true Frag. Maybe google penalizes sites that submit directly to it. Maybe google believe that the sites that are found via word of mouth (eg, SX linking to OC3D) carry more weight.

Sapphire X1900XT-X 512mb

Game Tests Cont.

Published: 27th January 2006 | Source: Sapphire | Price: | Author: Matt Kemp

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