Sapphire X1950 Pro Dual
Test Results - 3DMark
Published: 3rd May 2007 | Source: Sapphire | Price: |
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 as well as at 1920 x 1200 (4 x AA).
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.
The X1950 Pro Dual does pretty well at stock settings in 3DMark03. However when I cranked it up to 1920 x 1200 with 4 x AA the point score dropped right off.
3dMark05
I ran 3dMark05. This benchmark requires some more features of DirectX 9 and gets slightly more taxing on the cards.
3dMark05
I ran 3dMark05. This benchmark requires some more features of DirectX 9 and gets slightly more taxing on the cards.
Once again the stock score was comparible. However when the AA was cranked up the score dropped off considerably.
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 speeds this was not an issue.
3DMark06 shows the same pattern with the 8800GTS cards really showing their stamina at the high resolution with 4 x AA added.
Most Recent Comments
For an ATI card I am impressed with the performance!
I am not an ATI fan but that it pretty.
Nice review!
I am not an ATI fan but that it pretty.
Nice review!
Dunno about pretty
Pretty huge maybe?
Pretty huge maybe?
Pretty nasty point drop at high res in 3Dmark tbh
Ye which was strange as gaming it didn't do too badly. 3DMark I always take with a pinch of salt but it is a bit disappointing
UPDATE:
Sapphire have said that the retail version comes with 3DMark06 and more importantly 4 DVI outputs for a 4 monitor setup.
Pretty cool.
Sapphire have said that the retail version comes with 3DMark06 and more importantly 4 DVI outputs for a 4 monitor setup.
Pretty cool.
Good review, seems like a cool product, just a little late in the game. Hate to nit pick but on page 3 under Test Setup and Notes it says "To test these high-end nVidia cards I set a PC that gives as little of a bottleneck as possible." Again sorry to be annoying.
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UPDATE:
Sapphire have said that the retail version comes with 3DMark06 and more importantly 4 DVI outputs for a 4 monitor setup. Pretty cool. |
And 4 monitors on one card, thats pretty damn good!
But who uses 4 monitors!? :eh:
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Someone with 4 eyes?
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The review is decent, as always.
Personally, I think the product is weak. It is dx9, overpriced (almost as much as a GTS but fails to perform as well, again, it is not dx10 either) stupidly large and... Almost pointless. IMO.
Look forward to seeing the HD2900XT
Would u think again if they have an inside inclin that Dx10 might not be with us til Q4.2008 ?
(not a fact, just speculation)
Still pricey imo, I`d still lean the 8800 way if I`m looking to spend around $350.
(not a fact, just speculation)
Still pricey imo, I`d still lean the 8800 way if I`m looking to spend around $350.
Wouldn't touch it with the 8800GTS 320mb beating it in benchmarks and having DX10. The only thing nVidia has to do to really put the grind into ATI is make SLI usable with 2 or more monitors. The dual GPU thing just doesn't do it, ATI needs to come out with DX10 GPU's, and make the cards smaller not bigger. If I were ATI and wanted to come out swinging against nVidia, that would be priority #2--- a smaller video card. Priority #1 would be making the GPU less power hungry while still making faster/powerful cores. With the AMD merger, I don't know whats keeping this from happening because they're pretty much giving up on a market they once ruled but are repeatedly losing sight of.
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