Legit Video Card Reviews

ATI X1000 Series Video Card Roundup

Manufacturer: ATI
Product: X1300 Pro, X1600XT, X1800XL, X1800XT
Date: Sun, Dec 18, 2005 - 12:00 AM
Written By: Brian Wallace -
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Test Setup

For testing purposes I used the following system:

Test System:

AMD Video Card Test Platform

Component

Brand/Model

Live Pricing

Processor

AMD Athlon 64 3700+

Motherboard
DFI NF4 Ultra-D

Memory
2GB Crucial PC-4000

Hard Drive

Western Digital Raptor 74GB

Cooling

Vapochill Micro

Power Supply

OCZ PowerStream 600W

Operating System

Windows XP Professional

Video Drivers
ATI 5.12 with CCC
Forceware 81.94

Platform Drivers
Nforce 4 6.70

Cards tested
BFG 7800GTX OC
Nvidia 6800GT
Nvidia 6200TC

ATI X1300 Pro
ATI X1600XT
ATI X850XT Platinum Edition
ATI X1800XL
ATI X1800XT

Games Tested
Call of Duty 2
Chronicles of Riddick
Doom 3
Far Cry
Serious Sam 2
3dMark05

Please keep in mind that the BFG 7800GTX OC is overclocked and as such will have higher scores than a reference Nvidia 7800GTX! Core speed is 460 MHz and Memory speed is 1300 Mhz.

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Review Index
Page 1 - Introduction
Page 2 - Under The Hood
Page 3 - Ring Bus Memory Controller
Page 4 - The ATI X1300 Pro, X1300 and X1300 HyperMemory:
Page 5 - The ATI X1600 XT and X1600 Pro
Page 6 - X1800 XT and X1800 XL
Page 7 - Features
Page 8 - Test Setup
Page 9 - Chronicles of Riddick
Page 10 - Doom 3
Page 11 - Far Cry
Page 12 - Serious Sam 2
Page 13 - Call of Duty 2
Page 14 - 3D Mark 2005
Page 15 - Adaptive Anti-Aliasing charts
Page 16 - Adaptive Anti-Aliasing cont.
Page 17 - Final Thoughts and Conclusions