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HIS Radeon 9600XT Video Card

Manufacturer: HIS
Product: Excalibur 9600XT Turbo Version Platinum Pack
Date: Tue, Jan 13, 2004 - 09:00 AM
Written By: Justin West -
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Game Tests:

UT2003 v2225:

For the UT2003 test, we ran the built in Asbestos botmatch benchmark. We set the AA and AF settings through the driver. The graph shows the results after using FRAPS to capture the FPS ever second over the course of the benchmark. The chart shows the Average FPS from the built in benchmark.

It seems like there is about a 10 FPS difference in most cases between the 9600XT and the 5600 Ultra.

Return to Castle Wolfenstein v1.41:

For the RTCW test, we ran a custom Checkpoint Demo with the "/timedemo 1" setting in the game's console. We set the AA and AF settings through the driver. The graph shows the results after using FRAPS to capture the FPS every second over the course of the benchmark. The chart shows the Average FPS from the timedemo results.

In this test, it seems that the 9600XT and 5600 Ultra run pretty even. Not a big difference in performance here.

Halo v1.01:

For the Halo test, we ran the built in timedemo benchmark by adding "-timedemo" at the end of our shortcut. We left AA and AF disabled for this test due to its graphic intensity at default settings. The graph shows the results after using FRAPS to capture the FPS every second over the course of the benchmark. The chart shows the Average FPS from the built in timedemo.

Overall, it seems the two tested video cards run pretty even in this test, with the 9600XT peaking ahead in a few places. To explain the drops in the line graph to 0 FPS, it is when the built in timedemo switches to a different scene, so there is no game running at that time. I will also say that when actually playing Halo as a game, I found the game is very graphic intensive and at certain points in the game both the 5600 Ultra and 9600 XT video cards were having a hard time keeping up.

Call of Duty:

For the COD test, we ran a custom demo created by ViperLair with the "/timedemo 1" setting in the games console. We set the AA and AF settings through the driver. The graph shows the results after using FRAPS to capture the FPS ever second over the course of the benchmark. The chart shows the Average FPS from the timedemo results.

When you look at the line graph from the FRAPS results, it seems like we are really pushing the abilities of both the 9600XT and 5600 Ultra. However, when you look at the results on the chart, it seems that with AA and AF both disabled, your game play should be pretty smooth, but without as much eye-candy.

Now on to IQ testing, Overclocking, and our Conclusion.

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