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Half-Life 2 as a benchmark

Consolidated benchmarking

We have reviewed seven key PCI-E video cards. Let's now consoldate all the results and if possible add the results for the remaining cards.

Here is a list of video cards that took part in the consolidated benchmarking:

VGA	GPU	Core/Mem	Memory	Mem type	PP/VP
ATI
ASUS AX800 XT	R423	500/1000	256Mb	256-bit GDDR3	16x1, 6VP
ATI Radeon X800 XL Ref	R423	400/1000	256Mb	256-bit GDDR3	16x1, 6VP
ATI Radeon X700 XT Ref	RV410	475/1050	128Mb	128-bit GDDR3	8x1, 6VP
ASUS AX700 Pro	RV410	425/870	256Mb	128-bit GDDR3	8x1, 6VP
ABIT RX600 XT	RV380	500/760	128Mb	128-bit DDR	4 1
GeCube X600 Pro	RV380	400/600	128Mb	128-bit DDR	4 1
ATI X300 Ref	RV370	325/200	128Mb	128-bit DDR	2 1
ATI X300 SE Ref	RV370	325/200	64Mb	64-bit DDR	2 1
NVIDIA
NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra+	NV40	400/1100	256Mb	256-bit GDDR3	16x1, 6VP
NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT Ref	NV40	350/1000	256Mb	256-bit GDDR3	16x1, 6VP
Gigabyte GeForce 6600 GT	NV43	500/1000	128Mb	128-bit GDDR3	8x1, 3VP
ASUS GeForce 6600	NV43	300/500	128Mb	128-bit DDR	8x1, 3VP
Gigabyte GeForce PCX5900	NV35	350/550	128Mb	256-bit DDR	8 1
MSI GeForce PCX5750	NV36	425/500	128Mb	128-bit DDR	4 1

First off, the overall graphic performance for 15 video cards. We used the demo "canal-3dnews", and in the "Advanced Video Options" menu we set all to the maximum for all the video cards, with the sound disabled.

4xAA / 8xAF

The maximum options the game supports are 6xAA/16xAF, but NVIDIA cards do not support the 6xAA mode, and although they support the 16xAF, they ignore it switching back to the 8 mode, so we had to revert to 4xAA/8xAF as the maximum mode acceptable to both rivals. The results for seven cards that took part in the detailed benchmarking have been presented on the previous pages.

As we see, X700Pro takes a lead over X700XT, which is seemingly absurd. But the XT version offers 128Mb, whereas the Pro - 256Mb. With the quality settings 4xAA/8xAF, the memory capacity 128Mb is no longer sufficient, so the Pro takes a lead.

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	Console and command-line options System Tests Changing the graphic settings Image quality Benchmarking ASUS AX800 XT Benchmarking ATI Radeon X800 XL Benchmarking NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT Benchmarking NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT Benchmarking ATI Radeon X700 XT Benchmarking ASUS AX700 Pro Benchmarking ABIT RX600Pro+Guru Consolidated benchmarking Final Words

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