While PCstats.com is pretty impartial when it
comes to choosing a GPU brand (ATI or Nvidia, it doesn't matter to us),
I expect them to overclock like a daemon, or back to the store they
go.
With the
knowledge that the Gigabyte X600XT videocard overclocked
so nicely, there were obviously
a lot of anticipation about how the MSI RX600XT-TD128 videocard would handle its overclocking
tasks...
We started to raise the clock speed of the X600 core slowly from 500 MHz
through to 550 MHz. Continuing on, the core speed passed 575 MHz and 600 MHz.... but could not rise
past 610 MHz. There were no visual artifacts visible, and the temperatures
seemed fine, but anything above 610 MHz would generate a blank screen when running 3D benchmarks.
The MSI RX600XT-TD128 videocard had its memory clocked at 384MHz
by default. Going up slowly we were easily able to crack the 400 MHz mark. Continuing
on, the memory was able to pass 430 MHz with ease, ending up at a maximum oveclocked speed
of 438 MHz. Not too shabby at all! Since the core and memory
overclocked well together, the overclocked benchmarks will be run at 610MHz core / 438MHz memory.
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| PCStats Test System Specs: |
|
system 1 |
system 2 |
| processor: |
intel pentium 4 540 |
intel pentium 4 3.0c |
| clock
speed: |
16 x 200 mhz = 3.2 ghz |
15 x 200 mhz = 3.0 ghz |
| motherboards: |
gigabyte 8anxp-d, i925x |
gigabyte 8knxp, i875p |
| videocard: |
gigabyte gv-rx60x128v
gigabyte gv-nx57128d
msi pcx5750-td128
msi rx600xt-td128
|
ati radeon 9800xt
ati radeon 9800 pro
ati
radeon 9700 pro
asus radeon 9600xt
msi fx5950 ultra-td128
msi fx5900u-vtd256
msi
fx5900xt-vtd128
aopen geforcefx
5900xt |
| memory: |
2x 256mb crucial pc4300
ddr2 |
2x 256mb corsair twinx
3200ll |
| hard
drive: |
40gb wd special
ed |
40gb wd special
ed |
| cdrom: |
msi x48 cd-rw/dvd-rom |
nec 52x cd-rom |
| powersupply: |
vantec stealth 470w |
vantec stealth 470w |
| software setup |
windowsxp build 2600
intel inf 5.02.1012
forceware 60.85 |
windowsxp build 2600
intel inf 5.02.1012
catalyst 3.9
detonator
53.03 |
| benchmarks |
3dmark2001se
codecreatures
aquamark
aquamark3
gun metal 2
x2 the
threat
ut2003
aa test, af and
aa+af test
3dmark2001se
x2 the threat
ut2003 | |
the agp
and pci-e systems are different, but the results are being included for
reference.
By
combining DirectX8 support with completely new graphics, it continues to provide
good overall system benchmarks. 3DMark2001SE has been created in cooperation
with the major 3D accelerator and processor manufacturers to provide a reliable
set of diagnostic tools. The suite demonstrates 3D gaming performance by using
real-world gaming technology to test a system's true performance abilities.
Tests include: DirectX8 Vertex Shaders, Pixel Shaders and Point Sprites, DOT3
and Environment Mapped Bump Mapping, support for Full Scene Anti-aliasing and
Texture Compression and two game tests using Ipion real-time physics.
Higher
numbers denote better performance.
The MSI
RX600XT-TD128 videocard does well in 3DMark... better than the nVIDIA
competition anyway. It scores slightly lower than the Gigabyte X600XT, but
that's because it's clocked slower at stock.
3DMark2001SE 
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