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PowerColor X800 GTO PCI Express Videocard Review
PowerColor X800 GTO PCI Express Videocard Review - PCSTATS
PowerColor's X800 GTO is one of the new series of ATi X800 videocards, and it offers up quite a bevy of value for the mainstream consumers.
 76% Rating:   
Filed under: Video Cards Published:  Author: 
External Mfg. Website: PowerColor Mar 07 2006   C. Sun  
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Benchmarks: 3DMark03, 3DMark05

3DMark03 Source: FutureMark

Designed for DirectX9.0, provides you with all the information you need to make informed hardware assessments. Havok Total real-time physics library from Havok - these routines are used to accurately model the movements of objects due to forces, etc. FMOD sound library from Firelight Technologies - these are used for the various sound effects and routines used in the tests. Graphics adapter analysis software from Powerstrip of Entech Taiwan - this is used to correctly determine the speeds of the graphics processing and video memory chips, plus supply additional hardware information. Higher 3DMark03 scores denote better performance.

3DMark03:
Videocards: Points Ranking
MSI RX1800XT-VT2D512E 16540
Gigabyte GV-RX18L256V-B 13540
ATi Radeon X850 XT PE 13299
MSI RX800XT-VTD256E 12212
ATi Radeon X800 XL 11313
PowerColor X700 Pro 7651
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D512E 18879
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (Single) 16289
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (SLI Mode) 26662
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (Single) 14674
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (SLI Mode) 24462
MSI NX6800GT-T2D256E 12256
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (Single) 8855
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (SLI Mode) 14507
Albatron GeForce 6600-512 5438
PowerColor X800 GTO 9457
PowerColor X800 GTO (438/378) 10107

Considering its $130CDN price point, the PowerColor X800 GTO videocard does very well for itself and can compete easily with GeForce 6600GT-class videocards! Overclocking boosts its score slightly. allowing the Radeon X800 GTO videocard to break the 10k barrier in 3DMark03.

3DMark05 Source: FutureMark

3DMark05 is the latest version of the highly favoured 3DMark graphics benchmarking series. It is the first benchmark to require DirectX9.0 compliant hardware with support for Pixel Shader 2.0 or higher!

3DMark05
Overall Points Ranking
MSI RX1800XT-VT2D512E 8863
Gigabyte GV-RX18L256V-B 7214
ATi Radeon X850 XT PE 6568
MSI RX800XT-VTD256E 5921
ATi Radeon X800 XL 5301
PowerColor X700 Pro 3286
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D512E 9079
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (Single) 7669
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (SLI Mode) 11571
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (Single) 6850
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (SLI Mode) 11161
MSI NX6800GT-T2D256E 5288
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (Single) 3287
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (SLI Mode) 6425
Albatron GeForce 6600-512 2219
PowerColor X800 GTO 4061
PowerColor X800 GTO (438/378) 4380

The PowerColor X800 GTO does well in 3DMark05 for its class. It outperforms the Radeon X700 Pro and GeForce 6600GT again. The mainstream Radeon X800 GTO core is obviously no match for high end videocards, but it is much more affordable.

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Contents of Article: PowerColor X800 GTO
 Pg 1.  PowerColor X800 GTO PCI Express Videocard Review
 Pg 2.  Videocard Overclocking Tests
 Pg 3.  — Benchmarks: 3DMark03, 3DMark05
 Pg 4.  Benchmarks: AquaMark3, Halo
 Pg 5.  Benchmarks: FarCry
 Pg 6.  Benchmarks: SplinterCell: Chaos Theory
 Pg 7.  Benchmarks: Doom 3
 Pg 8.  Benchmarks: FEAR
 Pg 9.  Advanced Benchmarks: FarCry, Conclusions

 
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