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Radeon X800 Pro Card Roundup
[Abstract]
ATI's Breadwinner Of The High-EndSlightly more than a half a year after its launch, the ATI RADEON X800 XT Platinum Edition is still the highest performing product on the AGP front. Supporting ...
[Content] PCDigitalMobileGame
Feature Comparisons
From the showcase of the seven cards presented over the last couple of pages, only three factors were found to be common across all of them:-
The default operating clock speed of 475/900 MHz
The 256MB frame buffer size
The rear faceplate connectors, which encompass a DVI-I, DB15 VGA and mini-DIN port (for video output or VIVO depending on the graphics card model).
To easily differentiate between each graphics card, we drafted the below comparison tables, which we believe would come in handy to understand the outcome of the tests and our final evaluation.
Graphics Card Comparison-1
| Basic Comparative Specs | ABIT RX800 PRO | Connect3D RADEON X800 PRO | GeCube GC-X800PRO256-VIVO | Gigabyte GV-R80P256V | | Default Clock Speeds | 475/900 MHz | 475/900 MHz | 475/900 MHz | 475/900 MHz | | No. of Active VPU Pixel Pipelines | 12 | 12 | 16 | 16 | | Cooler Design | Reference solution (65mm fan) | Reference solution (65mm fan) | Reference solution (65mm fan) | Custom - extended (65mm fan) | | Rear Cooling? | No | No | No | No | | RAM Cooling? | No | No | No | Yes (front only) | | RAM Spec | Samsung K4J55323QF-GC20 | Samsung K4J55323QF-GC20 | Samsung K4J55323QF-GC16 | Samsung K4J55323QF-GC16 | | Single Slot Solution? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | | Video Input? | No | No | Yes (ATI Rage Theatre) | Yes (ATI Rage Theatre) | | Software Titles | | | - CyberLink PowerDVD 5.0
- CyberLink Power Director 2.5 ME
- CyberLink MediaShow 2.0 SE
| - CyberLink PowerDVD 5.0
- CyberLink PowerDirector 3.0 ME
- 3D-Album DE ver:2.03
- Gigabyte V-Tuner 2
| | Game Titles | | | - Counter Strike: Condition Zero
| - Counter Strike: Condition Zero
- SpellForce: The Order Of Dawn
- Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield
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Graphics Card Comparison-2
| Basic Comparative Specs | HIS Excalibur X800Pro IceQ II VIVO | PowerColor RADEON X800 PRO | Sapphire RADEON X800 PRO VIVO | | Default Clock Speeds | 475/900 MHz | 475/900 MHz | 475/900 MHz | | No. of Active VPU Pixel Pipelines | 12 | 12 | 12 | | Cooler Design | Arctic Cooling's ATI Silencer 4 (Rev.2) | Reference solution (65mm fan) | Reference solution (65mm fan) | | Rear Cooling? | Yes | No | No | | RAM Cooling? | Yes (front and rear) | No | No | | RAM Spec | Samsung K4J55323QF-GC16 | Samsung K4J55323QF-GC20 | Samsung K4J55323QF-GC16 | | Single Slot Solution? | No | Yes | Yes | | Video Input? | Yes (ATI Rage Theatre) | No | Yes (ATI Rage Theatre) | | Software Titles | - CyberLink Power DVD 5.0
- 3D-Album ver:3.14
- Ulead VideoStudio 7SE
| - CyberLink DVD Solution (PowerDirector SE+, MediaShow SE, PowerDVD, PowerProducer, Power2Go)
| - CyberLink PowerDVD 5.0 (2-channel)
- CyberLink PowerDirector 2.55 VE
- ?Sapphire RedLine Tweak Utility
| | Game Titles | - Counter Strike: Condition Zero
- Arx Fatalis
- Demo Games Collection CD (Vietcong, Railroad Pioneer, Neighbors From Hell, Tropico 2, Aquanox 2)
| - Counter Strike: Condition Zero
- Hitman: Contracts
| - Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow
- Prince Of Persia: Sands Of Time
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