ATI X800 XL Shootout --- TheThirdMedia Hardware

Graphics Card Feature Comparison

In this shootout, we see a number of innovative cooling solutions from vendors as they aim for the holy grail of silent and efficient cooling. Most, if not all have kept to the standard VPU and memory frequencies of 400/980MHz. The feature set is mostly consistent for most of the cards with a couple of manufacturers including extras like VIVO. In fact, the only common specification among all the cards is the 256MB frame buffer size. With such a diverse range of cards, we have created the following comparison tables to summarize the important differences between them.

Graphics Card Comparison-1

Basic Comparative Specs	Elsa Falcox PX80 XL	GeCube RADEON X800 XL	Gigabyte GV-RX80L256V	HIS X800 XL IceQ II Turbo
DefaultClock Speeds	400/980MHz	400/1000MHz	400/980MHz	400/980Hz(Turbo Mode: 432/1000MHz)
Cooler Design	Custom aluminum heatsinkwith 55mm fan	Custom copper heatsinkwith 45mm fan (Heat pipe inside)	Custom heat pipesolution (Dual heat pipes)	Arctic Cooling's ATISilencer 5 (Rev. 2)
RAM Cooling?	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
RAMSpec	Samsung K4J55323QF-GC20	Samsung K4J55323QF-GC20	Samsung K4J55323QF-GC20	Samsung K4J55323QF-GC20
Dual DVI Outputs?	No	No	No	No
Video Input?	No	No	Yes	No
Software Titles	ArcSoft VideoImpression 2.0	CyberLink PowerDVD 5.0	CyberLinkPowerDirector 3 ME CyberLink PowerDVD 5.0 V-Tuner 2(Plus)	iTurbo OverclockingTools PowerDirector 3 SE Plus Power2Go 4 3D Album Picture Pro
Game Titles	Rainbow Six 3: RavenShield Tomb Raider: The Angelof Darkness	NIL	Thief: Deadly Shadows Joint Operations:Typhoon Rising	Dungeon Siege 1.1 Flat Out

Graphics Card Comparison-2

Basic Comparative Specs	MSIRX800XL-VT2D256E	PowerColorX800 XL	SapphireRADEON X800 XL Ultimate
DefaultClock Speeds	400/980MHz	400/980MHz	400/980MHz
Cooler Design	Custom copper heatsinkwith 45mm fan	Custom aluminum heatsinkwith 60mm fan	Zalman VF700 aluminumheatsink with 75mm fan
RAM Cooling?	No	No	No
RAMSpec	Samsung K4J55323QF-GC20	Samsung K4J55323QF-GC20	Samsung K4J55323QF-GC20
Dual DVI Outputs?	Yes	Yes	No
Video Input?	Yes	Yes	No
Software Titles	Star DVD Family FarStone RestoreITProfessional FarStone VirtualDriveProfessional MSI Utilities E-Color 3Deep MediaRing ShowShift Thinsoft Be Twin Norton Antivirus	CyberLink DVD Solution	CyberLink PowerDVD 5.0 Redline OverclockingSoftware
Game Titles	XIII Splinter Cell: PandoraTomorrow Uru: Ages Beyond Myst	Hitman: Contracts	Splinter Cell: PandoraTomorrow Prince of Persia: TheSands of Time



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