[Testing] Sapphire X2900XT

[mascaras]

hi guys


I decided bought one of this cards



some pics




(Phone quality)








Buyng a X2900 we have 3 Valve games Free (Black BOX):

- Half-Life 2: episode2
- Portal
- Team Fortress2


and Day of Defeat till the other games dont came out
- Day of defeat



(Black BOX)












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Start Testing







Temp Idle (53c)






temps Playing DOD (Free game with X2900)



15:35:15, ASIC Temperature via LM64 on DDC3 I2C [0] (C) = 54.750, MCLK(MHz)[0] = 513.00, SCLK(MHz)[0] = 506.25

15:44:46, ASIC Temperature via LM64 on DDC3 I2C [0] (C) = 71.125, MCLK(MHz)[0] = 828.00, SCLK(MHz)[0] = 742.50



ASIC Temperature via LM64 on DDC3 I2C [0]


Minimum temperature: 54.375 C
Maximum temperature: 71.750 C
Average temperature: 58.601 C


(max temp 71/72c)



A pic of the game DOD just to show that image quality is good








Just testing the CSS :p




1680x1050 - MAX Quality - AA 8x - HDR









I also noticed what others reviews already said , that in some games with this drivers when MSAA is ON we lost a lot of FPS , but like i said its just in a few games and we hope that in the next drivers this issue its solved


here is a pic in same spot , same settings only with MSAA OFF , look at the FPS (+ 200 FPS only because MSAA is OFF)









Testing Lost planet DX9










Lost Planet DX9


Results


1600x896
X2900XT Default
E6600 @ 3600mhz
CAVE: 70
Snow :53

















Test Drive Unlimited







Sapphire X2900XT


1680x1050 -- HDR ON -- AA OF -- MAX Quality







1680x1050 -- HDR ON -- AA x2 -- MAX Quality








1680x1050 -- HDR ON -- AA x4 -- MAX Quality








8800GTS 320Mb @ Opteron 175 @ 2600mhz ( Just to compare Image Quality)




1680x1050 -- HDR ON -- AA OF -- MAX Quality







1680x1050 -- HDR ON -- AA x2 -- MAX Quality







1680x1050 -- HDR ON -- AA x4 -- MAX Quality






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3DMark 2005








X2900XT VS BFG 8800GTS OC









3Dmark2005 @ BFG 8800GTS OC @ E6600 3600mhz 17633 Marks






3dmark 2005 @ E6600 @ 3600mhz - X2900 DEFAULT 20536 Marks










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NOTE: The NEXT Results of 2x BFG 8800 GTS SLi the E6600 is runing @ 3200mhz while with X2900XT the CPU is runing @ 3600Mhz (not to compare ,Just curiosity)




DUAL BFG 8800GTS OC SLi














--3DMARK 2005 -- 2x 8800GTS SLi DEFAULT -- E6600 @ 3200Mhz (19668 Marks)








Sapphire X2900XT







--3DMARK 2005 -- X2900XT 512mb DEFAULT -- E6600 @ 3600Mhz ( 20536 Marks)












Results with BFG 8800GTX also with E6600 @ 3200Mhz and 3800mhz( not to compare , Just curiosity )




BFG 8800GTX (Forceware 97.92)








--3DMARK 2005 ----8800GTX DEFAULT---- E6600 @ 3200Mhz ( 18007 Marks)









--3DMARK 2005 ----8800GTX DEFAULT (Forc 97.92) ---- E6600 @ 3800Mhz ( 19037 Marks)








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3DMark 2006







Sapphire X2900XT VS BFG 8800GTS OC








Sapphire X2900XT




--3DMARK 2006 -- X2900XT 512mb DEFAULT (Cat 8.37) -- E6600 @ 3600Mhz ( 11501 Marks)






BFG 8800GTS OC




--3DMARK 2006 -- BFG 8800GTS OC (Forc.158.19) -- E6600 @ 3600Mhz ( 9926 Marks)







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Power Consumption :





results by xbit labs



Value and Conclusion:




Positively::

Price
DX10 Support
Performance




Negatively:
Power consumption
AA "problems"
Noisy cooler (3D)






8/10


I didnt had time yet to test overclock , 3dmark 2006 , .......


when i have new tests i will post them here


sory for bad english





regards