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ATI Radeon X1800 GTO 256MB
 
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Kurtis Kronk
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ATI
May. 8, 2006
F.E.A.R.



So far as we know there is no way to record a timedemo in FEAR, and playing a game like this with FRAPS tracking the frame rates wouldn't work well because it would be very difficult to do the same thing and get into the same firefights over and over. The results wouldn't be consistent. All hope is not lost, however, because FEAR has a built-in benchmark. You just go to Options > Performance, and then click on Test Settings.

All of the in-game Video settings were set to maximum, and then we customize the "advanced video card options." The defaults from setting to "maximum" are left except for FSAA, Texture Filtering, and Resolution, which are adjusted accordingly. The benchmark is run three times per setting and the results averaged. Patch 1.03 was used.

F.E.A.R. @ 1024 x 768
(Show All Graphs)
No AA / No AF 4xAA / 8xAF
XFX 7800 GTX 256 MB (SLI)
XFX 7900 GT 256 MB XXX
ATI X1900 XTX 512 MB
XFX 7800 GTX 256 MB
XFX 7800 GT 256 MB
ATI X1800 XT 512 MB
XFX 7600 GT 256 MB XXX
ATI X1800 XL 256 MB
XFX 6800 GT 256 MB
ATI X1800 GTO 256 MB
ATI X1600 XT 256 MB
92
79
78
66
58
56
50
45
37
36
27
0
FPS
120
 
 
No AA / No AF 4xAA / 8xAF
XFX 7800 GTX 256 MB (SLI)
ATI X1900 XTX 512 MB
XFX 7900 GT 256 MB XXX
ATI X1800 XT 512 MB
XFX 7800 GTX 256 MB
ATI X1800 XL 256 MB
XFX 7800 GT 256 MB
ATI X1800 GTO 256 MB
XFX 7600 GT 256 MB XXX
ATI X1600 XT 256 MB
XFX 6800 GT 256 MB
64
57
50
47
36
36
32
30
29
22
22
0
FPS
120
 
 

F.E.A.R. @ 1600 x 1200
(Show All Graphs)
No AA / No AF 4xAA / 8xAF
XFX 7800 GTX 256 MB (SLI)
XFX 7900 GT 256 MB XXX
ATI X1900 XTX 512 MB
XFX 7800 GTX 256 MB
XFX 7800 GT 256 MB
ATI X1800 XT 512 MB
XFX 7600 GT 256 MB XXX
ATI X1800 XL 256 MB
XFX 6800 GT 256 MB
ATI X1800 GTO 256 MB
ATI X1600 XT 256 MB
57
41
41
32
28
26
24
20
18
15
12
0
FPS
120
 
 
No AA / No AF 4xAA / 8xAF
ATI X1900 XTX 512 MB
XFX 7800 GTX 256 MB (SLI)
XFX 7900 GT 256 MB XXX
ATI X1800 XT 512 MB
XFX 7800 GTX 256 MB
ATI X1800 XL 256 MB
XFX 7800 GT 256 MB
XFX 7600 GT 256 MB XXX
ATI X1800 GTO 256 MB
XFX 6800 GT 256 MB
ATI X1600 XT 256 MB
29
29
24
22
17
16
15
13
13
10
9
0
FPS
120
 
 

F.E.A.R. @ 2048 x 1536
(Show All Graphs)
No AA / No AF 4xAA / 8xAF
XFX 7800 GTX 256 MB (SLI)
XFX 7900 GT 256 MB XXX
ATI X1900 XTX 512 MB
XFX 7800 GTX 256 MB
XFX 7800 GT 256 MB
ATI X1800 XT 512 MB
XFX 7600 GT 256 MB XXX
ATI X1800 XL 256 MB
ATI X1800 GTO 256 MB
XFX 6800 GT 256 MB
ATI X1600 XT 256 MB
36
27
24
21
18
16
15
12
9
9
7
0
FPS
120
 
 
No AA / No AF 4xAA / 8xAF
XFX 7800 GTX 256 MB (SLI)
ATI X1900 XTX 512 MB
XFX 7900 GT 256 MB XXX
ATI X1800 XT 512 MB
XFX 7800 GTX 256 MB
ATI X1800 XL 256 MB
XFX 7800 GT 256 MB
XFX 7600 GT 256 MB XXX
ATI X1800 GTO 256 MB
ATI X1600 XT 256 MB
XFX 6800 GT 256 MB
28
18
15
13
11
9
9
8
7
4
4
0
FPS
120
 
 


We'd like to thank Directron.com for donating the ASUS A8N-SLI Premium Socket 939 Motherboard which we used for testing.


 
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Page 1: Introduction
Page 2: The Card & Bundle
Page 3: Test Setup
Page 4: Benchmarks: Half-Life 2
Page 5: Benchmarks: Splinter Cell Chaos Theory
Page 6: Benchmarks: Quake 4
Page 7: Benchmarks: X3 Reunion Demo
Page 8: Benchmarks: Chronicles of Riddick
Page 9: Benchmarks: F.E.A.R.
Page 10: Benchmarks: Need for Speed Most Wanted
Page 11: Benchmarks: Black & White 2
Page 12: Benchmarks: 3DMark '06
Page 13: Overclocking... and Unlocking?
Page 14: Performance Summary
Page 15: Conclusion


5 User Comments
1 - Posted by tobba007 on May 26, 2006 - 12:22 pm

Excellent review there Kurtis - I needed a comparison of these 2 cards, with an unbiased slant, and that's what I've got!

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2 - Posted by Kurtis on May 26, 2006 - 1:39 pm

i recommend reading my 7600 GT review as well. i found out some interesting information about the pricing while i was writing that review. the main thing you need to see is the conclusion:



http://www.thetechlounge.com/article/276/XFX+GeFor...

3 - Posted by mustafa on July 10, 2006 - 9:29 am

I really wanted to know if i failed in flashing the x1800 gto to x1800 xl would it be easy to restore the default bois of the gto or it is someting out of hands?

by the way what is ur opinion in powercolor x1800 gto?

thanks

4 - Posted by Kurtis on July 10, 2006 - 9:49 am

i have no idea if you'd be able to recover from a failed BIOS flash... i haven't tried it, personally.

as far as the different brands of video cards go, that's all up to you. my personal opinion is i don't care that much who's sticker is on the video card, what i car about is what the GPU is under the heatsink. the deciding factor for me would be the price, the bundle, and the warranty.

5 - Posted by mustafa on July 10, 2006 - 5:53 pm

well what i think about the x1800 gto GPU is that it is has superior power (321 million trasistors and 256 bit memory interface),excellent support for HDR, AA and AF but when it comes to the 7600 gt it is cheaper, hell of a fast card,
designed for specific game titles but unfortunately it only has 167 million transistors and 128 bit memory interface.

i think i would choose the x1800 gto it's eyes looking
for the future.

now for my questions part:
1-would i be able to crossfire this 1800 gto using another 1800 gto on an intel 975 chipset based m.board
2-is this crossfire dongless or not?
3-i read that ATI will have several crrossfire layouts,2 GPUs,1GPU and 1physics card is that true?

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