X1900XT Benchmarks @ Hardware Zone **Complete benchies**

[deadseasquirrel]

Originally posted by: v8envy
Nice selective reading.

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I responded to a poster that specifically asked:

Originally posted by: RussianSensation
I want anyone in this thread to please show me cpu limitation of A64 3200+ vs. FX57 in any of these games

I simply gave those numbers for those 2 CPUs.

Not to mention that anyone who clicks the link can see the rest of the results for themselves anyway, which is why I provided the link.

I agree that I would like to see a min/avg/max representation across all levels to ensure we see the whole picture. But I think that is too much for any benchmarking site to endure.... even Xbit. So, it'll likely have to be a poster here who is generous with his time.

 

[RussianSensation]

v8envy, nice summary. You basically concluded what Xbitlabs said: Any modern CPU starting with P4 3.0ghz or A64 3000+ will do for today's games. As a result those who expect real world gains with X1900XTX and FX57 compared to A64 3500+ are in for a surprise (even when we talk about minimum framerates). And it doesn't look like games will become cpu limited any time soon with new crytek engine game and unreal, etc. So all that pixel shading power might come in handy down the line.

 

[Budarow]

Another power hungry beast and "oven-hot" special by ATI.

I don't care for the high temps either. Based on what I've read, the X1800 series also ran hotter than the 7800s.

 

[Steelski]

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=31&threadid=1786807

contains a link to Hexus review

 

[moonboy403]

i'm highly disappointed in x1900 xt and xtx

i thought it's a card that would completely annihilate the 512 gtx
i was gonna jumb on the x1900 but never mind now

 

[RussianSensation]

Originally posted by: moonboy403
i'm highly disappointed in x1900 xt and xtx

i thought it's a card that would completely annihilate the 512 gtx
i was gonna jumb on the x1900 but never mind now

FEAR - X1900 XT is 17% faster than X1800 XT at the highest resolution with IQ on, X1900 XTX over 46% faster than GTX 512
Splinter Cell: CT - There's a 17% win for X1900 XTX over GTX 512
Far Cry - X1900 XT and XTX have incremental performance gains over X1800 XT in Far Cry at all resolutions, with all the ATI boards making GTX 512 look rather daft (more than 2x performance over 512mb GTX) in Crytek's FPS title.
Black and White 2 - X1900 XTX is 15% faster than GTX 512 at 1920x1200, and over 20% faster at the playable resolution at the settings we test at. R580 offers up 30% more performance than R520 (don't you think 30% is rather good for a refresh? esp since X1800XT cost $549 just 3 months ago?)

Source: Hexus

So let me guess, a $549 X1900XT card that beats 512mb GTX that is unavailable and costs $750 US (if you could find it at all) is not impressive? Sure G71 is most likely going to be better than R580, but remember 512mb GTX is almost as fast as 2x 7800GTs. X1900XT is faster than the 512mb GTX card. So how is it you are impressed with your 7800GT $280 performance, but for 2x the price, getting 2x more performance is not impressive all of a sudden? Not to mention that in shader intensive games like FEAR, and Far cry it oblitirates 512mb GTX that also has 10% extra memory bandwidth....

 

[moonboy403]

yes...it is true that the percentage seems rather large at the highest resolution

but at that resolution....the average framerate is just around 40 which means it's rather unplayable so it's not really relative
not many people are goin to play at an average of 40fps...i mean...it'll dip even lower on certain occassion

i HAD a pair 7800 gt clocked at 500/1130...and when i played fear with 1280x1024 w/ 4aa/16af
sure i AVERAGED over 60fps...but on certain level...framerates dipped to below 10!

if you look at resolution that are really playable
the x1900 xt only beats the 512 gtx by a small amount

on the other hand, i'm not arguing that the 512 gtx is a bargain
i just wanna say that the x1900 isn't what i had expected to be

 

[RussianSensation]

moonboy403, I understand where you are coming from. When you get 48 ALU's and 3x the pixel shader power, you should expect far greater increases. We'll just have to see if the software catches up. If anything, prices on X1800XT cards should fall as their stock is cleared leaving 7800GTX 256mb no chance of survival. Now, we need G71 to spank ATI.

 

[disleyd]

My 1900XT has been running at 500 MZ, and Overdrive does not work. I contacted ATI and they have said thst no drivers that are available at the moment can comprehensively support the X1900 series. They do have an X64 quick fix driveravailable and the one on the installation cd operates the windows 32bit system but when it comes to correct clock speeds and overdrive working, wait til 6.2 arrives. Its CRAZY that ATI release their Top End Graphics Card with no DRIVERS to fully support the card. I thought the card was faulty at first! Well done again ATI!

 

[Ronin]

Originally posted by: Malladine

Originally posted by: Yreka

Originally posted by: keysplayr2003

Originally posted by: Corporate Thug
where is FEAR/HL2/BF 2/Doom 3????????????/

AND CoD2!!!!!

AND EQ2 !!

*crickets*

Ok, I know I am the only one but I want to see anyway.

You aren't the only one. Anything that taxes a high end system should be benchmarked, more or less. EQ2 is a good test imo.

Speaking of which, did exactly that last night with my pair of 512's. I turned everything to max (including shadows) AND turned on Gamma AA AND turned on Transparency Supersampling AA. In Antonica, it was still playable (albeit the framerate wasn't stellar). My GOD was it pretty. I should take some screenshots tonight to show what the game can really look like.

 

[Ronin]

Also, in releation to the drivers, the last Dev driver push has these entries:

"Radeon X1900 Series" = ati2mtag_R580, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_724B
"Radeon X1900 Series" = ati2mtag_R580, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_724C
"Radeon X1900 Series" = ati2mtag_R580, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_724D
"Radeon X1900 Series" = ati2mtag_R580, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_724F
"Radeon X1900 Series" = ati2mtag_R580, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_7244
"Radeon X1900 Series" = ati2mtag_R580, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_724E
"Radeon X1900 Series" = ati2mtag_R580, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_7240
"Radeon X1900 Series" = ati2mtag_R580, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_7243
"Radeon X1900 Series" = ati2mtag_R580, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_7245
"Radeon X1900 Series" = ati2mtag_R580, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_7246
"Radeon X1900 Series" = ati2mtag_R580, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_7247
"Radeon X1900 Series" = ati2mtag_R580, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_7248
"Radeon X1900 Series" = ati2mtag_R580, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_7249
"Radeon X1900 Series" = ati2mtag_R580, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_724A
"Radeon X1900 Series Secondary" = ati2mtag_R580, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_7263
"Radeon X1900 Series Secondary" = ati2mtag_R580, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_7265
"Radeon X1900 Series Secondary" = ati2mtag_R580, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_7267
"Radeon X1900 Series Secondary" = ati2mtag_R580, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_7269
"Radeon X1900 Series Secondary" = ati2mtag_R580, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_726A
"Radeon X1900 Series Secondary" = ati2mtag_R580, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_726B
"Radeon X1900 Series Secondary" = ati2mtag_R580, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_726C
"Radeon X1900 Series Secondary" = ati2mtag_R580, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_726D
"Radeon X1900 Series Secondary" = ati2mtag_R580, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_726F
"Radeon X1900 Series Secondary" = ati2mtag_R580, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_7260
"Radeon X1900 Series Secondary" = ati2mtag_R580, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_7264
"Radeon X1900 Series Secondary" = ati2mtag_R580, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_7266
"Radeon X1900 Series Secondary" = ati2mtag_R580, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_7268
"Radeon X1900 Series Secondary" = ati2mtag_R580, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_726E

The support is definitely there, so they're coming.