Gigabyte Radeon X1900XTX review

Test: 3Dmark2005

The 1600x1200 resolution with 4xAA/8xAF settings enabled are probably the most important results in all these tests. Here there are fewer system limitations that can disrupt the graphics cards performance, furthermore the maximum AA/AF settings favor ATI as they do not support 8xAA. As you can see, the 4xAA/8xAF settings at 1600x1200 place the Radeon X1900XTX almost 2000pts ahead of the 256MB GeForce 7800 GTX. The X1900XTX was also almost 1000pts faster than the older Radeon X1800XT. These are impressive gains; it shall be interesting to see how they translate into real-world numbers.

Test: Quake 4

The Quake 4 performance of the Radeon X1900XTX was amazing, even with 4xAA/8xAF enabled at 1600x1200 the average frame rate still exceeded 80fps. At this resolution maximum AA/AF quality settings still saw the X1900XTX manage 71fps. Nevertheless, the 4xAA/8xAF results only placed the X1900XTX roughly 5fps ahead of its competition.

Test: Doom 3

Given Quake 4 uses the original Doom 3 engine, it is not surprising to find very little difference in frame rates and performance trends. This time the Radeon X1900XTX is roughly 6fps faster than the X1800XT at 1600x1200 with 4xAA/8xAF enabled. The Radeon X1900XTX was again victorious in all three quality tests at both resolutions.

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