HD 2900 XT Benchies 1GB DDR4 Edition !!!

zOaib · Jul 10, 2007, 12:03 AM

Vital System Info
E6600 @ 3375 MHz (9x375)
4 GB DDR2-750 4-4-4-12
Raptor 150 GB
Vista Ultimate 64-bit

Drivers Used
nVidia Forceware 158.24 (current official driver)
AMD Catalyst 7.6 (current official driver)

Driver Settings
nV 3D settings: top bottom
AMD 3D settings: top middle bottom

8800 GTX OC 768 MB clocks at defaults: 594/1404/900 (slightly higher than the reference 8800 GTX's 575/1350/900)
HD 2900 XT 1024 MB clocks: 825/1050

For all benchs, i ran tests at least twice, usually 3 times actually, & if there was more than a slight difference in scores, then 4 or more.
Results posted are averaged from the multiple runs.

Benchmarks!

3Dmark01 default
8800 GTX - 46773
2900 XT - 44147.67

3DMark05 default
8800 GTX - 17841.67
2900 XT - 19681
3DMark05 @ 2560x1600 4xAA/16xAF
8800 GTX - 8163
2900 XT - 7186
3DMark05 @ 2560x1600 0xAA/16xAF
8800 GTX - 10985
2900 XT - 10392
3DMark05 @ 1600x1200 4xAA/16xAF
8800 GTX - 11834
2900 XT - 11471

3DMark06 default
8800 GTX - 10636.5
2900 XT - 11501.5
3DMark06 @ 2560x1600 4xAA/16xAF
8800 GTX - 4579.5
2900 XT - 4392.5
3DMark06 @ 2560x1600 0xAA/16xAF
8800 GTX - 6645
2900 XT - 6079
3DMark06 @ 1600x1200 4xAA/16xAF
8800 GTX - 7219
2900 XT - 6641.5

Company of Heroes built in bench @ 2560x1600 maxed
8800 GTX
min - 20.8 fps
ave - 48.23 fps
max - 121.07 fps
2900 XT
min - 18.17 fps
ave - 44.27 fps
max - 85.93 fps
Company of Heroes built in bench @ 2560x1600 maxed no AA
8800 GTX
min - 21.47
ave - 53.13
max - 129.97
2900 XT
min - 19.67 fps
ave - 53.6 fps
max - 107.1 fps
Company of Heroes built in bench @ 1600x1200 maxed
8800 GTX
min - 47.17 fps
ave - 88.03 fps
max - 217.23 fps
2900 XT
min - 47.3 fps
ave - 103.17 fps
max - 209.67 fps

F.E.A.R. built in bench @ 2560x1600 everything maxed except soft shadows (4xAA/16xAF)
8800 GTX
min - 20 fps
ave - 36.33 fps
max - 86.67 fps
2900 XT
min - 12.33 fps
ave - 36.33 fps
max - 72.67 fps
F.E.A.R. built in bench @ 2560x1600 everything maxed incl. soft shadows (0xAA/16xAF)
8800 GTX
min - 22.5 fps
ave - 40 fps
max - 74.5 fps
2900 XT
min - 25 fps
ave - 39 fps
max - 67 fps
F.E.A.R. built in bench @ 1600x1200 everything maxed except soft shadows (4xAA/16xAF)
8800 GTX
min - 40.25 fps
ave - 71.75 fps
max - 137.25 fps
2900 XT
min - 23.25 fps
ave - 66.5 fps
max - 133 fps

CS: Source built in bench @ 2560x1600 everything maxed (4xMSAA/16xAF)
8800 GTX - 162.68 fps average
2900 XT - 102.03 fps average
CS: Source built in bench @ 2560x1600 everything maxed (0xMSAA/16xAF)
8800 GTX - 240.26 fps average
2900 XT - 178.21 fps average
CS: Source built in bench @ 1600x1200 everything maxed (4xMSAA/16xAF)
8800 GTX - 224.17 fps average
2900 XT -158.92 fps average

Painkiller built in timedemo 1 @ 2560x1600 maxed (4x MSAA)
8800 GTX
min - 5.37 fps
ave - 216.49 fps
max - 500.27 fps
2900 XT
min - 26.36 fps
ave - 147.54 fps
max - 501.55 fps
Painkiller built in timedemo 1 @ 2560x1600 maxed (0x MSAA)
8800 GTX
min - 22.38 fps
ave - 246.75 fps
max - 512 fps
2900 XT
min - 31.94 fps
ave - 246.23 fps
max - 502.84 fps
Painkiller built in timedemo 1 @ 1600x1200 maxed (4x MSAA)
8800 GTX
min - 10.7 fps
ave - 253.1 fps
max - 502.2 fps
2900 XT
min - 37.04 fps
ave - 237.73 fps
max - 512 fps

Painkiller built in timedemo 2 @ 2560x1600 maxed (4x MSAA)
8800 GTX
min - 1.8 fps
ave - 167.74 fps
max - 502.2 fps
2900 XT
min - 11.44 fps
ave - 162.26 fps
max - 512 fps
Painkiller built in timedemo 2 @ 2560x1600 maxed (0x MSAA)
8800 GTX
min - 8.67 fps
ave - 216.90 fps
max - 768 fps
2900 XT
min - 12.54 fps
ave - 211.81 fps
max - 853.33 fps
Painkiller built in timedemo 2 @ 1600x1200 maxed (4x MSAA)
8800 GTX
min - 8.67 fps
ave - 215.12 fps
max - 768 fps
2900 XT
min - 12.24 fps
ave - 216.92 fps
max - 1024 fps

Prey HOC bench 1 @ 2560x1600 maxed w/ boost enabled (4xAA/16xAF)
8800 GTX - 48.95 fps average
2900 XT - 45.3 fps average
Prey HOC bench 1 @ 2560x1600 maxed w/ boost enabled (0xAA/16xAF)
8800 GTX - 76.5 fps average
2900 XT - 76.27 fps average
Prey HOC bench 1 @ 1600x1200 maxed w/ boost enabled (4xAA/16xAF)
8800 GTX - 81.07 fps average
2900 XT - 79.4 fps average

Prey HOC bench 2 @ 2560x1600 maxed w/ boost enabled (4xAA/16xAF)
8800 GTX - 42.85 fps average
2900 XT - 42.15 fps average
Prey HOC bench 2 @ 2560x1600 maxed w/ boost enabled (0xAA/16xAF)
8800 GTX - 66.03 fps average
2900 XT - 62.73 fps average
Prey HOC bench 2 @ 1600x1200 maxed w/ boost enabled (4xAA/16xAF)
8800 GTX - 70.37 fps average
2900 XT - 70.05 fps average

Doom 3 built in timedemo @ 2560x1600 everything maxed (4xAA)
8800 GTX - 54.75 fps average
2900 XT - 66.45 fps average
Doom 3 built in timedemo @ 2560x1600 everything maxed (0xAA)
8800 GTX - 112.4 fps average
2900 XT - 104.4 fps average
Doom 3 built in timedemo @ 1600x1200 everything maxed (4xAA)
8800 GTX - 102 fps average
2900 XT - 124.5 fps average

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. "buildings_timedemo" flyby (Fraps) @ 2560x1600 everything maxed
8800 GTX
min - 32.67 fps
ave - 63.506 fps
max - 217.67 fps
2900 XT
min - 21.33 fps
ave - 47.04 fps
max - 193.33 fps
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. "buildings_timedemo" flyby (Fraps) @ 2560x1600 everything maxed no AA
8800 GTX
min - 32.67 fps
ave - 63.69 fps
max - 219.67 fps
2900 XT
min - 21.33 fps
ave - 46.62 fps
max - 196 fps
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. "buildings_timedemo" flyby (Fraps) @ 1600x1200 everything maxed
8800 GTX
min - 53.33 fps
ave - 89.65 fps
max - 233.67 fps
2900 XT
min - 38.33
ave - 78.05
max - 316.67

Quake 4 HOC bench @ 2560x1600 maxed w/ Ultra settings (4xAA/16xAF)
8800 GTX - 107.33 fps average
2900 XT - 97 fps average
Quake 4 HOC bench @ 2560x1600 maxed w/ Ultra settings (0xAA/16xAF)
8800 GTX - 113 fps average
2900 XT - 103.33 fps average
Quake 4 HOC bench @ 1600x1200 maxed w/ Ultra settings (4xAA/16xAF)
8800 GTX - 108.67 fps average
2900 XT - 107.5 fps average

UT2k4 Umark ONS-AlenjaForest-SE @ 1600x1200 maxed (8xAA/16xAF)
8800 GTX
min - 18.69 fps
ave - 74.71 fps
max - 176.29 fps
2900 XT
min - 16.82 fps
ave - 74.01 fps
max - 166.54 fps

Oblivion (Fraps indoor run) @ 2560x1600 everything maxed (4xAA + HDR)
8800 GTX
min - 33 fps
ave - 50.54 fps
max - 86 fps
2900 XT
min - 30.33 fps
ave - 43.2 fps
max - 77.67 fps
Oblivion (Fraps indoor run) @ 2560x1600 everything maxed (4xAA - no HDR/Bloom)
8800 GTX
min - 36 fps
ave - 54.78 fps
max - 105.67 fps
2900 XT
min - 33.33 fps
ave - 48.71 fps
max - 87 fps
Oblivion (Fraps indoor run) @ 2560x1600 everything maxed (0xAA + HDR)
8800 GTX
min - 35.33 fps
ave - 61.76 fps
max - 112.67 fps
2900 XT
min - 33.33 fps
ave - 53.21 fps
max - 99.33 fps
Oblivion (Fraps indoor run) @ 1600x1200 everything maxed (4xAA + HDR)
8800 GTX
min - 33.67
ave - 68.18
max - 134.67
2900 XT
min - 34
ave - 60.41
max - 125

Infernal (Fraps outdoor run) @ 2560x1600 everything maxed
8800 GTX
min - 26.67
ave - 36.81
max - 50.33
2900 XT
min - 15.67 fps
ave - 20.15 fps
max - 27 fps
Infernal (Fraps outdoor run) @ 2560x1600 everything maxed no AA
8800 GTX
min - 81.33 fps
ave - 111.07 fps
max - 150 fps
2900 XT
min - 44 fps
ave - 53.98 fps
max - 68.5 fps
Infernal (Fraps outdoor run) @ 1600x1200 everything maxed
8800 GTX
min - 59 fps
ave - 86.09 fps
max - 128.33 fps
2900 XT
min - 30 fps
ave - 37.01 fps
max - 43.5 fps

Call of Juarez DX10 demo doesn't run w/o BSODs on the 8800, & it artifacts on the 2900 @ 825/1050, so i have to lower the core speed to around 780.
Oddly enough, no other games have any problems with the HD 2900 XT @ 825/1050.

thanks to Anandtech people from their forums
http://forums.anandtech.com/messagev...VIEWTMP=Linear

DrunkenMafia · Jul 10, 2007, 12:32 AM

nice thread man, I like it simple like that so I can read it quickly. The 8800 still has more balls I reckon but the 2900 is about 300 bucks cheaper in Aussie...

I know which one I would choose.

d44ve · Jul 10, 2007, 12:35 AM

Thanks for the very in depth comparisions......

It must have taken you a long time!

theonetruewill · Jul 10, 2007, 12:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by d44ve

Thanks for the very in depth comparisions......

It must have taken you a long time!

I agree, good work. Seems like the 2900 doesn't keep up at the higher resolutions...oh well

kwchang007 · Jul 10, 2007, 12:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theonetruewill

I agree, good work. Seems like the 2900 doesn't keep up at the higher resolutions...oh well

ehh waiting for newer drivers, but considering this is almost as cheap as a 8800 gts 640 mb, it looks like the 2900 1gb is alot more worth it than a 2900 512 mb, but it's still runs hot and is an energy hot

DaMulta · Jul 10, 2007, 12:50 AM

No 8-pin installed, and he didn't do a fresh install between cards.

But

It gives a pretty good idea on where it's at performance wise in vista.

largon · Jul 10, 2007, 07:33 AM

What are GDDR4 chips on the 1GB card rated to?
0.6ns?

EastCoasthandle · Jul 10, 2007, 11:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by largon

What are GDDR4 chips on the 1GB card rated to?
0.6ns?

those are the bc09s from what I've been told.
No one has posted that they have bc06 yet.

Wayward · Jul 10, 2007, 11:47 AM

Excellent work! This must have taken awhile. Your results are definitely worth pondering over.

HellasVagabond · Jul 10, 2007, 11:53 AM

The 1gb X2900XT is 300 more in Australia than the 8800GTX ? Its 90euros cheaper than the GTX in Greece...
In any case i think we all knew who the winner would be so no surprise comes from these benchmarks although i have to say they are quite thorough

Bravo ZOAIB !

PS : I just saw you have the X2900XT overclocked pretty much but the GTX is almost at stock speeds...Why ? You could push the GTX at 620-650 without artifacts and with the stock cooler and no vcore increase...Imagine the Margins we would get then.....If AMD/ATI dont shape up quick we will need to spend 600$ on cards :P

zOaib · Jul 10, 2007, 01:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HellasVagabond

The 1gb X2900XT is 300 more in Australia than the 8800GTX ? Its 90euros cheaper than the GTX in Greece...
In any case i think we all knew who the winner would be so no surprise comes from these benchmarks although i have to say they are quite thorough

Bravo ZOAIB !

PS : I just saw you have the X2900XT overclocked pretty much but the GTX is almost at stock speeds...Why ? You could push the GTX at 620-650 without artifacts and with the stock cooler and no vcore increase...Imagine the Margins we would get then.....If AMD/ATI dont shape up quick we will need to spend 600$ on cards :P

i have to thank anadtech members to help me out to get this bench together for a overall perspective ............ but to be honest if i were to run vista on my pc right now i wud go with radeon , since it handles the vista frame real well and more stable than nvidia at this moment , also since i only paid 480 bucks for the 1gb i consider it well placed in the price/perfomrance range ........... although i have to be honest i am currently selling my hd 2900 xt on ebay cause they are out of stock in USA at the moment and couple of sites who still have them are selling them at ridiculous prices , i can prolly get 550 bucks from ebay for it , and then ill add another 100 bucks and just get the Damn Ultra , and wait for drivers to get fixed and then get vista to run permanently on my pc ............. so fingers crossed for my endeavor lol.

zOaib · Jul 10, 2007, 01:36 PM

the other factor people have to remember is ATi/AMD never said that the hd 2900 xt to be their high end card , it plays mid range in league of the GTS , the 1gb version is not official release by ATI/AMD , this was an option given to the partners if they wanted to do this , so sapphire and diamond did it , even so if this is just a mid range card and its scratching and fighting against the GTX/Ultra , that is quite impressive IMHO ......... I have been juggling b/e ati and nvidia forever n ever , and thats the fun thing about them one gets a better card prices go down and u get your moneys worth , i dont understand why people take it so personal when it comes to nvidia and Ati , if we did not have competition we wud be extortionized by just one company in a monopoly , just remember ATi has not released the XTX version of this card yet , and if the mid range is playing so close to the big guys , who knows what will happen , also even ATi released these cards so late , but there catalyst works amazingly good for such a short time to be so much MORE stable than Nvidia.

i weigh out the goods n bads , not if its ATi or NVIDIA .....................

HellasVagabond · Jul 10, 2007, 01:43 PM

This card can only go up against the GTX ( And lose ) due to the 232mb of ram it has MORE than the GTX....With 768 ram we would have even lower numbers in high resolutions.
And i hope that ATI gets something faster but i doubt it since the difference between that and the X2900XT cant be more than 20-30% and the 8900 ( or 9xxx ) is only 3-4 months away so when will they launch it ? Not to mention we have no rumors for a better ATI card.

Murasame · Jul 10, 2007, 02:01 PM

Very nice benches. Nice to see the 2900 keeps its own. Also must remember that ATI said they gave up some dx9 performance for dx10 performance.

HellasVagabond · Jul 10, 2007, 02:05 PM

Doesnt do really well in DX10 either....Still looses from the GTX and even the GTS in some DX10 games.

Jul 10, 2007, 12:03 AM	#1
zOaib Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: FL Posts: 949 (0.34/day) Thanks: 136 Thanked 35 Times in 23 Posts System Specs	HD 2900 XT Benchies 1GB DDR4 Edition !!! Vital System Info E6600 @ 3375 MHz (9x375) 4 GB DDR2-750 4-4-4-12 Raptor 150 GB Vista Ultimate 64-bit Drivers Used nVidia Forceware 158.24 (current official driver) AMD Catalyst 7.6 (current official driver) Driver Settings nV 3D settings: top bottom AMD 3D settings: top middle bottom 8800 GTX OC 768 MB clocks at defaults: 594/1404/900 (slightly higher than the reference 8800 GTX's 575/1350/900) HD 2900 XT 1024 MB clocks: 825/1050 For all benchs, i ran tests at least twice, usually 3 times actually, & if there was more than a slight difference in scores, then 4 or more. Results posted are averaged from the multiple runs. Benchmarks! 3Dmark01 default 8800 GTX - 46773 2900 XT - 44147.67 3DMark05 default 8800 GTX - 17841.67 2900 XT - 19681 3DMark05 @ 2560x1600 4xAA/16xAF 8800 GTX - 8163 2900 XT - 7186 3DMark05 @ 2560x1600 0xAA/16xAF 8800 GTX - 10985 2900 XT - 10392 3DMark05 @ 1600x1200 4xAA/16xAF 8800 GTX - 11834 2900 XT - 11471 3DMark06 default 8800 GTX - 10636.5 2900 XT - 11501.5 3DMark06 @ 2560x1600 4xAA/16xAF 8800 GTX - 4579.5 2900 XT - 4392.5 3DMark06 @ 2560x1600 0xAA/16xAF 8800 GTX - 6645 2900 XT - 6079 3DMark06 @ 1600x1200 4xAA/16xAF 8800 GTX - 7219 2900 XT - 6641.5 Company of Heroes built in bench @ 2560x1600 maxed 8800 GTX min - 20.8 fps ave - 48.23 fps max - 121.07 fps 2900 XT min - 18.17 fps ave - 44.27 fps max - 85.93 fps Company of Heroes built in bench @ 2560x1600 maxed no AA 8800 GTX min - 21.47 ave - 53.13 max - 129.97 2900 XT min - 19.67 fps ave - 53.6 fps max - 107.1 fps Company of Heroes built in bench @ 1600x1200 maxed 8800 GTX min - 47.17 fps ave - 88.03 fps max - 217.23 fps 2900 XT min - 47.3 fps ave - 103.17 fps max - 209.67 fps F.E.A.R. built in bench @ 2560x1600 everything maxed except soft shadows (4xAA/16xAF) 8800 GTX min - 20 fps ave - 36.33 fps max - 86.67 fps 2900 XT min - 12.33 fps ave - 36.33 fps max - 72.67 fps F.E.A.R. built in bench @ 2560x1600 everything maxed incl. soft shadows (0xAA/16xAF) 8800 GTX min - 22.5 fps ave - 40 fps max - 74.5 fps 2900 XT min - 25 fps ave - 39 fps max - 67 fps F.E.A.R. built in bench @ 1600x1200 everything maxed except soft shadows (4xAA/16xAF) 8800 GTX min - 40.25 fps ave - 71.75 fps max - 137.25 fps 2900 XT min - 23.25 fps ave - 66.5 fps max - 133 fps CS: Source built in bench @ 2560x1600 everything maxed (4xMSAA/16xAF) 8800 GTX - 162.68 fps average 2900 XT - 102.03 fps average CS: Source built in bench @ 2560x1600 everything maxed (0xMSAA/16xAF) 8800 GTX - 240.26 fps average 2900 XT - 178.21 fps average CS: Source built in bench @ 1600x1200 everything maxed (4xMSAA/16xAF) 8800 GTX - 224.17 fps average 2900 XT -158.92 fps average Painkiller built in timedemo 1 @ 2560x1600 maxed (4x MSAA) 8800 GTX min - 5.37 fps ave - 216.49 fps max - 500.27 fps 2900 XT min - 26.36 fps ave - 147.54 fps max - 501.55 fps Painkiller built in timedemo 1 @ 2560x1600 maxed (0x MSAA) 8800 GTX min - 22.38 fps ave - 246.75 fps max - 512 fps 2900 XT min - 31.94 fps ave - 246.23 fps max - 502.84 fps Painkiller built in timedemo 1 @ 1600x1200 maxed (4x MSAA) 8800 GTX min - 10.7 fps ave - 253.1 fps max - 502.2 fps 2900 XT min - 37.04 fps ave - 237.73 fps max - 512 fps Painkiller built in timedemo 2 @ 2560x1600 maxed (4x MSAA) 8800 GTX min - 1.8 fps ave - 167.74 fps max - 502.2 fps 2900 XT min - 11.44 fps ave - 162.26 fps max - 512 fps Painkiller built in timedemo 2 @ 2560x1600 maxed (0x MSAA) 8800 GTX min - 8.67 fps ave - 216.90 fps max - 768 fps 2900 XT min - 12.54 fps ave - 211.81 fps max - 853.33 fps Painkiller built in timedemo 2 @ 1600x1200 maxed (4x MSAA) 8800 GTX min - 8.67 fps ave - 215.12 fps max - 768 fps 2900 XT min - 12.24 fps ave - 216.92 fps max - 1024 fps Prey HOC bench 1 @ 2560x1600 maxed w/ boost enabled (4xAA/16xAF) 8800 GTX - 48.95 fps average 2900 XT - 45.3 fps average Prey HOC bench 1 @ 2560x1600 maxed w/ boost enabled (0xAA/16xAF) 8800 GTX - 76.5 fps average 2900 XT - 76.27 fps average Prey HOC bench 1 @ 1600x1200 maxed w/ boost enabled (4xAA/16xAF) 8800 GTX - 81.07 fps average 2900 XT - 79.4 fps average Prey HOC bench 2 @ 2560x1600 maxed w/ boost enabled (4xAA/16xAF) 8800 GTX - 42.85 fps average 2900 XT - 42.15 fps average Prey HOC bench 2 @ 2560x1600 maxed w/ boost enabled (0xAA/16xAF) 8800 GTX - 66.03 fps average 2900 XT - 62.73 fps average Prey HOC bench 2 @ 1600x1200 maxed w/ boost enabled (4xAA/16xAF) 8800 GTX - 70.37 fps average 2900 XT - 70.05 fps average Doom 3 built in timedemo @ 2560x1600 everything maxed (4xAA) 8800 GTX - 54.75 fps average 2900 XT - 66.45 fps average Doom 3 built in timedemo @ 2560x1600 everything maxed (0xAA) 8800 GTX - 112.4 fps average 2900 XT - 104.4 fps average Doom 3 built in timedemo @ 1600x1200 everything maxed (4xAA) 8800 GTX - 102 fps average 2900 XT - 124.5 fps average S.T.A.L.K.E.R. "buildings_timedemo" flyby (Fraps) @ 2560x1600 everything maxed 8800 GTX min - 32.67 fps ave - 63.506 fps max - 217.67 fps 2900 XT min - 21.33 fps ave - 47.04 fps max - 193.33 fps S.T.A.L.K.E.R. "buildings_timedemo" flyby (Fraps) @ 2560x1600 everything maxed no AA 8800 GTX min - 32.67 fps ave - 63.69 fps max - 219.67 fps 2900 XT min - 21.33 fps ave - 46.62 fps max - 196 fps S.T.A.L.K.E.R. "buildings_timedemo" flyby (Fraps) @ 1600x1200 everything maxed 8800 GTX min - 53.33 fps ave - 89.65 fps max - 233.67 fps 2900 XT min - 38.33 ave - 78.05 max - 316.67 Quake 4 HOC bench @ 2560x1600 maxed w/ Ultra settings (4xAA/16xAF) 8800 GTX - 107.33 fps average 2900 XT - 97 fps average Quake 4 HOC bench @ 2560x1600 maxed w/ Ultra settings (0xAA/16xAF) 8800 GTX - 113 fps average 2900 XT - 103.33 fps average Quake 4 HOC bench @ 1600x1200 maxed w/ Ultra settings (4xAA/16xAF) 8800 GTX - 108.67 fps average 2900 XT - 107.5 fps average UT2k4 Umark ONS-AlenjaForest-SE @ 1600x1200 maxed (8xAA/16xAF) 8800 GTX min - 18.69 fps ave - 74.71 fps max - 176.29 fps 2900 XT min - 16.82 fps ave - 74.01 fps max - 166.54 fps Oblivion (Fraps indoor run) @ 2560x1600 everything maxed (4xAA + HDR) 8800 GTX min - 33 fps ave - 50.54 fps max - 86 fps 2900 XT min - 30.33 fps ave - 43.2 fps max - 77.67 fps Oblivion (Fraps indoor run) @ 2560x1600 everything maxed (4xAA - no HDR/Bloom) 8800 GTX min - 36 fps ave - 54.78 fps max - 105.67 fps 2900 XT min - 33.33 fps ave - 48.71 fps max - 87 fps Oblivion (Fraps indoor run) @ 2560x1600 everything maxed (0xAA + HDR) 8800 GTX min - 35.33 fps ave - 61.76 fps max - 112.67 fps 2900 XT min - 33.33 fps ave - 53.21 fps max - 99.33 fps Oblivion (Fraps indoor run) @ 1600x1200 everything maxed (4xAA + HDR) 8800 GTX min - 33.67 ave - 68.18 max - 134.67 2900 XT min - 34 ave - 60.41 max - 125 Infernal (Fraps outdoor run) @ 2560x1600 everything maxed 8800 GTX min - 26.67 ave - 36.81 max - 50.33 2900 XT min - 15.67 fps ave - 20.15 fps max - 27 fps Infernal (Fraps outdoor run) @ 2560x1600 everything maxed no AA 8800 GTX min - 81.33 fps ave - 111.07 fps max - 150 fps 2900 XT min - 44 fps ave - 53.98 fps max - 68.5 fps Infernal (Fraps outdoor run) @ 1600x1200 everything maxed 8800 GTX min - 59 fps ave - 86.09 fps max - 128.33 fps 2900 XT min - 30 fps ave - 37.01 fps max - 43.5 fps Call of Juarez DX10 demo doesn't run w/o BSODs on the 8800, & it artifacts on the 2900 @ 825/1050, so i have to lower the core speed to around 780. Oddly enough, no other games have any problems with the HD 2900 XT @ 825/1050. thanks to Anandtech people from their forums http://forums.anandtech.com/messagev...VIEWTMP=Linear __________________ “ATi Crossfire: Multiply and Conquer nVidia SLI: Divide and Conquer” -DanishDevil “go watch some porn and come back in one hour” -W1zzard “nvidia goes for the crown, ati goes for the crowd!” -Imsochobo

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Hard Disk:	2 x WD Velociraptor 10k rpm 300GB sata + 2x 500GB WD Caviar Sata + 320 GB Seagate Barracuda Sata
Optical Drive:	Asus Lightscribe 18x Dual layer burner + LG DVD-R/+R/RW DUAL LAYER 18X
CRT/LCD Model:	DELL U2711 27inch Goodness @ 2560 x 1440
Case:	Mountain-Mods U2-UFO Custom Case (Made in USA)
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Jul 10, 2007, 12:32 AM	#2
DrunkenMafia Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Cairns QLD, Aussie Posts: 1,868 (0.80/day) Thanks: 230 Thanked 239 Times in 215 Posts System Specs	nice thread man, I like it simple like that so I can read it quickly. The 8800 still has more balls I reckon but the 2900 is about 300 bucks cheaper in Aussie... I know which one I would choose. __________________

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Processor:	Intel E6600 @ 4.2GHZ Wo0t!
Motherboard:	ASUS Striker Extreme & eVGA 680i A1
Cooling:	Phase Change !!
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Jul 10, 2007, 12:35 AM	#3
d44ve Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,878 (0.84/day) Thanks: 79 Thanked 322 Times in 152 Posts System Specs	Thanks for the very in depth comparisions...... It must have taken you a long time!

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Sound Card:	Xi-FI Xtreme Audio
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Jul 10, 2007, 12:50 AM	#6
DaMulta My stars went supernova Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Oklahoma T-Town Posts: 10,337 (4.16/day) Thanks: 1,449 Thanked 1,477 Times in 1,113 Posts System Specs	No 8-pin installed, and he didn't do a fresh install between cards. But It gives a pretty good idea on where it's at performance wise in vista. __________________ ocLIT The Hardware Punishers

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Jul 10, 2007, 07:33 AM	#7
largon Join Date: May 2005 Location: Tre, Suomi Finland Posts: 2,696 (0.92/day) Thanks: 1 Thanked 437 Times in 335 Posts System Specs	What are GDDR4 chips on the 1GB card rated to? 0.6ns? __________________ You were not supposed to see this. ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Suum cuique pulchrum est.

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Jul 10, 2007, 11:47 AM	#9
Wayward Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 205 (0.09/day) Thanks: 23 Thanked 11 Times in 11 Posts System Specs	Excellent work! This must have taken awhile. Your results are definitely worth pondering over. __________________ “it's unit of measure for preasure, and at <100 it's enough to suck a rats eye balls out threw his ass!” -nora.e

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Jul 10, 2007, 11:53 AM	#10
HellasVagabond Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Athens , GREECE Posts: 2,695 (1.16/day) Thanks: 14 Thanked 168 Times in 140 Posts System Specs	The 1gb X2900XT is 300 more in Australia than the 8800GTX ? Its 90euros cheaper than the GTX in Greece... In any case i think we all knew who the winner would be so no surprise comes from these benchmarks although i have to say they are quite thorough Bravo ZOAIB ! PS : I just saw you have the X2900XT overclocked pretty much but the GTX is almost at stock speeds...Why ? You could push the GTX at 620-650 without artifacts and with the stock cooler and no vcore increase...Imagine the Margins we would get then.....If AMD/ATI dont shape up quick we will need to spend 600$ on cards :P __________________ Guides For GPU Power Users (Sometimes its Good to pay tribute to some people instead of copy pasting their guides.)

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Jul 10, 2007, 01:36 PM	#12
zOaib Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: FL Posts: 949 (0.34/day) Thanks: 136 Thanked 35 Times in 23 Posts System Specs	the other factor people have to remember is ATi/AMD never said that the hd 2900 xt to be their high end card , it plays mid range in league of the GTS , the 1gb version is not official release by ATI/AMD , this was an option given to the partners if they wanted to do this , so sapphire and diamond did it , even so if this is just a mid range card and its scratching and fighting against the GTX/Ultra , that is quite impressive IMHO ......... I have been juggling b/e ati and nvidia forever n ever , and thats the fun thing about them one gets a better card prices go down and u get your moneys worth , i dont understand why people take it so personal when it comes to nvidia and Ati , if we did not have competition we wud be extortionized by just one company in a monopoly , just remember ATi has not released the XTX version of this card yet , and if the mid range is playing so close to the big guys , who knows what will happen , also even ATi released these cards so late , but there catalyst works amazingly good for such a short time to be so much MORE stable than Nvidia. i weigh out the goods n bads , not if its ATi or NVIDIA ..................... __________________ “ATi Crossfire: Multiply and Conquer nVidia SLI: Divide and Conquer” -DanishDevil “go watch some porn and come back in one hour” -W1zzard “nvidia goes for the crown, ati goes for the crowd!” -Imsochobo

Jul 10, 2007, 01:43 PM	#13
HellasVagabond Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Athens , GREECE Posts: 2,695 (1.16/day) Thanks: 14 Thanked 168 Times in 140 Posts System Specs	This card can only go up against the GTX ( And lose ) due to the 232mb of ram it has MORE than the GTX....With 768 ram we would have even lower numbers in high resolutions. And i hope that ATI gets something faster but i doubt it since the difference between that and the X2900XT cant be more than 20-30% and the 8900 ( or 9xxx ) is only 3-4 months away so when will they launch it ? Not to mention we have no rumors for a better ATI card. __________________ Guides For GPU Power Users (Sometimes its Good to pay tribute to some people instead of copy pasting their guides.)

Jul 10, 2007, 02:01 PM	#14
Murasame Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: L.A. Posts: 127 (0.05/day) Thanks: 41 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts System Specs	Very nice benches. Nice to see the 2900 keeps its own. Also must remember that ATI said they gave up some dx9 performance for dx10 performance. __________________

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Jul 10, 2007, 02:05 PM	#15
HellasVagabond Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Athens , GREECE Posts: 2,695 (1.16/day) Thanks: 14 Thanked 168 Times in 140 Posts System Specs	Doesnt do really well in DX10 either....Still looses from the GTX and even the GTS in some DX10 games. __________________ Guides For GPU Power Users (Sometimes its Good to pay tribute to some people instead of copy pasting their guides.)

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