ATI RADEON X1600 XT: Mainstream Performance Redefined Once Again?. Page 8
[10/07/2005 06:19 PM | Graphics]
by Alexey Stepin , Yaroslav Lyssenko, Anton Shilov
Besides releasing the high-end RADEON X1800-series, ATI Technologies unveiled its RADEON X1600 family of products, which are aimed at the mainstream market. The company says it has redefined the market of the most widely deployed graphics cards by offering a new level of performance and expanding the list of capabilities. But is it a correct statement? We attempt to find out with the help of over 20 benchmarks!
Painkiller: Battle out of Hell


From the technical point of view, Painkiller is a not very complex game, although its graphics quality is quite high, and the gaming experience is very exciting. This game doesn’t require much for the PC graphics subsystem that is why all testing participants perform almost equally fast in low resolutions. In high resolutions RADEON X1600 XT falls slightly behind GeForce 6800/6600 GT. In eye candy mode it is almost as fast as GeForce 6800, and sometimes it is even faster than the latter.
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