Performance in Semi-Synthetic Benchmarks

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The RADEON X850 XT Platinum Edition is a little faster than the GeForce 6800 Ultra in the “pure speed” mode and much faster in the “eye candy” mode, but this is the only success of ATI Technologies here. The G70-based solutions are superior, and the e-GeForce 7800 GTX again enjoys a 1-2fps advantage over the standard GeForce 7800 GTX.

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This semi-synthetic benchmark isn’t new and doesn’t use all the capabilities of modern GPUs. It prefers graphics cards with an efficient memory controller and a high geometrical performance. It’s not all perfect with the GeForce 7800 GTX’s memory controller if we compare it with ATI Technologies’ solutions, but the performance of the vertex processors is high. Eight such processors clocked at 470MHz (490MHz with the EVGA card) help the G70-based solutions outperform the RADEON X850 XT Platinum Edition, even though the gap is very small. The fact that the e-GeForce 7800 GTX enjoys a small advantage over the standard GeForce 7800 GTX is indicative of the higher operational frequencies of the EVGA card and of the lack of the discrete 27MHz step at overclocking.