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ATI RADEON X1300 PRO: Entry-Level Gets a Decent Performer? (page 21)

Category: Video

by Alexey Stepin , Yaroslav Lyssenko, Anton Shilov

[ 10/13/2005 | 05:25 PM ]

Futuremark 3DMark05 build 120

In 3DMark05 RADEON X1300 PRO and X700 run almost neck and neck with each other: the performance difference is only 15 points, which can be regarded as a measuring error. Let’s take a look at each of the three game tests included into this testing suite.

As we have just seen in our articles devoted to RADEON X1800 and RADEON X1600 graphics card series, the new ATI architecture proves very efficient in Game 1 test that uses dynamically generated shadows and 8 light sources. RADEON X1300 PRO proved this fact once again. Although the performance difference was not that high it still managed to outperform RADEON X700 in pure speed mode. In eye candy mode the advantage over the predecessor reached 40%, which is a great result.