Test System

• All video card results were obtained on this exact system with the exact same configuration.
• All games were set to their highest quality setting

The following resolutions were tested per benchmark:

• 1024 x 768, No Anti-aliasing, No anisotropic filtering. This is a standard resolution without demanding display settings.
• 1280 x 1024, 2x Anti-aliasing, 8x anisotropic filtering. Common resolution for most gamer flatscreens today. A bit of eye candy turned on in the drivers.
• 1600 x 1200, 4x Anti-aliasing, 16x anisotropic filter. Highest non-widescreen resolution available to a wide range of users. Very good looking driver graphics settings.
• 2048 x 1536, 4x Anti-aliasing, 16x anisotropic filter. Highest non-widescreen resolution available to any consumer video card. Very good looking driver graphics settings.

We tested the card using Catalyst 7.3 as well, there is no performance difference to Catalyst 7.1. To keep the test fair, compared to the other cards, we tested the Sapphire X1950 Pro Dual with Catalyst 7.1.

The "Single" benchmark result is with CrossFire disabled in the Catalyst Control Center.