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Ready For The Winter Games: ATI Radeon 9800 XT

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Ready For The Winter Games:
ATI Radeon 9800 XT
Created:
September 30, 2003
By:
Lars Weinand
Category:
Graphics Cards

Summary:
With the Radeon 9800 XT ATI extends it product line upwards. The XT is clocked higher than the current top product and comes with a bunch of interesting features - not to forget an exclusive bundle of the game Half-Life 2 and ASUS as a new board partner. How the card performs or how the ASUS Radeon 9800 XT looks and much more you can find inside the article...

MS Flight Simulator 2004

This is the latest version of the very popular Flight Simulator game series from Microsoft. We measured the performance of a recorded flight with takeoff from Seattle Tacoma Airport in a 737-400, climbing into the clouds and cruise over the city. Settings were Ultra High, Trilinear, Building Storms weather, and small cockpit view. We used FRAPS to measure the performance in the game.

MS Flight Simulator 2004

The v44.03 driver only worked in 1024x768. The cockpit was missing at higher resolutions and the image scaled vertical to half of its size.

A clear lead for ATI in FS 2004. But the advantage of the XT over the Pro model is very very small.

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Table of Contents

Introduction
ATI Radeon 9800 XT
Comparison table
New toys to play with - but not quite yet
Game Bundle - Half-Life 2
ASUS goes ATI - but not exclusively
Commentary: Thomas Pabst
ASUS Radeon 9800 XT
DirectX 9 Performance - an important factor.
Driver quirks and benchmarks
New Benchmark Suite
Test Setup
Benchmarks
    Unreal Tournament 2003
    Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory
    Aquamark 3
    Tomb Raider - Angel Of Darkness
    X2 Rolling Demo
    C&C Generals Demo
    Warcraft III - The Frozen Throne
    Freelancer Demo
    MS Flight Simulator 2004
    Battlefield 1942 - Secret Weapons of WWII
Conclusion

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