Test Setup
We compared the Radeon 9500 PRO with ATI's brand new range and with the NVIDIA GeForce 4 Ti 4600 and Ti4200-8x. To stretch the cards to their limits, we ran our tests using a powerful 3.06 GHz Pentium 4. If you are interested in how the cards perform with a slower CPU (2.2 GHz), take a look at the preview article that we published four weeks ago.
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| Hardware | |
|---|---|
| Processor | Intel Pentium 4 3.06 GHz |
| Memory | 2 x 256 MB, PC333 cl2 |
| Graphic Cards | NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti4200 128 MBNVIDIA GeForce4 Ti4600ATI Radeon 9000 ProATI Radeon 9500 ProATI Radeon 9700ATI Radeon 9700 PRO |
| Motherboard | ASUS P4PE |
| Drivers & Software | |
| Graphics Driver | NVIDIA - v. 40.72 WHQLATI - v. 02.4 (6.13.10.6200) |
| DirectX Version | 8.1 |
| OS | Windows XP Professional SP1 |
| Benchmarks & Settings | |
| Aquanox | Retail Version v1.17 |
| Max Payne | Retail Version v1.05Benchmark using 'Shooting Alex' |
| Unreal Tournament | Demo v1.1 |
| 2003 Demo | Antalus Benchmark |
| 3D Mark 2001 SE | Pro Version, Build 330 |
Benchmarks
Aquanox
The reduced memory bandwidth is quite noticeable in Aquanox. In 1280x1024, the 9500 PRO was 46% slower than the 9700 PRO and only marginally ahead of the Ti 4200-8x. The GeForce 4 Ti 4600 was a good 10 - 15% faster in all resolutions.
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