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We did not test FSAA, since we don't see any sense in testing the currently used inferior super sampling FSAA solution of Radeon 8500. Once 'SmoothVision ' has been enabled in upcoming drivers, we will retest the cards.
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Test Setup
Processor
Intel Pentium 4 2 GHz, Socket423
Motherboard
Asus P4T, BIOS 1005
Memory
256 MB Infineon PC800 RDRAM
Network Card
3Com 3C905B-TX, 100 Mbit
Hard Drive
IBM DTLA-307030, ATA100, 7200 RPM
Drivers
ATi Radeon 8500 Driver
4.13.7191
ATi Radeon 7500 Driver
4.13.7189
NVIDIA Video Card Driver
DetonatorXP, rev. 21.85
Software and Settings
Operating System
WindowsME
Monitor Refresh Rates
85 Hz at all resolutions
Unreal Tournament
Revision 4.36, benchmark.dem Demo, very high quality 'preferences' settings, D3D renderer
AquaMark
Revision 2.2
Quake 3 Arena
Retail version 1.11
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