NVIDIA - v. 40.72ATi - v. 02.4ATi - v. 02.3 (OC Tests)
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
Jedi Knight II
Benchmark using 'jk2ffa'
3D Mark 2001 SE
Pro Version, Build 330
Since the cards are identical, except for the cooling and colors, and run at the same clock speeds, we decided to skip time-consuming individual tests and just determined the ratings with the reference card. When it came to the overclocking tests, though, we gave each card an opportunity to strut its stuff. To give an idea of how the Radeon 9700 PRO performs, we've compared it to the "small" Radeon 9700, the NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti4400 and 4600, and to the equally expensive Matrox Parhelia.
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