Just got word from my good mate Anton Nilsson over at Nordic Hardware that their Radeon X800 vs. GeForce 6800 article is out! One point to note is on page 6 Testing system , is that they list Forceware 65.04 ! :D
Four weeks have passed since nVidia launched its GeForce 6800 Ultra. We spent one of those weeks, together with colleagues from all over the world, in Toronto with ATi. What ATi had to show us was . of course, the graphics card that has surfaced under the codename R420. The 14th of April was marked by us as the day nVidia put an end to ATi's trend as ruler of the throne, but today it's time for ATi to try to retake it. In the following pages we will show you if they've succeeded or not.
Just like NV40, the R420 has 16 rendering pipelines, GDDR3-memory with high clock frequencies and features beyond the ones offered by its predecessor. In a way, less is hidden below the shell of ATi than nVidia's, since R420 is based a lot on "old" technology.
We were somewhat limited in our review on the GeForce 6800 Ultra, test-wise. Time, failing reference cards and other factors ultimately meant that we couldn't run all tests, but most of all the different settings we had planned. This test, which will become a fair shootout between the NV40 and the R420, has a lot more detailed tests. Before we begin to measure the performance, we'll have a look at the theoretics behind.
Radeon X800 vs. GeForce 6800
Four weeks have passed since nVidia launched its GeForce 6800 Ultra. We spent one of those weeks, together with colleagues from all over the world, in Toronto with ATi. What ATi had to show us was . of course, the graphics card that has surfaced under the codename R420. The 14th of April was marked by us as the day nVidia put an end to ATi's trend as ruler of the throne, but today it's time for ATi to try to retake it. In the following pages we will show you if they've succeeded or not.
Just like NV40, the R420 has 16 rendering pipelines, GDDR3-memory with high clock frequencies and features beyond the ones offered by its predecessor. In a way, less is hidden below the shell of ATi than nVidia's, since R420 is based a lot on "old" technology.
We were somewhat limited in our review on the GeForce 6800 Ultra, test-wise. Time, failing reference cards and other factors ultimately meant that we couldn't run all tests, but most of all the different settings we had planned. This test, which will become a fair shootout between the NV40 and the R420, has a lot more detailed tests. Before we begin to measure the performance, we'll have a look at the theoretics behind.
Radeon X800 vs. GeForce 6800
