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Today we're going to check out one of Crucial's mainstream cards; the Radeon 9600 Pro.
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External Mfg. Website: Crucial		Dec 16 2003	C. Sun

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Benchmarks: AquaMark

AquaMark 2.3 Source: Massive

AquaMark is another DirectX 8 benchmark. Using vertex shaders, any card that is DirectX8 compatible will not just have a huge speed boost, the image will also look better. Default test has 24 MB worth of textures.

AquaMark 1024x768

Video Card FPS Ranking

1. ATi Radeon 9800XT 105.6

2. ATi Radeon 9800 Pro 105.5

3.
ATi Radeon 9700 Pro
99.3

4. Asus Radeon A9600XT 74.1

5. Gigabyte Radeon 9600 Pro 64

6. MSI FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra 113.2

7. Albatron GeForceFX 5600 Ultra 75.2

8. MSI G4Ti4600-VT2D8X 84.8

9. Crucial Radeon 9600 Pro 63.5

10. Crucial Radeon 9600 Pro (506/315) 74.5

At 1024x768 all videocards are perfectly gamable and you would have a tough time telling the difference between the systems in real work gaming situations.

AquaMark 1280x1024

Video Card FPS Ranking

1. ATi Radeon 9800XT 86.1

2. ATi Radeon 9800 Pro 81.1

3.
ATi Radeon 9700 Pro
71.2

4. Asus Radeon A9600XT 47.9

5. Gigabyte Radeon 9600 Pro 41.2

6. MSI FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra 90.2

7. Albatron GeForceFX 5600 Ultra 49.9

8. MSI G4Ti4600-VT2D8X 57.3

9. Crucial Radeon 9600 Pro 41.1

10. Crucial Radeon 9600 Pro (506/315) 48.5

AquaMark 1600x1200
	Video Card	FPS	Ranking
1.	ATi Radeon 9800XT	62.3
2.	ATi Radeon 9800 Pro	57.5
3.	ATi Radeon 9700 Pro	50.2
4.	Asus Radeon A9600XT	33.6
5.	Gigabyte Radeon 9600 Pro	28.8
6.	MSI FX5900U-VTD256 Ultra	67.5
7.	Albatron GeForceFX 5600 Ultra	35.6
8.	MSI G4Ti4600-VT2D8X	41.4
9.	Crucial Radeon 9600 Pro	28.9
10.	Crucial Radeon 9600 Pro (506/315)	34.1

As the resolution is turned up higher the mainstream cards start to lag behind. Still the Crucial Radeon 9600 Pro does very well when you compare it to the GeForceFX 5600 Ultra competition.

Contents of Article: Crucial Radeon 9600 Pro

Pg 1. Crucial Radeon 9600 Pro Videocard Review
Pg 2. Cooling systems and customer care
Pg 3. Benchmarks: 3DMark2001, 3DMark03
Pg 4. — Benchmarks: AquaMark
Pg 5. Benchmarks: AquaMark3
Pg 6. Benchmarks: CodeCreatures
Pg 7. Benchmarks: GunMetal 2
Pg 8. Benchmarks: Quake III Arena
Pg 9. Benchmarks: UT2003
Pg 10. Benchmarks: 3DMark2001, Quake III Arena w/AA
Pg 11. Benchmarks: 3DMark2001, Quake III Arena w/AF
Pg 12. Benchmarks: 3DMark2001, Quake III Arena w/AA+AF

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