The details of how the PowerColor X1600 XT videocard test system was configured for benchmarking, including the specific hardware, software drivers, operating system and benchmark versions are indicated below. In the second column are the general specs for the reference platforms this Radeon X1600 XT videocard is to be compared against. Please take a moment to look over PCSTATS test system configurations before moving on to the individual benchmark results.

PCSTATS Test System Configurations

test system reference system processor: amd Athlon64 4000+ Clock Speed: 12 x 200 MHz = 2.4 GHz Motherboards: Asus A8N-SLI Premium (NF4 SLI) Videocard: PowerColor X1600 XT MSI RX1800XT-VT2D512E Gigabyte GV-RX18L256V-B ATi Radeon X850 XT PE MSI RX850XT-TD256E MSI RX800XT-VTD256E ATi Radeon X800 XL PowerColor X700 PRO MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (Single Mode) MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (SLI Mode) Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (Single Mode) Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (SLI Mode) MSI NX6800GT-T2D256E MSI NX6800-TD128E (Single) MSI NX6800-TD128E (SLI Mode) MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (Single Mode) MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (SLI Mode) Memory: 2x 512MB OCZ Gold GX PC3500 DDR Hard Drive: 74GB Western Digital Raptor WD740 CDROM: AOpen Combo 52x PowerSupply: PC Power & Cooling TurboCool 510 SLI Heatsink: Athlon64 4000+ Reference Heatsink Software Setup: Microsoft WindowsXP SP2 nVIDIA Forceware 6.70 nVIDIA Forceware 81.95 ATI Catalyst 6.3 Benchmarks: 3DMark05 3DMark06 AquaMark3 FarCry Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory Doom 3 FEAR Quake 4 X3: Reunion AA+AF Benchmarks FarCry FEAR Doom 3

3DMark05	Source: FutureMark

3DMark05 is the latest version of the highly favoured 3DMark graphics benchmarking series. It is the first benchmark to require DirectX9.0 compliant hardware with support for Pixel Shader 2.0 or higher!

3DMark05
Overall	Points	Ranking
Asus EAX1900XTX/2DHTV/512M/A	10905
MSI RX1800XT-VT2D512E	9117
Gigabyte GV-RX18L256V-B	7390
ATi Radeon X850 XT PE	6568
MSI RX800XT-VTD256E	5921
ATi Radeon X800 XL	5301
PowerColor X700 Pro	3286
MSI NX7900GTX-VT2D512E	10245
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D512E	9147
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (Single)	7696
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (SLI Mode)	11571
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (Single)	6883
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (SLI Mode)	11161
MSI NX6800GT-T2D256E	5288
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (Single)	3287
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (SLI Mode)	6425
PowerColor X1600 XT	5503
PowerColor X1600 XT (631/693)	5756

The PowerColor X1600XT performs faster than a GeForce 6800GT and Radeon X800 XL videocard in 3DMark05.

3DMark06	Source: FutureMark

3DMark06 is the worldwide standard in advanced 3D game performance benchmarking. A fundamental tool for every company in the PC industry as well as PC users and gamers, 3DMark06 uses advanced real-time 3D game workloads to measure PC performance using a suite of DirectX 9 3D graphics tests, CPU tests, and 3D feature tests. 3DMark06 tests include all new HDR/SM3.0 graphics tests, SM2.0 graphics tests, AI and physics driven single and multiple cores or processor CPU tests and a collection of comprehensive feature tests to reliably measure next generation gaming performance today.

3DMark06
Overall:	Points	Ranking
Asus EAX1900XTX/2DHTV/512M/A	4903
MSI RX1800XT-VT2D512E	3976
Gigabyte GV-RX18L256V-B	3315
ATi Radeon X850 XT PE	2220
MSI RX800XT-VTD256E	2012
ATi Radeon X800 XL	1779
PowerColor X700 Pro	776
MSI NX7900GTX-VT2D512E	4929
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D512E	4314
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (Single)	3826
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (SLI Mode)	5707
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (Single)	3406
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (SLI Mode)	5262
MSI NX6800GT-T2D256E	2349
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (Single)	1461
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (SLI Mode)	2310
PowerColor X1600 XT	2315
PowerColor X1600 XT (631/693)	2426
SM2.0	Points	Ranking
Asus EAX1900XTX/2DHTV/512M/A	2290
MSI RX1800XT-VT2D512E	1810
Gigabyte GV-RX18L256V-B	1429
ATi Radeon X850 XT PE	1172
MSI RX800XT-VTD256E	1046
ATi Radeon X800 XL	909
PowerColor X700 Pro	370
MSI NX7900GTX-VT2D512E	2527
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D512E	1953
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (Single)	1726
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (SLI Mode)	3121
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (Single)	1484
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (SLI Mode)	2764
MSI NX6800GT-T2D256E	978
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (Single)	567
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (SLI Mode)	919
PowerColor X1600 XT	911
PowerColor X1600 XT (631/693)	964
HDR/SM3.0	Points	Ranking
Asus EAX1900XTX/2DHTV/512M/A	2552
MSI RX1800XT-VT2D512E	1808
Gigabyte GV-RX18L256V-B	1427
ATi Radeon X850 XT PE	0
MSI RX800XT-VTD256E	0
ATi Radeon X800 XL	0
PowerColor X700 Pro	0
MSI NX7900GTX-VT2D512E	2349
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D512E	2214
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (Single)	1709
MSI NX7800GTX-VT2D256E (SLI Mode)	2960
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (Single)	1471
Asus EN7800GT 2DHTV/256M/OSP/A (SLI Mode)	2609
MSI NX6800GT-T2D256E	899
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (Single)	529
MSI NX6600GT-TD128E (SLI Mode)	924
PowerColor X1600 XT	935
PowerColor X1600 XT (631/693)	987

The performance of the PowerColor X1600 XT videocard is good on the whole given its class. Within 3DMark06 it holds up well to the two GeForce 6600GTs running in SLI.