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X1950 Pro 1.8 GHz to 2.8 GHz

	1024	1280	1600		1024 AA AF	1280 AA AF	1600 AA AF
Minimum	87.21%	107.14%	111.25%		106.98%	104.65%	55.42%
Average	31.13%	32.07%	26.39%		30.04%	25.76%	5.89%
Maximum	24.20%	29.52%	32.34%		25.37%	27.44%	4.41%

7900GS 1.8 GHz to 2.8 GHz

	1024	1280	1600		1024 AA AF	1280 AA AF	1600 AA AF
Minimum	150.00%	105.05%	74.74%		57.29%	54.69%	57.14%
Average	31.60%	26.69%	6.09%		0.30%	-1.45%	-1.30%
Maximum	27.70%	26.12%	8.20%		0.85%	0.00%	-0.54%

First, let's look at default test results where AA and AF is not a factor. Frame rate wise, the GeForce 7900GS is the better card here. We experienced notably higher frame rates with it than with the Radeon X1950 Pro. The GeForce 7900GS is faster all the way up to 1600 x 1200, though the difference decreases with each increase in resolution and higher processor clocks. The situation is reversed when we enable AA and AF. The Radeon X1950 Pro simply leaves the GeForce 7900GS way, way behind. The frame rate differences at 1600 x 1200 AA AF shows this very clearly - we're seeing practically a 100 percent higher minimum fps and 125 percent higher average fps with the Radeon X1950 Pro and an 6300 running at 2.8 GHz.

From the table we can see the Radeon X1950 Pro scalability persist even when AA and AF is enabled. It does hit its graphical limits at 1600 x 1200 with AA and AF, but that's still much better than the GeForce 7900GS which already hit its limits at 1024 x 768 AA AF. We can also see how heavily system limited this benchmark really is - minimum fps increase with the use of a 2.8 GHz E6300 are phenomenal. Average frame rate wise, the Radeon X1950 Pro only began to slow scaling at 1600 x 1200, while the GeForce 7900GS don't have any extra headroom anymore.


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	1.8 X1950 Pro	2.8 X1950 Pro	1.8 7900GS	2.8 7900GS
<30 fps	0	0	0	0
30-45 fps	0	0	0	0
45-60 fps	0	0	0	0
60-90 fps	0	0	0	0
90-120 fps	0	0	0	0
>120 fps	70	70	70	70
Total	70	70	70	70

results are in seconds

Looking at the graphs, it became clear that the Radeon X1950 Pro offer the better performance with a higher clocked processor - it scales better. On the first parts of the benchmark, we see the use of a higher clocked processor allows the Radeon X1950 Pro to offer a similar level or significantly higher frame rates than the GeForce 7900GS. The GeForce 7900GS do have the tendency to lose steam at 1600 x 1200, so we have to take that into account. We do think the GeForce 7900GS performed better on the middle parts of the benchmark, offering consistently higher frame rates. The last parts of the benchmark is not very useful - the Radeon X1950 Pro is slightly faster because of higher maximum fps.

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