| HIS X1800GTO IceQ3 Turbo 256MB Graphics Card Review at MaXit |
| Written by Maxit | ||||||
Page 2 of 4 The Lab WorkoutThe X1800GTO has only one competitor in this class the 7600GT. We used an Asus model in our comparison, but it features the same clock speeds as the reference example. As this is a mid-ranged battle, extreme resolutions and maximum anti-aliasing settings were not tested. If you need maximum eye candy, you should splash out on one the mega cards from the ATI or Nvidia stable.Quake 4 Not the most exciting title but the engine is highly regarded and sure to be licensed by lots of other developers. Performance is a good indicator for future games.  One of the most important multiplayer titles around and one of the most intensive on your PC.  Half Life 2 Still arguably the best looking PC game and one of our favourites at MaXit HQ. Half Life 2s engine is amazingly CPU limited until you load up the Lost Coast HDR-demo level.  3DMark06 The best 3DMark for many years, 06 takes into account CPU scores as well as video, and features some very high end HDR lighting tests.  Overall, performance leadership is split between the X1800 GTO and the 7600GT. Regardless of which of these solutions you choose, the performance lead over the previous generation of X1600XT technology is significant and undisputable. |