Gigabyte GV-R98P128D 128M Review (5)
Overclocker 12 May 2003

Benchmarking

We conduct the a number of tests on the setup with the following configuration :

Test System:

• Intel P4 3.0C
• ABIT IC7-G i875P running 2 x 256M DDR400 in Sync DDR400 CAS2, 2-2-5
• Maxtor D740X-6L ATA133 7200RPM
• AOPEN 40X CDROM 
• Gigabyte GV-R98P128D, Catalyst 3.0
• Tyan Tachyon Radeon 9700Pro, Catalyst 3.0
• Channelwell 375W AMD Approved PSU 

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In our benchmarks for Radeon 9800pro, we set it to the 5 Main settings, Optimal Performance, Hi Perofrmance, Balanced, Hi Quality, Optimal Quality. Do take note the various combinations of AA and AF when the above are selected.

Optimal Quality = 4X AA + 16X AF
High Quality = 2X AA + 8X AF
Balanced = Application Specific
High Performance = Application Specific + Texture Pref  3 + MipMap Level 3
Optimal Performance = Application Specific + Texture Pref  2 + MipMap Level 2

From the benchmarks, we see that R98P128D is indeed much faster than the R9700pro card by almost 15% if we considered use Balanced mode. In Quality mode, the frame rates actually dipped almost 100fps in both cases. In Optimal Quality mode, the difference is 13% between the two cards.

Overall, the Radeon 9800Pro is around 13~15% faster than R9700pro.

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