XbitLabs: The Fastest Graphics Cards of 2004
Omega65
Philadelphia, Pa
Xbitlabs takes the fastest 27 GPUs of 2004/2005 (PCIe & AGP) and compares them all in a 50 page mega review!
<b>VideoCards - AGP</b>
<list>
<li> NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra 256MB (400MHz/1100MHz)
<li> NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT 256MB (350/1000MHz);
<li> NVIDIA GeForce 6800 128MB (325/700MHz);
<li> NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT AGP 128MB (500/900MHz);
<li> NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra 256MB (475/950MHz)
<li> NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 128MB (400/850MHz)
<li> NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 XT 256MB (400/700MHz)
<li> NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra 128MB (475/900MHz)
<li> ATI RADEON X800 XT Platinum Edition 256MB (520/1120MHz)
<li> ATI RADEON X800 XT 256MB (500/1000 MHz)
<li> ATI RADEON X800 PRO 256MB (475/900MHz)
<li> ATI RADEON 9800 XT 256MB (412/730MHz)
<li> ATI RADEON 9800 PRO 128MB (380/680MHz)
<li> ATI RADEON 9500 PRO 128MB (275/550MHz)</list>
<b>VideoCards - PCIe</b>
<list>
<li>NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra SLI (425/1100MHz)
<li>NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT SLI (500/1000MHz)
<li>NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT 256MB (350/1000MHz)
<li>NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT 128MB (500/1000MHz)
<li>NVIDIA GeForce 6600 128MB (300/500MHz)
<li>NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5750 128MB (425/500MHz)
<li>ATI RADEON X850 XT Platinum Edition 256MB (540/1180MHz)
<li>ATI RADEON X800 XT 256MB (500/1000MHz)
<li>ATI RADEON X800 XL 256MB (400/1000MHz)
<li>ATI RADEON X700 XT 256MB (475/1000MHz)
<li>ATI RADEON X700 PRO 256MB (420/864MHz)
<li>ATI RADEON X600 XT 128MB (500/730MHz)
<li>ATI RADEON X300 SE 128MB (325/400MHz)</list>
<b>VideoCards - AGP</b>
<list>
<li> NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra 256MB (400MHz/1100MHz)
<li> NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT 256MB (350/1000MHz);
<li> NVIDIA GeForce 6800 128MB (325/700MHz);
<li> NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT AGP 128MB (500/900MHz);
<li> NVIDIA GeForce FX 5950 Ultra 256MB (475/950MHz)
<li> NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 128MB (400/850MHz)
<li> NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 XT 256MB (400/700MHz)
<li> NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 Ultra 128MB (475/900MHz)
<li> ATI RADEON X800 XT Platinum Edition 256MB (520/1120MHz)
<li> ATI RADEON X800 XT 256MB (500/1000 MHz)
<li> ATI RADEON X800 PRO 256MB (475/900MHz)
<li> ATI RADEON 9800 XT 256MB (412/730MHz)
<li> ATI RADEON 9800 PRO 128MB (380/680MHz)
<li> ATI RADEON 9500 PRO 128MB (275/550MHz)</list>
<b>VideoCards - PCIe</b>
<list>
<li>NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra SLI (425/1100MHz)
<li>NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT SLI (500/1000MHz)
<li>NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT 256MB (350/1000MHz)
<li>NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT 128MB (500/1000MHz)
<li>NVIDIA GeForce 6600 128MB (300/500MHz)
<li>NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5750 128MB (425/500MHz)
<li>ATI RADEON X850 XT Platinum Edition 256MB (540/1180MHz)
<li>ATI RADEON X800 XT 256MB (500/1000MHz)
<li>ATI RADEON X800 XL 256MB (400/1000MHz)
<li>ATI RADEON X700 XT 256MB (475/1000MHz)
<li>ATI RADEON X700 PRO 256MB (420/864MHz)
<li>ATI RADEON X600 XT 128MB (500/730MHz)
<li>ATI RADEON X300 SE 128MB (325/400MHz)</list>
Source: XbitlabsAfter a brief review of the last-year graphics market, we are now ready to taste that year’s vintage of graphics cards in practice. We had to use three platforms for our mega-roundup: two computers with an AMD Athlon 64 FX-53 processor (with AGP 8x and dual PCI Express graphics interfaces) and one with an Intel Pentium 4 560 (with a PCI Express x16 slot). Our choice was determined by the huge number of the tested graphics cards and the late availability of the full-fledged NVIDIA nForce4 SLI platform. Since the nForce4 SLI is yet fresh, we only used the mainboard on this chipset to test graphics cards in the SLI mode, so it would be logical to compare the results of the SLI platform with those of the AGP cards that also worked with an Athlon 64 FX-53.
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