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How we tested the Radeon 9700 Pro
To determine the performance of the Radeon 9700 Pro, ZDNet carried out the following benchmark tests: Benchmark tests: ATI Radeon 9700 ProApplicationGenreAPIBenchmark3DMark 2001severalDirectX 8integratedComanche 4Action-SimDirectX 8.1integratedQuake 3ActionOpenGLQuaverQuake 3ActionOpenGLNV15-DemoAquamarkAdventureDirectX 8.
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To determine the performance of the Radeon 9700 Pro, ZDNet carried out the following benchmark tests:
The test platform was an Athlon XP/2000+-based system with an Abit KR7A RAID motherboard. This was fitted with 256MB of memory (DDR, PC2100, CL2) and an IBM Deskstar DTLA 307030 hard drive with a rotation speed of 7,200rpm. We tested under Windows XP at 1,024 by 768 resolution in 32-bit colour. The ATI card was tested with the 7.75 drivers; an nVidia GeForce4 Ti 4600 card with the 30.82 (WHQL) Detonator drivers served as a comparison.
Benchmark tests: ATI Radeon 9700 Pro | |||
Application | Genre | API | Benchmark |
3DMark 2001 | several | DirectX 8 | integrated |
Comanche 4 | Action-Sim | DirectX 8.1 | integrated |
Quake 3 | Action | OpenGL | Quaver |
Quake 3 | Action | OpenGL | NV15-Demo |
Aquamark | Adventure | DirectX 8.1 | integrated |