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MSI RX1600Pro-TD256E Video Card Review

Date Published:
04-05-2006

Written By:
Sludge

Provided By:
Directron

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FRAPS:

Fraps was used for Doom3, Far Cry and Quake4. All of the games were the demo versions. Each of these games max out at 60fps. With my current setup, the 60fps was achieved 90%+ of the time during game play. Except when playing the Far Cry Demo, when the frame rate was around 50fps.

43 FPS

57 FPS

AquaMark:

Masked Environment	High Particle Count
Vertex and Pixel Lighting	3D Volumetric Fog

Fillrate Benchmark 2004

Benchmark Main Program Version: FRB_V092
Benchmark Date/Time : 3/18/2006 6:49:13 PM

System Information
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CPU : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+
GFX : RADEON X1600 Series
OS : Microsoft Windows XP
Settings : 1024x768 32 bits D16 4x FSAA

Benchmark Results
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Frame Buffer Clear : 57920 FPS
Color Fill : 1564.056 M-Pixel/s
Z Fill : 1859.755 M-Pixel/s
Color + Z Fill : 1124.912 M-Pixel/s
Single Texture : 1454.585 M-Pixel/s
Single Texture Alpha Blend : 978.9506 M-Pixel/s
Dual Textures : 905.9697 M-Pixel/s
Triple Textures : 634.1788 M-Pixel/s
Quad Textures : 485.7004 M-Pixel/s
1 Floating Point Texture : 913.5193 M-Pixel/s
Render to Self : 1621.623 M-Pixel/s
PS 1.1 Simple : 1444.518 M-Pixel/s
PS 1.4 Simple : 1442.002 M-Pixel/s
PS 2.0 Simple : 1443.26 M-Pixel/s
PS 2.0 PP Simple : 1442.002 M-Pixel/s
Customized Pixel Shader : 1577.897 M-Pixel/

During the testing faze I didn't experience any problems. None of the games froze or locked up. While running the other benches, no problems arose. None of the applications crashed and no faults were found.

Conclusion:

For a video card that won't break the bank, this one should fill the needs of most users out there. All the demos I played ran excellently. Colin McRae Rally 2005 was bundled with the card and it ran flawlessly, along with a few other games I tried.

ATI is pushing the x1000 series of cards for its Shader capability, which is great, but doesn't mention much about other kinds of games. As newer games are developed, the makers are saying that they will be more Shader dependent. Of course, that would lead us to believe that the x1000 series of cards are the way to go. Only time will answer that question.

But as for the games of today and yesterday, the MSI x1600PRO will get the job done for under $150 at Directron.com.

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