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The Gainward 7900GT dominates in Doom 3. It can get up to 25 frames faster. It is also significantly faster in Doom 3 4X FSAA and 8X Aniso as well and is beating the X1900 GT big time. The scores are tight in Far Cry, as the cards are almost identical, the TUL X1900GT runs just a half frame faster. The Nvidia card manages to run faster at the highest resolution.
Power Color's X1900GT is slightly faster in Half Life 2. It runs on average three frames per second faster, nothing dramatic. It is faster in 10x7 with FSAA and Aniso on as well but the 7900 GT is taking a lead that increases with resolution.
Gainward's 7900 GT is faster in every single scenario in Quake 4 and it can get up to 23 frames faster. It is also faster in Quake 4 with FSAA 4X and Aniso 8X and runs from eight to ten frames faster.
In F.E.A.R, Gainward's 7900 GT is significantly faster than the TUL X1900 GT. It runs five to fifteen frames faster but the TUL X1900 GT can keep up with FSAA and Aniso on. It is either tight, or up to three measly frames slower. The ATI Radeon X1900 GT loses in Battlefield 2 as well. Nvidia is from three to thirteen frames faster but, yet again, ATI looks much better with the FSAA and Aniso on. It is slower by a frame at 10x7 but wins seven by twelve frames in all the other resolutions.
We started to use Serious Sam 2 as a test as it has very nice HDR parts of the benchmark. In our newcomer Serious Sam 2 test, the Nvidia 7900 GT duffs up ATI in every single scenario. It runs faster in all resolutions with FSAA, without FSAA, with HDR, with 4X Antialiasing and 8X and can be up to twenty frames faster, sometimes it is more than 40 per cent faster.
ATI still wins in High Quality FSAA 4X + Aniso 8X + HDR as the Nvidian simply cannot do it. You will get decent playability at 10x7 and 12x10 but not at higher resolutions. If you want higher resolution you really need something even faster than this.
The Radeon X1900 GT loses in 3Dmark03 by 2300 marks, but it wins in 3Dmark05 by 1580 marks. 3Dmark 06 is really tight but Nvidia wins by 10 marks only.
It is interesting to note that the TUL Radeon X1900 GT wins by 90 points in Shader model 3.0 and High Definition Rendering (HDR) test but it is losing in Shader model 2.0 test.
In short
Based on what we've seen TUL's Radeon X1900 GT is a good card but it simply cannot keep up with Gainward's 7900 GT card. The Nvidia-powered card simply runs faster and twelve pipes of R580 chip at 585MHz just cannot keep up with it.
TUL's Radeon X1900 GT has a good price and Avivo as its advantage but as a gaming card it will only run faster if you turn the effects on, and then only in few of the games. The rest will run faster on the Gainward and some of them really significantly faster. The X1900 GT does have the advantage of being able to render with FSAA and HDR on, as you should use those two things together.
If you looking to spend around $/?300 on a card and you want the top performance in all scenarios, the Geforce 7900 GT is the better choice. Nvidia did a great job with the 7900 GT card and offers a card faster than 7800 GTX for the $/?299 price mark and ATI simply needs more pipes to compete with it.
If you decide to buy a TUL Radeon X1900 GT you should turn the FSAA and Aniso on and possibly even HDR and then will the card pay off. It will be interesting to see what will ATI do now. µ
The Gainward 7900GT dominates in Doom 3. It can get up to 25 frames faster. It is also significantly faster in Doom 3 4X FSAA and 8X Aniso as well and is beating the X1900 GT big time. The scores are tight in Far Cry, as the cards are almost identical, the TUL X1900GT runs just a half frame faster. The Nvidia card manages to run faster at the highest resolution.
Power Color's X1900GT is slightly faster in Half Life 2. It runs on average three frames per second faster, nothing dramatic. It is faster in 10x7 with FSAA and Aniso on as well but the 7900 GT is taking a lead that increases with resolution.
Gainward's 7900 GT is faster in every single scenario in Quake 4 and it can get up to 23 frames faster. It is also faster in Quake 4 with FSAA 4X and Aniso 8X and runs from eight to ten frames faster.
In F.E.A.R, Gainward's 7900 GT is significantly faster than the TUL X1900 GT. It runs five to fifteen frames faster but the TUL X1900 GT can keep up with FSAA and Aniso on. It is either tight, or up to three measly frames slower. The ATI Radeon X1900 GT loses in Battlefield 2 as well. Nvidia is from three to thirteen frames faster but, yet again, ATI looks much better with the FSAA and Aniso on. It is slower by a frame at 10x7 but wins seven by twelve frames in all the other resolutions.
We started to use Serious Sam 2 as a test as it has very nice HDR parts of the benchmark. In our newcomer Serious Sam 2 test, the Nvidia 7900 GT duffs up ATI in every single scenario. It runs faster in all resolutions with FSAA, without FSAA, with HDR, with 4X Antialiasing and 8X and can be up to twenty frames faster, sometimes it is more than 40 per cent faster.
ATI still wins in High Quality FSAA 4X + Aniso 8X + HDR as the Nvidian simply cannot do it. You will get decent playability at 10x7 and 12x10 but not at higher resolutions. If you want higher resolution you really need something even faster than this.
The Radeon X1900 GT loses in 3Dmark03 by 2300 marks, but it wins in 3Dmark05 by 1580 marks. 3Dmark 06 is really tight but Nvidia wins by 10 marks only.
It is interesting to note that the TUL Radeon X1900 GT wins by 90 points in Shader model 3.0 and High Definition Rendering (HDR) test but it is losing in Shader model 2.0 test.
In short
Based on what we've seen TUL's Radeon X1900 GT is a good card but it simply cannot keep up with Gainward's 7900 GT card. The Nvidia-powered card simply runs faster and twelve pipes of R580 chip at 585MHz just cannot keep up with it.
TUL's Radeon X1900 GT has a good price and Avivo as its advantage but as a gaming card it will only run faster if you turn the effects on, and then only in few of the games. The rest will run faster on the Gainward and some of them really significantly faster. The X1900 GT does have the advantage of being able to render with FSAA and HDR on, as you should use those two things together.
If you looking to spend around $/?300 on a card and you want the top performance in all scenarios, the Geforce 7900 GT is the better choice. Nvidia did a great job with the 7900 GT card and offers a card faster than 7800 GTX for the $/?299 price mark and ATI simply needs more pipes to compete with it.
If you decide to buy a TUL Radeon X1900 GT you should turn the FSAA and Aniso on and possibly even HDR and then will the card pay off. It will be interesting to see what will ATI do now. µ