Sapphire PURE Innovation - ATI's Chipset for the AMD Enthusiast

Test Setup

Performance Test Configuration
Processor(s):	AMD Athlon 64 4000+ (2.4GHz) Socket 939
RAM:	2 x 512MB OCZ PC3200 Platinum Rev. 2
Hard Drive(s):	Seagate 120GB 7200 RPM SATA (8MB Buffer)
Video AGP & IDE Bus Master Drivers:	ATI Catalyst Platform 5.7
Video Cards:	ATI X850XT PE NVIDIA 6800 Ultra MSI NVIDIA 7800GTX
Video Drivers:	ATI Catalyst 5.7 NVIDIA nForce 77.79
Operating System(s):	Windows XP Professional SP2 Direct X 9.0c
Motherboards:	Sapphire PURE Innovation (ATI RX480/SB450) ULi AP9567A (M1695/M1567) Abit An8 Fatal1ty Biostar NF4UL-A9 Chaintech VNF4-Ultra DFI LANParty UT nF4 Ultra-D ECS KN1 Extreme Epox 9NPA+ Ultra Winfast NF4UK8AA (Foxconn) Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe DFI LANParty nF4 SLI-DR Gigabyte K8NXP-SLI MSI K8N Neo4/SLI Platinum

Tests used OCZ PC3200 Platinum Rev. 2, which uses Samsung TCCD chips. All memory ran at 2-2-2-7 timing in all benchmarks.

We tested with our standard NVIDIA 6800 Ultra to allow the best comparisons to benchmark results with other motherboards. To demonstrate performance with various current video options, we also tested with the ATI X850XT PE and the MSI NVIDIA 7800GTX. Resolution in all benchmarks is 1280x1024x32 unless otherwise noted.

Results for the Sapphire ATI with the ATI X850 XT PE are color-coded red in all graphs; results for the Sapphire ATI/NVIDIA 6800 Ultra are in orange; and, Sapphire ATI/MSI NVIDIA 7800 GTX are in gold. Results for the other boards, all tested with the NVIDIA 6800 Ultra, are color-coded blue.