ATI Mobility Radeon X800 XT: More Pipes in Notebooks
by Derek Wilson on June 6, 2005 7:48 AM EST- Posted in
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Performance Overview
We tested the Alienware system at both 1280x1024 and 1680x1050 (the panel's native resolution). As we can clearly see, the ATI Mobility Radeon X800 XT is no slouch when it comes to pushing pixels around. The 1280x1024 numbers are great, but on a notebook like this, everyone will want to run native resolution. Half Life 2 was tested using our custom coast_12 demo, and Doom 3 ran with 8xAF enabled (as we used High Quality mode for our tests).
And at native resolution, we have very playable frame rates. We can enable 4xAA/8xAF on any of these titles and not have any problems. It would even be possible to run at higher resolutions with an external monitor, but the panel that comes with our tested system is definitely beautiful.
Comparing the Mobility Radeon X800 XT to desktop parts shows us just how powerful a part that we are dealing with. Our notebook even beats the desktop X850 XT in a couple of tests as our X850 XT numbers were run on slightly older drivers. Generally, this part will keep up with the highest end ATI desktop part with no problems.
Quite impressive performance numbers, indeed.
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yacoub - Monday, June 6, 2005 - link
Cooler, quieter, cheaper, and AMD'er, and I'd finally justify replacing my aging desktop with a laptop.msanto - Monday, June 6, 2005 - link
OK, how did that blank one get posted? The reason they went w/ a Prescott is because they are using a Clevo D900T, just like Sager, ProStar, and a bunch of others. No P-M option there.msanto - Monday, June 6, 2005 - link
yacoub - Monday, June 6, 2005 - link
Very nice numbers. I'd really like to see how that system does with Rome: Total War, though. RTW is a massive hog of cpu and gpu resources when in real time battles with large numbers of troops and has been shown to crush laptops in the past.Shadowmage - Monday, June 6, 2005 - link
BTW you can try Rivatuner, I think that would be more compatible with the X800XT Mobility.Shadowmage - Monday, June 6, 2005 - link
LOLYeah I wonder why they went with the Prescott CPU instead of the Dothan, makes more sense with a lower power CPU...
DerekWilson - Monday, June 6, 2005 - link
heh ... I don't think I wanna try overclocking ... It'd either melt my plastic desk or catch my wooden table on fire :-)DerekWilson - Monday, June 6, 2005 - link
coldpower27 is correct -- it uses GDDR3Also, I had trouble with powerstrip so I had to wait for a response to my email from ATI on clocks -- sorry for the late update.
Also, it's a little bit tweaked from the default Sager designs (aside from just the look). They kind of mix and match the parts of a couple differnt Sager offerings. Plus the aliens eyes glow blue on the lid when the notebook is on :-)
Shadowmage - Monday, June 6, 2005 - link
Doh! You're right :)I wanna see overclocked scores please.
coldpower27 - Monday, June 6, 2005 - link
It does mention it, 480Core/550Memory. Judging by the memory speeds this is GDDR3. Over 1 GHZ GDDR1 is not that common at all.