Sapphire Radeon X800 Pro Review

Sapphire’s Radeon X800 Pro has proved its self as an excellent video card for the gaming enthusiast, with a great bundle, outstanding performance, in a smaller, more power efficient, and cooler package. Never the less it comes up whether or not this is the right card for you. If you’re currently using a card such as Radeon’s 9800 Pro, you probably don’t need to upgrade once more to the X800. While there is a definite improvement, it’d probably be wise to wait for the next generation of video cards. However, for those using more dated technology who want to keep up with such graphically intense games as Far Cry or those building a new system, Sapphire provides a wonderful solution with the Radeon X800 Pro featuring a game bundle that simply can not be beat..

..As far as performance what will really be interesting this summer is when the two most anticipated first-person shooters in years ship, id software’s OpenGL based Doom 3 as it immerses you in the experience to create something truly terrifying with id’s advanced game engine and the highly interactive Half-Life 2 from Valve, using DirectX 9 and their own Source Engine. Both of these titles are expected to ship this summer and once they do we’ll have two better benchmarks to test these cards on opposing engines using different APIs to gauge performance. Until then though, ATI definitely seems to have the lead and Sapphire have done a great job capitalizing on this with their X800 Pro.

Sapphire Radeon X800 Pro Review @ AMDZone