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Benchmarking With
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Serious Sam
SE:
Next we set up
Serious Sam SE to test the cards OpenGL capabilities.
In this round we ran at both 800x600x32 and 1024x768x32,
comparing the results to the GeForce4 MX440.
Clearly both
card pumped out much better frame rates in OpenGL, only this
time the Radeon maintained the lead through out.
Now let's take a
look at Quake 3
Quake 3:
With the Quake 3
tests, we ran the All-In-Wonder at 3 popular resolutions
with the "High Quality" setting and texture quality
maximized. The results were compared to both the
GeForce3 Ti500 and the GeForce4 MX440.
At both 800x600
and 1024x768, the ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon 7500's
performance was very good, although it didn't quite keep up
with the GeForce4 MX440.
Once we set the
resolution to 1600x1200, the FPS really dropped with both
the Radeon card and the GeForce4 MX440, although the
GeForce4 stayed above 60FPS. Nonetheless, with a
little overclocking adjustment, the All-In-Wonder Radeon
7500 might be able to reach 60FPS.
The ATi
All-In-Wonder Radeon 7500 is a feature rich video card with
both competitive 3D performance and excellent TV qualities.
When it comes to TV cards, ATi long ago cornered the market
with their All-In-Wonder product line. Recently nVidia
has entered the game by offering "Personal Cinema" video
cards, one of which Dave reviewed
here. Like the All-In-Wonder, the Personal Cinema
package offers a wide variety of features as well, although
it is currently only powered by the lower end GeForce2 MX
GPU. Consider that both items carry an MSRP of $199
and the decision should be an easy one. In our tests,
the Radeon 7500 GPU may not have beaten the scores of the
GeForce4 MX440 in every test but it sure held its own very
well. If you are a serious gamer who has
to have the fastest video card on the market but you want a
TV card, you may want to consider a stand alone PCI card
over the ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon 7500 or opt for the more
expensive Radeon 8500DV. However, if your primary role
is to have excellent TV and video quality and the ability to
play a graphically intensive game on occasion, the
All-In-Wonder Radeon 7500 should serve you well.
The ATi
All-In-Wonder Radeon 7500 is a great all around video card
with a lot of fun and useful features. Although it may
be a bit under powered for the hard core gamer, the casual
user interested in a card with robust multimedia features,
should look no further than the ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon
7500.
We'll give the
ATi All-In-Wonder Radeon 7500 a Hot Hardware Heat Meter
Rating of an 8!
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