ATI Radeon X1800XT (R520) Scores 85xx In 3DMark 2005

According to preliminary tests done by our friends at HKEPC, R520XT clocked at 650MHz core and 1400MHz memory will score ~8600 on 3DMark05 using a AMD FX-55 CPU. This result os nearly 1000 points higher than a Nvidia GeForce 7800GTX at 430/1200MHz. If the R520 clocks run at 550/1200MHz, the score will be around the same as the 7800GTX. It is certainly interesting to see how the R520XT performs in CrossFire mode. There is a 32 pipes version of the R520 as well but it can only be clocked at 520MHz and as a result it will perform lower than the 24 pipes R520XT @ 650Mhz core. Therefore ATI will not release 32pp version until R580 comes along.

Somehow I doubt that R520 has even 24 pixel pipelines. I guess we will see about that pretty soon.