ATI Released Firmware Update v109 (June 2005) for Radeon X800 XT Graphics Card--Fixes 3D Game Full Screen Issue

Later the same day that we posted our shootout between ATI's Radeon X800 XT and Nvidia GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL (see below), ATI released a new version of its firmware for the Radeon X800 XT. The ROM file updater can be downloaded from this ATI Web page. Here are the Release Notes.

We do not know all of what firmware v109 fixed but it fixed the problem we had getting 3D games to play full screen at resolutions less than the native resolution of the monitor. We noted that problem with firmware v108 in yesterday's shootout (posted below) between ATI's best and Nvidia's best.

We re-ran the DOOM 3 and Halo benchmarks and got exactly the same framerates. So our advice is unalterred. Except, of course, the issue with getting full screen play on th eATI card no longer exists. [Bill Fox]