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12:03 AM - 01/28/2008 by Florian Charpentier

As with the previous articles, every card has been tested in real life conditions, games being played during well defined sequences, with Fraps taking care of recording the number of images per second.

Resolutions have evolved though. Those of LCD screens have priority, and given the performances of those cards we've measured in 1680x1050 (24") and 1920x1200 (26, 27"). In a dedicated page, we'll also evaluate some cards in 2560x1600 (30").

Test setup

Test setup (2)

We've also included a hardware Crossfire based on a Radeon HD 3870 (775/1125 MHz) and a Radeon HD 3850 512 MB overclocked to 730 / 880 MHz as we lacked a second Radeon HD 3870. This second card is only 6% slower than an HD 3870 and shows a 22% slower bandwidth, which doesn't hinder it too much as we'll see later on.

The test setup also changes

Test Setup
CPU Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 (Quad-core 3 GHz)
Motherboard Asus P5E3 Deluxe (X38)
Memory Crucial 2 x 1 GB DDR3 1333 MHz 9-9-9
Hard Drive Western Digital WD5000AAKS
Hitachi T7K250
DVD ROM DVD Player Asus 12x
Power Supply Coolermaster RealPower Pro 850W
Drivers Catalyst 8.1 beta (8-451-2-080108a)
ForceWare 169.28 beta
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phollens 05/05/2008 3:18 AM
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Those are actually Reality Engine 2 boards, not IR boards on the first page.

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