VGA Charts 2008: 101 Configurations Tested

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Chip Comparison And Test Configuration

All cards run at the default clock speed. Only the GeForce 8800 GTS 512 was also tested with overclocking values. We did not use SLI and CrossFire with graphics chips that have an identification of x200 to x400, due to their low 3D performance. The Radeon X800 XT from AMD represents the oldest generation in the test. And even then, since this card only supports Shader Model 2, some games won’t work with it. As a result, we chose not to test the other X800 and X850 models. The Radeon X600 and X700 also no longer make sense with these demanding test settings.

The current GeForce 6 models—the 6600 GT, 6800 GT and 6800 Ultra—lead off for Nvidia. We did not include the in-between versions, like the GeForce 8800 GS, 9600 GTO or 8800 GT with 256 MB. The values of the 9600 GT with 1024 MB can be transferred to the 9600 GT with 512 MB. When comparing the GeForce 8800 GT 512 against the 8800 GT 1024, it is clear that the doubled memory mainly affects the game Crysis with AA enabled, but the additional frames do not play a large part in the overall results.

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Chip	Code name	Memory	GPU rate	Shader	Memory rate	SPs
GeForce GTX 280 SLI	GT200	1024 GDDR3	602 MHz	4.0, 1296 MHz	2214 MHz	240
GeForce GTX 280	GT200	1024 GDDR3	602 MHz	4.0, 1296 MHz	2214 MHz	240
GeForce GTX 260 SLI	GT200	896 GDDR3	576 MHz	4.0, 1242 MHz	1998 MHz	192
GeForce GTX 260	GT200	896 GDDR3	576 MHz	4.0, 1242 MHz	1998 MHz	192
GeForce 9800 GX2	2xG92	2x512 MB GDDR3	600 MHz	4.0, 1500 MHz	2000 MHz	2x128
GeForce 9800 GTX SLI	G92	512 MB GDDR3	675 MHz	4 . 0, 1688 MHz	2200 MHz	128
GeForce 9800 GTX	G92	512 MB GDDR3	675 MHz	4.0, 1688 MHz	2200 MHz	128
GeForce 9600 GT SLI	G94	1024 MB GDDR3	650 MHz	4.0, 1625 MHz	1800 MHz	64
GeForce 9600 GT	G94	1024 MB GDDR3	650 MHz	4.0, 1625 MHz	1800 MHz	64
GeForce 8800 GTS OC	G92	512 MB GDDR3	730 MHz	4.0, 1825 MHz	1944 MHz	128
GeForce 8800 GTS SLI	G92	512 MB GDDR3	650 MHz	4.0, 1625 MHz	1944 MHz	128
GeForce 8800 GTS	G92	512 MB GDDR3	650 MHz	4.0, 1625 MHz	1944 MHz	128
GeForce 8800 GT SLI	G92	1024 MB GDDR3	600 MHz	4.0, 1500 MHz	1800 MHz	112
GeForce 8800 GT	G92	1024 MB GDDR3	600 MHz	4.0, 1500 MHz	1800 MHz	112
GeForce 8800 GT SLI	G92	512 MB GDDR3	600 MHz	4.0, 1500 MHz	1800 MHz	112
GeForce 8800 GT	G92	512 MB GDDR3	600 MHz	4.0, 1500 MHz	1800 MHz	112
GeForce 8800 Ultra 3SLI	G80	768 MB GDDR3	612 MHz	4.0, 1512 MHz	2160 MHz	128
GeForce 8800 Ultra SLI	G80	768 MB GDDR3	612 MHz	4.0, 1512 MHz	2160 MHz	128
GeForce 8800 Ultra	G80	768 MB GDDR3	612 MHz	4.0, 1512 MHz	2160 MHz	128
GeForce 8800 GTX	G80	768 MB GDDR3	576 MHz	4.0, 1350 MHz	1800 MHz	128
GeForce 8800 GTS	G80	640 MB GDDR3	500 MHz	4.0, 1188 MHz	1600 MHz	96
GeForce 8800 GTS SLI	G80	320 MB GDDR3	500 MHz	4.0, 1188 MHz	1600 MHz	96
GeForce 8800 GTS	G80	320 MB GDDR3	500 MHz	4.0, 1188 MHz	1600 MHz	96
GeForce 8600 GTS	G84	512 MB GDDR3	675 MHz	4.0, 1450 MHz	2016 MHz	32
GeForce 8600 GTS SLI	G84	256 MB GDDR3	675 MHz	4.0, 1450 MHz	2016 MHz	32
GeForce 8600 GTS	G84	256 MB GDDR3	675 MHz	4.0, 1450 MHz	2016 MHz	32
GeForce 8600 GT SLI	G84	256 MB GDDR3	540 MHz	4.0, 1180 MHz	1400 MHz	32
GeForce 8600 GT	G84	256 MB GDDR3	540 MHz	4.0, 1180 MHz	1400 MHz	32
GeForce 8500 GT	G86	256 MB DDR2	459 MHz	4.0, 918 MHz	800 MHz	16
GeForce 8400 GS	G86	256 MB DDR2	459 MHz	4.0, 918 MHz	800 MHz	16
GeForce 7950 GX2 SLI	4xG71	4x512 MB GDDR3	500 MHz	3.0	1200 MHz	4x24P 8V
GeForce 7950 GX2	2xG71	2x512 MB GDDR3	500 MHz	3.0	1200 MHz	2x24P 8V
GeForce 7950 GT SLI	G71	512 MB GDDR3	550 MHz	3.0	1400 MHz	24P 8V
GeForce 7950 GT	G71	512 MB GDDR3	550 MHz	3.0	1400 MHz	24P 8V
GeForce 7900 GTX	G71	512 MB GDDR3	650 MHz	3.0	1600 MHz	24P 8V
GeForce 7900 GTO	G71	512 MB GDDR3	650 MHz	3.0	1320 MHz	24P 8V
GeForce 7900 GT SLI	G71	256 MB GDDR3	450 MHz	3.0	1320 MHz	24P 8V
GeForce 7900 GT	G71	256 MB GDDR3	450 MHz	3.0	1320 MHz	24P 8V
GeForce 7900 GS SLI	G71	256 MB GDDR3	450 MHz	3.0	1320 MHz	20P 7V
GeForce 7900 GS	G71	256 MB GDDR3	450 MHz	3.0	1320 MHz	20P 7V
GeForce 7800 GTX	G70	512 MB GDDR3	550 MHz	3.0	1700 MHz	24P 8V
GeForce 7800 GTX SLI	G70	256 MB GDDR3	430 MHz	3.0	1200 MHz	24P 8V
GeForce 7800 GTX	G70	256 MB GDDR3	430 MHz	3.0	1200 MHz	24P 8V
GeForce 7800 GT SLI	G70	256 MB GDDR3	400 MHz	3.0	1000 MHz	20P 7V
GeForce 7800 GT	G70	256 MB GDDR3	400 MHz	3.0	1000 MHz	20P 7V
GeForce 7600 GT SLI	G73	256 MB GDDR3	560 MHz	3.0	1400 MHz	12P 5V
GeForce 7600 GT	G73	256 MB GDDR3	560 MHz	3.0	1400 MHz	12P 5V
GeForce 7600 GS SLI	G73	256 MB DDR2	400 MHz	3.0	800 MHz	12P 5V
GeForce 7600 GS	G73	256 MB DDR2	400 MHz	3.0	800 MHz	12P 5V
GeForce 7300 GT	G73	256 MB DDR2	350 MHz	3.0	666 MHz	8P 4V
GeForce 7300 GS	G72	128 MB DDR2	550 MHz	3.0	810 MHz	4P 3V
GeForce 6800 Ultra	NV40	256 MB GDDR3	425 MHz	3.0	1100 MHz	16P 6V
GeForce 6800 GT	NV40	256 MB GDDR3	350 MHz	3.0	1000 MHz	16P 6V
GeForce 6600 GT	NV43	128 MB GDDR3	500 MHz	3.0	1000 MHz	8P 3V

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Chip	Memory bus	Manufacturing process	Transistors	Interface
GeForce GTX 280 SLI	512 Bit	65 nm	1400 MB	PCIe 2.0
GeForce GTX 280	512 Bit	65 nm	1400 MB	PCIe 2.0
GeForce GTX 260 SLI	448 Bit	65 nm	1400 MB	PCIe 2.0
GeForce GTX 260	448 Bit	65 nm	1400 MB	PCIe 2.0
GeForce 9800 GX2	2x256 Bit	65 nm	2x754 MB	PCIe 2.0
GeForce 9800 GTX SLI	256 Bit	65 nm	754 MB	PCIe 2.0
GeForce 9800 GTX	256 Bit	65 nm	754 MB	PCIe 2.0
GeForce 9600 GT SLI	256 Bit	65 nm	505 MB	PCIe 2.0
GeForce 9600 GT	256 Bit	65 nm	505 MB	PCIe 2.0
GeForce 8800 GTS OC	256 Bit	65 nm	754 MB	PCIe 2.0
GeForce 8800 GTS SLI	256 Bit	65 nm	754 MB	PCIe 2.0
GeForce 8800 GTS	256 Bit	65 nm	754 MB	PCIe 2.0
GeForce 8800 GT SLI	256 Bit	65 nm	754 MB	PCIe 2.0
GeForce 8800 GT	256 Bit	65 nm	754 MB	PCIe 2.0
GeForce 8800 GT SLI	256 Bit	65 nm	754 MB	PCIe 2.0
GeForce 8800 GT	256 Bit	65 nm	754 MB	PCIe 2.0
GeForce 8800 Ultra 3SLI	384 Bit	90 nm	681 MB	PCIe 1
GeForce 8800 Ultra SLI	384 Bit	90 nm	681 MB	PCIe 1
GeForce 8800 Ultra	384 Bit	90 nm	681 MB	PCIe 1
GeForce 8800 GTX	384 Bit	90 nm	681 MB	PCIe 1
GeForce 8800 GTS	320 Bit	90 nm	681 MB	PCIe 1
GeForce 8800 GTS SLI	320 Bit	90 nm	681 MB	PCIe 1
GeForce 8800 GTS	320 Bit	90 nm	681 MB	PCIe 1
GeForce 8600 GTS	128 Bit	80 nm	289 MB	PCIe 1
GeForce 8600 GTS SLI	128 Bit	80 nm	289 MB	PCIe 1
GeForce 8600 GTS	128 Bit	80 nm	289 MB	PCIe 1
GeForce 8600 GT SLI	128 Bit	80 nm	289 MB	PCIe 1
GeForce 8600 GT	128 Bit	80 nm	289 MB	PCIe 1
GeForce 8500 GT	128 Bit	80 nm	210 MB	PCIe 1
GeForce 8400 GS	64 Bit	80 nm	210 MB	PCIe 1
GeForce 7950 GX2 SLI	4x256 Bit	90 nm	4x278 MB	PCIe 1
GeForce 7950 GX2	2x256 Bit	90 nm	2x278 MB	PCIe 1
GeForce 7950 GT SLI	256 Bit	90 nm	278 MB	PCIe 1
GeForce 7950 GT	256 Bit	90 nm	278 MB	PCIe 1
GeForce 7900 GTX	256 Bit	90 nm	278 MB	PCIe 1
GeForce 7900 GTO	256 Bit	90 nm	278 MB	PCIe 1
GeForce 7900 GT SLI	256 Bit	90 nm	278 MB	PCIe 1
GeForce 7900 GT	256 Bit	90 nm	278 MB	PCIe 1
GeForce 7900 GS SLI	256 Bit	90 nm	278 MB	PCIe 1
GeForce 7900 GS	256 Bit	90 nm	278 MB	PCIe 1
GeForce 7800 GTX	256 Bit	110 nm	303 MB	PCIe 1
GeForce 7800 GTX SLI	256 Bit	110 nm	303 MB	PCIe 1
GeForce 7800 GTX	256 Bit	110 nm	303 MB	PCIe 1
GeForce 7800 GT SLI	256 Bit	110 nm	303 MB	PCIe 1
GeForce 7800 GT	256 Bit	110 nm	303 MB	PCIe 1
GeForce 7600 GT SLI	128 Bit	90 nm	178 MB	PCIe 1
GeForce 7600 GT	128 Bit	90 nm	178 MB	PCIe 1
GeForce 7600 GS SLI	128 Bit	90 nm	178 MB	PCIe 1
GeForce 7600 GS	128 Bit	90 nm	178 MB	PCIe 1
GeForce 7300 GT	128 Bit	90 nm	178 MB	PCIe 1
GeForce 7300 GS	64 Bit	90 nm	112 MB	PCIe 1
GeForce 6800 Ultra	256 Bit	130 nm	222 MB	PCIe 1
GeForce 6800 GT	256 Bit	130 nm	222 MB	PCIe 1
GeForce 6600 GT	128 Bit	110 nm	146 MB	PCIe 1

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Chip	Code name	Memory	GPU rate	Shader	Memory rate	SPs
Radeon HD 4870 CF	RV770	512 MB GDDR5	750 MHz	4.1	3600 MHz	800
Radeon HD 4870	RV770	512 MB GDDR5	750 MHz	4.1	3600 MHz	800
Radeon HD 4850 CF	RV770	512 MB GDDR3	625 MHz	4.1	1986 MHz	800
Radeon HD 4850	RV770	512 MB GDDR3	625 MHz	4.1	1986 MHz	800
Radeon HD 3870 4CF	2xR680	4x512 MB GDDR3	825 MHz	4.1	1802 MHz	4x320
Radeon HD 3870 3CF	R680/RV670	3x512 MB GDDR3/4	825/800 MHz	4.1	1802/2252 MHz	3x320
Radeon HD 3870 X2	R680	2x512 MB GDDR3	825 MHz	4.1	1802 MHz	2x320
Radeon HD 3870 CF	RV670	512 MB GDDR4	775 MHz	4.1	2252 MHz	320
Radeon HD 3870	RV670	512 MB GDDR4	775 MHz	4.1	2252 MHz	320
Radeon HD 3850 CF	RV670	256 MB GDDR3	670 MHz	4.1	1658 MHz	320
Radeon HD 3850	RV670	256 MB GDDR3	670 MHz	4.1	1658 MHz	320
Radeon HD 3650 CF	RV635	512 MB GDDR3	725 MHz	4.1	1602 MHz	120
Radeon HD 3650	RV635	512 MB GDDR3	725 MHz	4.1	1602 MHz	120
Radeon HD 3470	RV620	256 MB GDDR3	796 MHz	4.1	1886 MHz	40
Radeon HD 3450	RV620	256 MB DDR2	594 MHz	4.1	990 MHz	40
Radeon HD 2900 XT CF	R600	512 MB GDDR3	743 MHz	4.0	1656 MHz	320
Radeon HD 2900 XT	R600	512 MB GDDR3	743 MHz	4.0	1656 MHz	320
Radeon HD 2600 XT CF	RV630	512 MB GDDR3	800 MHz	4.0	1400 MHz	120
Radeon HD 2600 XT	RV630	512 MB GDDR3	800 MHz	4.0	1400 MHz	120
Radeon HD 2600 XT	RV630	256 MB GDDR4	800 MHz	4.0	2200 MHz	120
Radeon HD 2600 Pro CF	RV630	256 MB GDDR3	600 MHz	4.0	1400 MHz	120
Radeon HD 2600 Pro	RV630	256 MB GDDR3	600 MHz	4.0	1400 MHz	120
Radeon HD 2400 XT	RV610	256 MB GDDR3	700 MHz	4.0	1400 MHz	40
Radeon HD 2400 Pro	RV610	256 MB DDR2	525 MHz	4.0	800 MHz	40
Radeon X1950 XTX CF	R580+	512 MB GDDR4	650 MHz	3.0	2000 MHz	48P 8V
Radeon X1950 XTX	R580+	512 MB GDDR4	650 MHz	3.0	2000 MHz	48P 8V
Radeon X1950 XT	R580+	256 MB GDDR3	625 MHz	3.0	1800 MHz	48P 8V
Radeon X1950 Pro	RV570	256 MB GDDR3	575 MHz	3.0	1380 MHz	36P 8V
Radeon X1950 GT	RV570	256 MB GDDR3	500 MHz	3.0	1200 MHz	36P 8V
Radeon X1900 XT CF	R580	512 MB GDDR3	625 MHz	3.0	1450 MHz	48P 8V
Radeon X1900 XT	R580	512 MB GDDR3	625 MHz	3.0	1450 MHz	48P 8V
Radeon X1900 XT	R580	256 MB GDDR3	625 MHz	3.0	1450 MHz	48P 8V
Radeon X1900 GT	R580	256 MB GDDR3	575 MHz	3.0	1188 MHz	36P 8V
Radeon X1800 XT	R520	512 MB GDDR3	631 MHz	3.0	1504 MHz	16P 8V
Radeon X1800 XT	R520	256 MB GDDR3	621 MHz	3.0	1494 MHz	16P 8V
Radeon X1800 XL	R520	256 MB GDDR3	500 MHz	3.0	990 MHz	16P 8V
Radeon X1800 GTO	R520	256 MB GDDR3	500 MHz	3.0	990 MHz	16P 8V
Radeon X1650 XT	RV560	256 MB GDDR3	575 MHz	3.0	1350 MHz	24P 8V
Radeon X1650 Pro	RV530	256 MB GDDR3	594 MHz	3.0	1378 MHz	12P 5V
Radeon X1600 XT CF	RV530	256 MB GDDR3	581 MHz	3.0	1368 MHz	12P 5V
Radeon X1600 XT	RV530	256 MB GDDR3	581 MHz	3.0	1368 MHz	12P 5V
Radeon X1600 Pro CF	RV530	256 MB DDR2	500 MHz	3.0	784 MHz	12P 5V
Radeon X1600 Pro	RV530	256 MB DDR2	500 MHz	3.0	784 MHz	12P 5V
Radeon X1300 XT	RV530	256 MB GDDR3	587 MHz	3.0	1378 MHz	12P 5V
Radeon X1300 Pro	RV515	128 MB GDDR3	594 MHz	3.0	990 MHz	4P 2V
Radeon X1300	RV515	256 MB DDR2	446 MHz	3.0	496 MHz	4P 2V
Radeon X800 XT	R423	256 MB GDDR3	506 MHz	2.0	1000 MHz	16P 6V

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Chip	Memory bus	Manufacturing process	Transistors	Interface
Radeon HD 4870 CF	256 Bit	55 nm	965 MB	PCIe 2.0
Radeon HD 4870	256 Bit	55 nm	965 MB	PCIe 2.0
Radeon HD 4850 CF	256 Bit	55 nm	965 MB	PCIe 2.0
Radeon HD 4850	256 Bit	55 nm	965 MB	PCIe 2.0
Radeon HD 3870 4CF	4x256 Bit	55 nm	4x666 MB	PCIe 2.0
Radeon HD 3870 3CF	3x256 Bit	55 nm	3x666 MB	PCIe 2.0
Radeon HD 3870 X2	2x256 Bit	55 nm	2x666 MB	PCIe 2.0
Radeon HD 3870 CF	256 Bit	55 nm	666 MB	PCIe 2.0
Radeon HD 3870	256 Bit	55 nm	666 MB	PCIe 2.0
Radeon HD 3850 CF	256 Bit	55 nm	666 MB	PCIe 2.0
Radeon HD 3850	256 Bit	55 nm	666 MB	PCIe 2.0
Radeon HD 3650 CF	128 Bit	55 nm	378 MB	PCIe 2.0
Radeon HD 3650	128 Bit	55 nm	378 MB	PCIe 2.0
Radeon HD 3470	64 Bit	55 nm	181 MB	PCIe 2.0
Radeon HD 3450	64 Bit	55 nm	181 MB	PCIe 2.0
Radeon HD 2900 XT CF	512 Bit	80 nm	720 MB	PCIe 1
Radeon HD 2900 XT	512 Bit	80 nm	720 MB	PCIe 1
Radeon HD 2600 XT CF	128 Bit	65 nm	390 MB	PCIe 1
Radeon HD 2600 XT	128 Bit	65 nm	390 MB	PCIe 1
Radeon HD 2600 XT	128 Bit	65 nm	390 MB	PCIe 1
Radeon HD 2600 Pro CF	128 Bit	65 nm	390 MB	PCIe 1
Radeon HD 2600 Pro	128 Bit	65 nm	390 MB	PCIe 1
Radeon HD 2400 XT	64 Bit	65 nm	180 MB	PCIe 1
Radeon HD 2400 Pro	64 Bit	65 nm	180 MB	PCIe 1
Radeon X1950 XTX CF	256 Bit	90 nm	384 MB	PCIe 1
Radeon X1950 XTX	256 Bit	90 nm	384 MB	PCIe 1
Radeon X1950 XT	256 Bit	90 nm	384 MB	PCIe 1
Radeon X1950 Pro	256 Bit	80 nm	330 MB	PCIe 1
Radeon X1950 GT	256 Bit	80 nm	330 MB	PCIe 1
Radeon X1900 XT CF	256 Bit	90 nm	384 MB	PCIe 1
Radeon X1900 XT	256 Bit	90 nm	384 MB	PCIe 1
Radeon X1900 XT	256 Bit	90 nm	384 MB	PCIe 1
Radeon X1900 GT	256 Bit	90 nm	384 MB	PCIe 1
Radeon X1800 XT	256 Bit	90 nm	321 MB	PCIe 1
Radeon X1800 XT	256 Bit	90 nm	321 MB	PCIe 1
Radeon X1800 XL	256 Bit	90 nm	321 MB	PCIe 1
Radeon X1800 GTO	256 Bit	90 nm	321 MB	PCIe 1
Radeon X1650 XT	128 Bit	80 nm	330 MB	PCIe 1
Radeon X1650 Pro	128 Bit	90 nm	157 MB	PCIe 1
Radeon X1600 XT CF	128 Bit	90 nm	157 MB	PCIe 1
Radeon X1600 XT	128 Bit	90 nm	157 MB	PCIe 1
Radeon X1600 Pro CF	128 Bit	90 nm	157 MB	PCIe 1
Radeon X1600 Pro	128 Bit	90 nm	157 MB	PCIe 1
Radeon X1300 XT	128 Bit	90 nm	157 MB	PCIe 1
Radeon X1300 Pro	64 Bit	90 nm	105 MB	PCIe 1
Radeon X1300	128 Bit	90 nm	105 MB	PCIe 1
Radeon X800 XT	256 Bit	130 nm	120 MB	PCIe 1

^{Memory rate = DDR clock rate doubled; physical rate is half
DDR5 clock rate quadrupled; physical rate is one quarter
SPs= Stream Processors; P and V = Pixel shader and Vertex shader
TC = Turbo Cache
HM = Hyper Memory
OC = overclocked (clock rate higher than default)
SLI = Parallel operation with 2 Nvidia cards
3SLI = Parallel operation with 3 Nvidia graphics chips
4SLI = Parallel operation with 4 Nvidia graphics chips
CF = CrossFire, parallel operation with 2 AMD cards
3CF = CrossFire, parallel operation with 3 AMD graphics chips
4CF = CrossFire, parallel operation with 4 AMD graphics chips
R680 = 2xRV670
Shader 2.0 = DirectX 9.0; 3.0 = DirectX 9.0c; 4.0 = DirectX 10; Shader 4.1 = DirectX 10.1}

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CPU	Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 @ 2.93 GHz (11x 266 MHz),Socket 775, 1.28 V, 65 nm, 4096 KB L2 cache
FSB	1066 MHz (4x 266 MHz)
Motherboard	Asus P5E3 Deluxe, PCIe 2.0 2x16, ICH9R
Chipset	Intel X38
Memory	2x 1 GB, Ballistix (Crucial Technology) 1.5 V,DDR3 1066 7-7-7-20 (2x 533 MHz)
Audio	Intel High Definition Audio
LAN	Intel 1000 Pro
Drives	Western Digital WD5000AAKS 500 GB, SATA, 16 MB cache,Hitachi 120 GB, SATA, 8 MB cache
DVD	Gigabyte GO-D1600C
Power Supply	CoolerMaster RS-850-EMBA 850 W

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Motherboard	Asus P5N-T Deluxe, PCIe 2.0 2x16
Chipset	Nvidia nforce 780i SLI
Memory	2x1 GB, A-Data Technology 1.8 V, DDR2 800 5-5-5-18 (2x 400 MHz)
Audio	ADI 1988B SoundMax
LAN	Marvell 88E1116 Gigabit

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Graphics	AMD Catalyst 8.6Nvidia Forceware 175.16, GTX 260 and GTX 280 Forceware 177.39
Operating system	Windows Vista Enterprise SP1
DirectX	10 and 10.1
Chipset driver	X38 Intel 8.3.1.1009780i Nvidia nforce 9.64

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83 Comments Comment from the forums

chise1

Thanks guys!
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amdfangirl

Very good! Thanks guys!

If only you tested F@H PPD...
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rocky1234

Not to nit pick but ummm where is the Radeon 4870x2 2GB card in those charts or did I miss it you know the one with 2GB memory umm 800x2 shaders GDDR5 memory 3.6Ghz rated at & 750 core x2 whatever.
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c0d3r

So totally Awesome :D Gooood Job THG! What wud i do without u !
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Mathos

Just curious. Why is it you're using catalyst 8.6 for the ATI cards which doesn't have proper support for the 4000 series cards, instead of 8.7 or 8.8? Yet for the Nvidia cards, you use the most up to date drivers.
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cangelini

Rocky1234Not to nit pick but ummm where is the Radeon 4870x2 2GB card in those charts or did I miss it you know the one with 2GB memory umm 800x2 shaders GDDR5 memory 3.6Ghz rated at & 750 core x2 whatever.
As mentioned in the charts introduction, these numbers take hours upon hours to compile, which means setting cut-offs for the product submissions and drivers. Unfortunately, the X2 didn't make it. However, there are results for a pair of 4870s in CrossFire, which is a roughly equivalent configuration. You'll also notice that there are no 4600-series Radeons. Again, same issue.
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ossie

Why do I have the impression that at THG is a persistent confusion between power and energy?
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JeanLuc

Great job, I'm always pointing people to the charts now they can compare the latest hardware.

The charts also show the difference between games they are coded well and ones that aren't. Compare Crysis (very high quality) and HL2 Ep2 at 1920 x 1200 4xAA 8xAF, on Crysis even the best hardware left begging for mercy at around 24fps, yet HL2 EP2 which looks just as good (graphically speaking) IMO will run at 30 FPS on a 8600 GTS (yes an 8600 GTS!) and X1800XL. A small portion of the difference can be put down to DX10 but not all of it.
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Wonder why you insist on using catalyst 8.6 - a 3/4 months old driver, out *before* the whole HD4xx0 series and not really supporting it. And by the time the 48x0 cards were released you also had a better driver with actual support the the cards (and some 10% performance boost).

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buzzlightbeer

OMFG they did it again, why oh why did they use 8.6 drivers didnt they learn from all the annoyed people from the last test
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