Test Setup
We would like to remind you that the following results were taken with stock Nvidia and ATI reference designs unless notated in the chart below where all three clock generators are pushing their components past the Nvidia reference design.
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| System Hardware | |
|---|---|
| Processor(s) | Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 Conroe2.93 GHz, 1,066 MHz FSB, 32 kB +32 kB L1 , 4 MB L2 |
| Platform | EVGA 122-CK-NF68-AR, LGA 775Nvidia nForce 680i SLI, BIOS version 2.053.57 |
| RAM | Corsair CM2X1024-9136C5D2x 1024 MB DDR2 @ 800 MHz (CL5-5-5-15) |
| Hard Drive | Western Digital Raptor, WD1500ADFD150 GB, 10,000 rpm, 16 MB cache, SATA150 |
| Networking | On-Board nForce4 Gigabit Ethernet |
| Graphics Cards | |
| AMD / ATI Based Cards | ATI Radeon X1950XTX 512 MB GDDR4650 MHz Core1,000 MHz Memory (2.00 GHz DDR)Sapphire Radeon X1950 Pro Ultimate 256 MB GDDR3580 MHz Core800 MHz Memory (1.60 GHz DDR) |
| Nvidia Based Cards | EVGA GeForce 8800GTX KO 768 MB GDDR3626 MHz Core1.45 GHz Streaming Processor1,000 MHz Memory (2.00 GHz DDR)Nvidia GeForce 8800GTX 768 MB GDDR3575 MHz Core1.35 GHz Streaming Processor900 MHz Memory (1.80 GHz DDR)Foxconn GeForce 8800GTS ONOC 640 MB GDDR3575 MHz Core1.20 GHz Streaming Processor900 MHz Memory (1.80 GHz DDR)XFX GeForce 8800GTS 640 MB GDDR3500 MHz Core1.20 GHz Streaming Processor800 MHz Memory (1.60 GHz DDR)BFG GeForce 8800GTS OC 320 MB GDDR3550 MHz Core1.30 GHz Streaming Processor800 MHz Memory (1.60 GHz DDR)Nvidia GeForce 7900GTX 512 MB GDDR3675 MHz Core820 MHz Memory (1.64 GHz DDR) |
| Power Supply | PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 1,000W |
| CPU Cooler | Zalman CNPS9700 LED |
| System Software & Drivers | |
| OS | Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5.10.2600, Service Pack 2 |
| DirectX Version | 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904) |
| Graphics Driver(s) | ATI - Catalyst 7.2 WHQLNVIDIA - Forceware 93.71 (7900GTX & 7950GT)NVIDIA - Forceware 97.92 (8800GTX & GTS) |
Benchmarks Results
3DMark05
The EVGA GeForce 8800GTX KO beats the reference design GTX model by 450 marks at 1024x768 and by almost 950 marks at the maximum pixel resolution of 2560x1600. The Foxconn GeForce 8800GTS beats the reference design (XFX card) by 750 marks at 1024x768 and 550 marks at 2560x1600. We see a similar correlation with image quality turned on.
