NVIDIA Puts Its (New) Cards on the Table

Test Setup

All tests were conducted on an ASUS P4P800, which is based on Intel's i865PE chipset. The system uses fast DDR400 memory by Kingston and features a 3.2 GHz Intel Pentium 4 CPU (FSB 800). More details can be found in the table below.

The direct competitor of NVIDIA's GeForce FX 5950 Ultra is the Radeon 9800 XT. The GeForce FX 5700 is competing against the Radeon 9600 XT.

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General Hardware
MotherboardASUS P4P800 Deluxe, Intel i865PE chipset
ProcessorIntel Pentium 4 3.2 GHz (FSB800)
RAM2x 256 MB Kingston HyperX DDR400CL2 / 6-2-2-2
Drivers & Configuration
Graphic CardsATI Radeon 9800 XT 256 MB (Reference)ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128 MB (Reference)ATI Radeon 9700 Pro 128 MB (Reference)ATI Radeon 9600 XT 128 MB (Reference)ATI Radeon 9600 Pro 128 MB (Hercules)ATI Radeon 9500 Pro 128 MB (Reference)NVIDIA GF FX5950 Ultra (Reference)NVIDIA GF FX5900 Ultra (Reference)NVIDIA GF FX5700 Ultra (eVGA)NVIDIA GF FX5600 Ultra FC (Reference)
Graphics DriverDetonator FX v52.16ATI Catalyst v3.7ATI Catalyst v3.8
Chipset DriverIntel
DirectX Version9.0b
OSWindows XP Professional SP1