Test Setup
After wading through all of the hardware and technology advances made by ATI, we can finally get to the hard numbers. The test platform and settings are as follows :
System Hardware
Processor(s)
AMD FX-57
2.8 GHz, 1.0 GHz Bus, 1 MB L2 cache
Platform
Asus AN8-SLI Premium
NVIDIA nForce4 SLI, BIOS 1003 - BIOS version 1005
RAM
Corsair CMX1024-4400Pro
2x 1024 MB @ DDR400 (CL3.0-4-4-8)
Hard Drive
Western Digital Raptor, WD740GD
74 GB, 10,000 rpm, 8 MB cache, SATA150
Networking
On-Board nForce4 Gigabit Ethernet
Graphics Cards
ATI X1800XT 512 MB GDDR3 625 MHz Core 1.50 GHz Memory
ATI X1800XL 256 MB GDDR3 500 MHz Core 1.00 GHz Memory
ATI X1600XT 256 MB GDDR3 590 MHz Core 1.38GHHz Memory
ATI X1300Pro 256 MB GDDR3 600 MHz Core 800 MHz MemoryATI X850XTPE 256 MB GDDR3 540 MHz Core 1.175 GHz MemoryNVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX (Reference) 256 MB GDDR3
430 MHz Core 1.2 GHz Memory
Power Supply
Enermax EG851AX 660W SLI CertifiedSystem Software & Drivers
OS
Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5.10.2600, Service Pack 2
DirectX Version
9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
Platform Driver
nForce 6.65
Graphics Driver(s)
ATI - Catalyst 5.9 - Display Driver 8.173
NVIDIA - Forceware 78.01
