Test Setup
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| System Hardware | |
|---|---|
| Socket 939 Processor | AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ (Italy 90 nm, 2.4 GHz, 2 x 1 MB L2 Cache) |
| Platform I | Asus A8N32-SLI (Socket 939), Rev. 1.01NVIDIA nForce 4 X16, BIOS 0502 |
| Platform II | Asus A8R-MVP (Socket 939), Rev. 1.02GATI Radeon Xpress 200 Crossfire Edition, BIOS 0201 |
| RAM | Corsair CM72SD512RLP-32002x 512 MB DDR400 (200 MHz, CL2-2-2-5, 1T) |
| Hard Drive I | Western Digital WD740 Raptor74 GB, 10,000 RPM, 8 MB Cache, SATA150 |
| Hard Drive II | Western Digital WD3200JD320 GB, 7,200 RPM, 8 MB Cache, SATA150 |
| Networking | Broadcom BCM5751 PCI-Express GbE controller |
| Graphics Card | Extreme N7800GT/2DHTV (PCI Express)GeForce 7800GT (400 MHz), 256 MB GDDR3 (500 MHz) |
| Power Supply | Enermax EG565P-VE, ATX 2.01, 535 W |
| System Software & Drivers | |
| OS | Windows XP Professional 5.10.2600, Service Pack 2 |
| DirectX Version | 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904) |
| Platform Drivers | ATI Catalyst 5.1 |
| Graphics Driver | ATI Catalyst 5.11 |
| Platform Drivers | NVIDIA nForce4 6.82 X16 |
| Graphics Driver | NVIDIA ForceWare 81.85 |
| Platform Drives | Hyperion Pro 5.04 |
Benchmarks And Settings
Since the whole ATI vs. NVIDIA topic can be somewhat touchy, we decided to cross-benchmark both platforms with graphics cards from ATI and NVIDIA. The goal was to verify whether any of the companies implanted acceleration for its own graphics technology - or pitfalls for the competition. We used the ATI Radeon X850 XL and NVIDIA’s GeForce 7800GTX.
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| Benchmarks and Settings | |
|---|---|
| OpenGL | |
| Doom III | Version : 1.0.12621280x1024, 32 bitVideo Quality = High Qualitydemo1Graphics detail = High Quality |
| WolfensteinEnemy Territory | Version : 2.56 (Patch V 1.02)1280x1024, 32 bittimedemo 1 / demo demo4Geometric detail = highTexture detail = high |
| DirectX 8 | |
| Unreal Tournament 2004 | Version : 32041280x1024, 32 bit, Audio = offTHG8-assault-single |
| DirectX 9 | |
| FarCry | Version 1.1 Build 12561280x1024 - 32 bitquality options = High |
| 3DMark 2005 | Version 1.01024x768, 32 bitGraphics and CPU Default Benchmark |
| Video | |
| Pinnacle Studio 9 Plus | Version : 9.4.3From : 352x288 MPEG-2 41 MBto : 720x576 MPEG-2 95 MBEncoding and Transition Rendering to MPEG-2/DVDno Audio |
| Auto Gordian KnotDivX 6XviD 1.0.3 | Version : 2.16Audio = AC3 6chCustom size = 100 MBResolution settings = Fixed widthCodec = XviD and DivX 5Audio = CBR MP3, 192 kbps182 MB VOB MPEG2-source |
| Windows Media Encoder | Version : 9.00.00.2980720x480 DV to WMV320x240 (29.97 fps)282 kbps streaming |
| Audio | |
| Lame MP3 | Version 3.97.1 Multi-threaded AlphaWave 17:14 minutes (182 MB) to mp332 - 320 kbitsVBR = level 3 |
| libvorbis OGG | Version : 1.0.1WAV 17:14 minutes (182 MB) to oggquality = 5 |
| Applications | |
| WinRAR | Version 3.51283 MB, 246 FilesCompression = BestDictionary = 4096 kB |
| 3DS Max 7 | Characters "Dragon_Charater_rig"1600x1200Rendering Single |
| Cinema 4D | Version R9Lanz.c4d800x600 |
| Cinebench | Version 2003Rendering |
| Lightwave 3D | Version 8.2Variatons.lws |
| POV-Ray | Version 3.7Skyvase.pov4800x3600 |
| Synthetic | |
| PCMark 2005 Pro | Version : 1.1.0System, CPU and Memory Tests |
| SiSoftware Sandra Pro | Version 2005, SR2CPU Test I = CPU Arithmetic BenchmarkCPU Test II = Multimedia BenchmarkMemory Test = Bandwidth Benchmark |
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