The Dual Graphics Platform Battle, Part 1
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Page 1:ATI Multi Video Processing Vs. NVIDIA Scalable Link Interface
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Page 2:ATI Vs. NVIDIA... Encore Une Fois
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Page 3:Dual Graphics Comparison Table
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Page 4:ATI Radeon Xpress 200 Crossfire Edition
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Page 5:Asus A8R-MVP
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Page 6:NVIDIA nForce4 SLI X16
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Page 7:Asus A8N32-SLI
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Page 8:Test Setup
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Page 9:Benchmark Results
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Page 10:DirectX 9
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Page 11:Video
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Page 12:Audio
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Page 13:Synthetic
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Page 14:Dual Graphics Benchmarks
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Page 15:DirectX 9
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Page 16:Analysis
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Page 17:Conclusion
Test Setup
System Hardware | |
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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. 1.01
NVIDIA nForce 4 X16, BIOS 0502 |
Platform II | Asus A8R-MVP (Socket 939), Rev. 1.02G
ATI Radeon Xpress 200 Crossfire Edition, BIOS 0201 |
RAM | Corsair CM72SD512RLP-3200
2x 512 MB DDR400 (200 MHz, CL2-2-2-5, 1T) |
Hard Drive I | Western Digital WD740 Raptor
74 GB, 10,000 RPM, 8 MB Cache, SATA150 |
Hard Drive II | Western Digital WD3200JD
320 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.
Benchmarks and Settings | |
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OpenGL | |
Doom III | Version : 1.0.1262
1280x1024, 32 bit Video Quality = High Quality demo1 Graphics detail = High Quality |
Wolfenstein
Enemy Territory |
Version : 2.56 (Patch V 1.02)
1280x1024, 32 bit timedemo 1 / demo demo4 Geometric detail = high Texture detail = high |
DirectX 8 | |
Unreal Tournament 2004 | Version : 3204
1280x1024, 32 bit, Audio = off THG8-assault-single |
DirectX 9 | |
FarCry | Version 1.1 Build 1256
1280x1024 - 32 bit quality options = High |
3DMark 2005 | Version 1.0
1024x768, 32 bit Graphics and CPU Default Benchmark |
Video | |
Pinnacle Studio 9 Plus | Version : 9.4.3
From : 352x288 MPEG-2 41 MB to : 720x576 MPEG-2 95 MB Encoding and Transition Rendering to MPEG-2/DVD no Audio |
Auto Gordian Knot
DivX 6 XviD 1.0.3 |
Version : 2.16
Audio = AC3 6ch Custom size = 100 MB Resolution settings = Fixed width Codec = XviD and DivX 5 Audio = CBR MP3, 192 kbps 182 MB VOB MPEG2-source |
Windows Media Encoder | Version : 9.00.00.2980
720x480 DV to WMV 320x240 (29.97 fps) 282 kbps streaming |
Audio | |
Lame MP3 | Version 3.97.1 Multi-threaded Alpha
Wave 17:14 minutes (182 MB) to mp3 32 - 320 kbits VBR = level 3 |
libvorbis OGG | Version : 1.0.1
WAV 17:14 minutes (182 MB) to ogg quality = 5 |
Applications | |
WinRAR | Version 3.51
283 MB, 246 Files Compression = Best Dictionary = 4096 kB |
3DS Max 7 | Characters "Dragon_Charater_rig"
1600x1200 Rendering Single |
Cinema 4D | Version R9
Lanz.c4d 800x600 |
Cinebench | Version 2003
Rendering |
Lightwave 3D | Version 8.2
Variatons.lws |
POV-Ray | Version 3.7
Skyvase.pov 4800x3600 |
Synthetic | |
PCMark 2005 Pro | Version : 1.1.0
System, CPU and Memory Tests |
SiSoftware Sandra Pro | Version 2005, SR2
CPU Test I = CPU Arithmetic Benchmark CPU Test II = Multimedia Benchmark Memory Test = Bandwidth Benchmark |
Summary
- ATI Multi Video Processing Vs. NVIDIA Scalable Link Interface
- ATI Vs. NVIDIA... Encore Une Fois
- Dual Graphics Comparison Table
- ATI Radeon Xpress 200 Crossfire Edition
- Asus A8R-MVP
- NVIDIA nForce4 SLI X16
- Asus A8N32-SLI
- Test Setup
- Benchmark Results
- DirectX 9
- Video
- Audio
- Synthetic
- Dual Graphics Benchmarks
- DirectX 9
- Analysis
- Conclusion