NForce 780a Hybrid SLI Tested

Benchmark Results, Continued

The lowly 8400GS becomes an adequate gamer in Supreme Commander with GeForce Boost enabled, boasting playable frame rates up to 1280 x1024 resolution, while the 8500GT becomes somewhat playable at 1920x1200.

Unreal Tournament 3 needs more power than a low-cost card can provide, and gains nothing from the GeForce Boost feature of Hybrid SLI.

Thomas Soderstrom is a Senior Staff Editor at Tom's Hardware US. He tests and reviews cases, cooling, memory and motherboards.