Test Setup
We would like to remind you that the following results were taken with stock Nvidia and ATI reference designs ; unless noted in the chart below, all three clock generators are pushing their components past the Nvidia reference design.
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| System Hardware | |
|---|---|
| Processor(s) | Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 Conroe2.93 GHz, 1,066 MHz FSB, 32 kB+ 32 kB L1 , 4 MB L2 |
| Platform | EVGA 122-CK-NF68-AR, LGA 775NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI, BIOS version 2.053.57 |
| RAM | Corsair CM2X1024-9136C5D2x 1024 MB DDR2 @ 800 MHz (CL5-5-5-15) |
| Hard Drive | Western Digital Raptor, WD1500ADFD150 GB, 10,000 RPM, 16 MB cache, SATA150 |
| Networking | On-Board nForce4 Gigabit Ethernet |
| Graphics Cards | |
| AMD / ATI Based Cards | ATI Radeon X1950XTX 512 MB GDDR4650 MHz Core1,000 MHz Memory (2.00 GHz DDR)Sapphire Radeon X1950 Pro Ultimate 256 MB GDDR3580 MHz Core800 MHz Memory (1.60 GHz DDR) |
| Nvidia Based Cards | Nvidia GeForce 8800GTX 768 MB GDDR3575 MHz Core1.35 GHz - 128 Streaming Processors900 MHz Memory (1.80 GHz DDR)XFX GeForce 8800GTS 640 MB GDDR3500 MHz Core1.20 GHz - 96 Streaming Processors800 MHz Memory (1.60 GHz DDR)Foxconn GeForce 8800GTS 320 MB GDDR3 ONOC575 MHz Core1.20 GHz - 96 Streaming Processors900 MHz Memory (1.80 GHz DDR)EVGA GeForce 8600GTS SC 256 MB GDDR3675 MHz Core1.45 GHz - 32 Streaming Processors1,000 MHz Memory (2.00 GHz DDR)Sparkle GeForce 8600 GT 256 MB GDDR3540 MHz Core1.19 GHz - 32 Streaming Processors700 MHz Memory (1.40 GHz DDR)Nvidia GeForce 7900 GTX 512 MB GDDR3650 MHz Core800 MHz Memory (1.60 GHz DDR) |
| Power Supply | PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 1,000W |
| CPU Cooler | Zalman CNPS9700 LED |
| System Software & Drivers | |
| OS | Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5.10.2600, Service Pack 2 |
| DirectX Version | 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904) |
| Graphics Driver(s) | ATI - Catalyst 7.3 WHQLNVIDIA - Forceware 158.22 (8800GTX & GTS)NVIDIA - Forceware 158.22 (8600GTS & GT) |
