Performance Leap: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra

Test Setup

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Test System
CPUIntel Pentium 4 3.2 GHz
FSB200 MHz
MotherboardGigabyte GA-8IG 1000 PRO (i865)
Memory2x Kingston PC3500, 1024 MB
HDDSeagate Barracude 7200.7 120 GB S-ATA (8 MB)
DVDHitachi GD-7000
LANNetgear FA-312
Power SupplyAntec True Control 550W
Drivers & Configuration
GraphicsATI Catalyst v4.3NVIDIA v60.72
ChipsetIntel Inf. Update
OSWindows XP Prof. SP1a
DirectXDirectX 9.0b
Graphic cards used in this article
ATIRadeon 9800XT (Sapphire)
NVIDIAGeForce FX 5950 Ultra (NV)GeForce 6800 Ultra (NV)
Benchmarks
Unreal Tournament 2004Custom TimedemoMax Details/QualityMap : Assault-Toran
Call Of DutyCustom TimedemoMax Details/QualityMap : mp_brecourt
AquaMark 3Benchmarking Software
X2 The ThreadRetail Version v1.3Rolling Demo
BreedSingle Player Demo1CutsceneFRAPS Meassurement
Colin McRae Rally 4Demo VersionMax QualityFRAPS Meassurement
Nascar Thunder 2004ReplayMax detailsFRAPS Meassurement
HaloBuild-in benchmarkMax details PS2.0
FarcryRetail v1.1Build-in benchmarkMax details PS2.0Demos : Cooler01, Research