We ran our tests in three different resolutions and settings :
1024x768 at 32-bit color depth without FSAA and anisotropic filtering
1024x768 at 32-bit color depth with 4x FSAA (when possible) and 8x AF (when possible), except in 3DMark 2005
1600x1200 at 32-bit color depth with 4xFSAA and 8x AF.
Our testing system consisted of an ASUS A8N-SLI based on NVIDIA’s nForce4-SLI chipset, an AMD Athlon64 4000+ and 1 GB of RAM.
Note : The test system used for this comparison is markedly faster than the one we used in the previous version of the VGA Charts. Faster CPU, memory interface, chipset and newer versions of the cards’ graphics drivers all result in much higher scores. As a result, any performance differences you see here compared to the previous (AGP) VGA Charts cannot necessarily be attributed to the PCI Express interface alone !
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Test System
CPU
AMD Athlon64 4000+
FSB
200 MHz
Motherboard
ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe (nForce 4 SLI)
Memory
2x Corsair CMX-512-3200C2, 1024 MB
HDD
Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 120 GB S-ATA (8 MB)
DVD
Hitachi GD-7000
LAN
Netgear FA-312
Power Supply
Antec True Control 550W (ATX 1.0)
Drivers & Configuration
Graphics
ATI Catalyst v4.12NVIDIA v66.93
Chipset
Intel Inf. Update
OS
Windows XP Prof. SP1a
DirectX
DirectX 9.0c
Benchmarks
3DMark 2005
Default Benchmark, 1600x1200 (AA and AF by App)
Unreal Tournament 2004
Custom TimedemoMax Details/QualityMap : Assault-FallenCity(AA and AF forced by Driver)
Call Of Duty v1.4
Max Details/QualityDemo : VGA(AA and AF forced by Driver)
Doom3
Demo : Demo1High Quality
Farcryv1.3
Custom Timedemo cooler01Very High QualityFlashlight : On
Battlefield Vietnamv1.2
FRAPSMax Details/QualityMap : Ho Chi Minh Trail
Half-Life 2
Demo : Custom Timedemo THG2Max Details/QualityReflect World
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