Test Setup
For this review, we used the same system as in the test of NVIDIA’s GeForce 6600 GT. It consists of an Intel D925XCV desktop mainboard with PCI Express and a Pentium 4 3.2 GHz CPU (Pentium 540) with 1 GB DDR II RAM. For comparisons with the AGP cards, we used an Intel D875PBZ mainboard, also running a Pentium 4 3.2 GHz and equipped with 1 GB of DDR 400 memory.
Due to time constraints some of the results of the ATi cards included for comparisons are still those obtained with the Catalyst 4.8. All results for the X700 were obtained with the new Catalyst 4.10 beta drivers and the A.I. setting "low" for reasons which we have explained previously in this article. Luckily, there was still enough time to obtain the results for the X700 XT with A.I. deactivated.
| AGP Test System | |
|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Pentium 4 3.2 GHz |
| FSB | 200 MHz |
| Motherboard | Intel D876 PBZ |
| Memory | 4x Corsair CMX256A-3200LL DDR, 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 |
| PCI Express Test System | |
| CPU | Intel Pentium 4 3.2 GHz |
| FSB | 200 MHz |
| Motherboard | Intel D925 XCV |
| Memory | 2x Micron DDRII, 533 MHz, 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 |
| Drivers & Configuration | |
| Graphics | ATI Catalyst v4.8ATI Catalyst v4.10 BetaNVIDIA v65.75 |
| Chipset | Intel Inf. Update |
| OS | Windows XP Prof. SP1a |
| DirectX | DirectX 9.0c |
| Graphic cards used in this article | |
| ATI | Radeon X800 XT PCIe (500/1000 MHz)Radeon X600 XT PCIe (500/740 MHz)Radeon X700 XT PCIe (475/1050 MHz)Radeon X700 Pro PCIe (XT UC->425/860 MHz)Radeon X700 PCIe (XT UC->400/700 MHz) |
| NVIDIA | GeForce 6800 GT PCIe (350/1000)GeForce 6600 GT PCIe (500/1000)GeForce 6600 PCIe (GT UC->300/550)GeForce PCX 5750 PCIe (425/550)GeForce FX 5950 Ultra AGP (475/950 MHz) |
| Benchmarks | |
| 3DMark 2003 | Standard Resolution |
| AquaMark 3 | Triscore |
| Unreal Tournament 2004 | Custom TimedemoMax Details/QualityMap : Assault-FallenCity |
| Call Of Duty | Max Details/QualityDemo : VGA |
| Doom3 | Demo : Demo1High Quality |
| Farcryv1.1 | Custom Timedemo cooler01Very High QualityFlashlight : On |
| Flight Simulator 2004 | Custom VideoCustom QualityScenario : Hong Kong at Dusk |
| Joint Operationsv1.3.15 | FRAPSTraining AircraftQuality Setting |
| Battlefield Vietnamv1.1 | FRAPSMax Details/QualityMap : Ho Chi Minh Trail |
| DTM Race Driver2v1.1 | Custom ReplayFRAPSMax Details/QualityNurburgring at rain |
