Since the whole ATI vs. NVIDIA topic can be somewhat touchy, we decided to cross-benchmark both platforms with graphics cards from ATI and NVIDIA. The goal was to verify whether any of the companies implanted acceleration for its own graphics technology - or pitfalls for the competition. We used the ATI Radeon X850 XL and NVIDIA’s GeForce 7800GTX.
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Benchmarks and Settings
OpenGL
Doom III
Version : 1.0.12621280x1024, 32 bitVideo Quality = High Qualitydemo1Graphics detail = High Quality
WolfensteinEnemy Territory
Version : 2.56 (Patch V 1.02)1280x1024, 32 bittimedemo 1 / demo demo4Geometric detail = highTexture detail = high
DirectX 8
Unreal Tournament 2004
Version : 32041280x1024, 32 bit, Audio = offTHG8-assault-single
DirectX 9
FarCry
Version 1.1 Build 12561280x1024 - 32 bitquality options = High
3DMark 2005
Version 1.01024x768, 32 bitGraphics and CPU Default Benchmark
Video
Pinnacle Studio 9 Plus
Version : 9.4.3From : 352x288 MPEG-2 41 MBto : 720x576 MPEG-2 95 MBEncoding and Transition Rendering to MPEG-2/DVDno Audio
Version : 9.00.00.2980720x480 DV to WMV320x240 (29.97 fps)282 kbps streaming
Audio
Lame MP3
Version 3.97.1 Multi-threaded AlphaWave 17:14 minutes (182 MB) to mp332 - 320 kbitsVBR = level 3
libvorbis OGG
Version : 1.0.1WAV 17:14 minutes (182 MB) to oggquality = 5
Applications
WinRAR
Version 3.51283 MB, 246 FilesCompression = BestDictionary = 4096 kB
3DS Max 7
Characters "Dragon_Charater_rig"1600x1200Rendering Single
Cinema 4D
Version R9Lanz.c4d800x600
Cinebench
Version 2003Rendering
Lightwave 3D
Version 8.2Variatons.lws
POV-Ray
Version 3.7Skyvase.pov4800x3600
Synthetic
PCMark 2005 Pro
Version : 1.1.0System, CPU and Memory Tests
SiSoftware Sandra Pro
Version 2005, SR2CPU Test I = CPU Arithmetic BenchmarkCPU Test II = Multimedia BenchmarkMemory Test = Bandwidth Benchmark
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