NVIDIA's Double Graphics Whopper: SLI Comes to Market

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Test Setup

We tested the SLI configuration with GeForce 6800 Ultra and GT with both the ASUS and MSI motherboard. We only gathered comparison data for single-card operation from the ASUS board. We used an Athlon64 4000+ (corresponds to Athlon FX-53) and 1 GB RAM as a CPU. For the Power Supply, we used an Antex True Control ATX (1.0) PSU with 20-pin main power connector. We did not face any power issues during our tests. We also tested a 760W workstation PSU, just to see if our stability problems had to do with power.

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System 1
CPUAMD Athlon64 4000+
FSB200 MHz
MotherboardASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe (nForce 4 SLI)
Memory2x Kingston DDR400 KHX3200/512, 1024 MB
HDDSeagate Barracuda 7200.7 120 GB S-ATA (8 MB)
DVDHitachi GD-7000
LANNetgear FA-312
Power SupplyAntec True Control 550W
System 2
CPUAMD Athlon64 4000+
FSB200 MHz
MotherboardMSI K8N Diamond (nForce 4 SLI)
Memory2x Kingston DDR400 KHX3200/512, 1024 MB
HDDSeagate Barracuda 7200.7 120 GB S-ATA (8 MB)
DVDHitachi GD-7000
LANNetgear FA-312
Power SupplyAntec True Control 550W
Drivers & Configuration
GraphicsATI Catalyst v4.11NVIDIA v66.93
ChipsetIntel Inf. Update
OSWindows XP Prof. SP1a
DirectXDirectX 9.0c
Graphic cards used for Benchmarks in this article
ATIRadeon X800 XT PE PCIe (520/560 MHz, 256 MB)
NVIDIAGeForce 6800 Ultra PCIe (420/550 MHz, 256 MB)GeForce 6800 GT PCIe (350/500 MHz, 256 MB)GeForce 6600 GT PCIe (420/550 MHz, 128 MB)
Benchmarks
3DMark 2005Standard Resolution
Unreal Tournament 2004Custom TimedemoMax Details/QualityMap : Assault-FallenCity
Call Of Duty v1.4Max Details/QualityDemo : VGA
Doom3Demo : Demo1High Quality
Farcryv1.3Custom Timedemo cooler01Very High QualityFlashlight : On
Flight Simulator 2004Custom VideoCustom QualityScenario : Hong Kong at Dusk
Battlefield Vietnamv1.2FRAPSMax Details/QualityMap : Ho Chi Minh Trail
The Sims 2FRAPSMax Details/QualityCustom Scene
Half-Life 2Three custom TimedemosMax Details/Quality

Benchmarks

3D Mark 2005

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