Graphics Chip Comparison and Test Setup

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Nvidia Graphics Cards
Card Maker and Chip Code Name Memory Shader GPU Speed Memory Speed
Geforce 8800 Ultra OC G80 768 MB GDDR3 4.0, 1512 MHz 660 MHz 2300 MHz
Geforce 8800 GTS OC G92 512 MB GDDR3 4.0, 1825 MHz 730 MHz 1944 MHz
Geforce 8800 GT OC G92 512 MB GDDR3 4.0, 1650 MHz 660 MHz 1900 MHz
MSI Geforce 8600 GT OC G84 256 MB GDDR3 4.0, 1508 MHz 580 MHz 1600 MHz

 

ATI Graphics Cards
Card Maker and Chip Code Name Memory Shader GPU Speed Memory Speed
Radeon HD3870 X2 2xRV670 2x512 MB GDDR3 4.1 825 MHz 1802 MHz
Radeon HD3870 OC CF RV670 512 MB GDDR4 4.1 800 MHz 2252 MHz
Radeon HD3870 OC RV670 512 MB GDDR4 4.1 800 MHz 2252 MHz
Radeon HD3850 Xtreme PCS OC CF RV670 512 MB GDDR3 4.1 720 MHz 1800 MHz
Radeon HD3850 Xtreme PCS OC RV670 512 MB GDDR3 4.1 720 MHz 1800 MHz
Sapphire Radeon HD 3650 OC RV635 512 MB GDDR3 4.1 800 MHz 1800 MHz
Sapphire Radeon HD 3450 RV620 512 MB DDR2 4.1 600 MHz 1000 MHz
Radeon HD 2600 Pro RV630 256 MB GDDR3 4.0 600 MHz 1400 MHz
Radeon HD 2400 Pro HM RV610 256/1023 MB DDR2 4.0 525 MHz 800 MHz

 
HM=Hyper Memory
Memory Speed=physical frequency is half of that given (DDR)
OC=overclocked
CF=CrossFire parallel operation of 2 ATI cards
 

Single Nvidia Graphics Cards, Single and CrossFire ATI Graphics Cards
CPU Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 @ 2.93 GHz (11x266 MHz), Socket 775, 1.28 Volt, 65 nm, L2 Cache 4096 KByte
FSB 1066 MHz (4x266 MHz)
Motherboard Asus P5E3 Deluxe, PCIe 2.0 2x16, ICH9R
Chipset Intel X38
Memory 2x1 GByte, Ballistix (Crucial Technology) 1.5 Volt, DDR3 1066 7-7-7-20 (2x533 MHz)
Audio Intel High Definition Audio
LAN Intel 1000 Pro
Hard Drives Western Digital WD5000AAKS 500 GByte, S-ATA, Cache 16 MByte, Hitachi 120 GByte, S-ATA, Cache 8 MByte
DVD Gigabyte GO-D1600C
Power Supply CoolerMaster RS-850-EMBA 850 Watt

 

Drivers & Configuration
Graphics Driver ATI Catalyst 8.1, 3870 X2 Press Driver8-451-2-080123a
Nvidia Forceware 169.28 Beta
Operating System Windows Vista Enterprise
DirectX 10
Chipset Driver X38 Intel 8.3.1.1009


Talkback
Wild9 20/02/2008 01:16
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Quote :Ever since the 2x00 series, ATI’s graphics chips have supported HD video encoding


Shouldn't that be decoding? :)

mactronix 20/02/2008 10:54
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Its all well and good comparing like for like but we never seem to get any info that would be relevant to the people who may consider upgrading to these models ie people with 1950 pro's or 7950's .
mactronix

Solitaire 21/02/2008 01:58
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^ Yeah. Not to mention people running DX9 and with no intention of being Vista-nated.

mactronix 21/02/2008 04:59
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@ Solitaire
"Vista-nated" I like that im gonna start using that :)

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