Test Setup
The following results were taken with stock Nvidia and ATI reference designs unless notated in the chart below where all three clock generators are pushing their components past the Nvidia reference design.
| System Hardware | |
|---|---|
| Processor | Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 Conroe
2.93 GHz, 1,066 MHz FSB, 32kB+32kB L1 , 4 MB L2 |
| Platform | Nvidia Platform
EVGA 122-CK-NF68-AR, LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATI Platform Intel D975XBX, LGA 775 Intel 975X Express Chipset |
| RAM | Corsair CM2X1024-9136C5D
2x 1024 MB DDR2 (CL5-5-5-15) |
| Hard Drive | Western Digital Raptor, WD1500ADFD
150 GB, 10,000 rpm, 16 MB cache, SATA150 |
| Networking | nForce4 Gigabit Ethernet (Nvidia), Intel® 82573E/82573L Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Intel) |
| Graphics Cards | |
| AMD / ATI Based Cards | ATI Radeon HD 2900XT 512 MB GDDR3
740 MHz Core 740 MHz - 320 Streaming Processors 825 MHz Memory (1.65 GHz DDR) ATI Radeon X1950XTX 512 MB GDDR4 650 MHz Core 1,000 MHz Memory (2.00 GHz DDR) Sapphire Radeon X1950 Pro Ultimate 256 MB GDDR3 580 MHz Core 800 MHz Memory (1.60 GHz DDR) |
| Nvidia Based Cards | Nvidia GeForce 8800GTX 768 MB GDDR3
575 MHz Core 1.35 GHz - 128 Streaming Processors 900 MHz Memory (1.80 GHz DDR) XFX GeForce 8800GTS 640 MB GDDR3 500 MHz Core 1.20 GHz - 96 Streaming Processors 800 MHz Memory (1.60 GHz DDR) Foxconn GeForce 8800GTS 320 MB GDDR3 ONOC 575 MHz Core 1.20 GHz - 96 Streaming Processors 900 MHz Memory (1.80 GHz DDR) EVGA GeForce 8600GTS SC 256 MB GDDR3 675 MHz Core 1.45 GHz - 32 Streaming Processors 1,000 MHz Memory (2.00 GHz DDR) Sparkle GeForce 8600 GT 256 MB GDDR3 540 MHz Core 1.19 GHz - 32 Streaming Processors 700 MHz Memory (1.40 GHz DDR) Nvidia GeForce 7900 GTX 512 MB GDDR3 650 MHz Core 800 MHz Memory (1.60 GHz DDR) |
| Power Supply | TopPower Powertrain 900W |
| CPU Cooler | Zalman CNPS9700 LED |
| System Software & Drivers | |
| OS | Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5.10.2600, Service Pack 2
Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate |
| DirectX Version | XP - DX 9.0c
Vista - DX10 |
| Graphics Driver(s) | ATI - Catalyst 7.4 WHQL (XP)
ATI - Catalyst 7.4 WHQL (Vista) ATI - Catalyst 8-37-4 (Vista - HD2900XT) ATI - Catalyst 8-37-4 (XP - HD2900XT) NVIDIA - Forceware 158.48 (Vista - 8800GTX) NVIDIA - Forceware 158.22 (XP - 8800GTX & GTS) NVIDIA - Forceware 158.22 (XP - 8600GTS & GT) |
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