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Test Setup And Benchmark Results

03:15 - Monday 17 July 2006 by Patrick Schmid

System Hardware
Processor(s)	AMD Athlon 64 FX-60 2.6 GHz, 1.0 GHz HTT Link, 1MB L2 cache
Platform	Asus AN832-SLI Premium Nvidia nForce4 SLI, BIOS version 1205
RAM	Corsair CMX1024-4400Pro 2x 1024 MB @ DDR400 (CL3.0-4-4-8)
Hard Drive	Western Digital Raptor, WD1500ADFD 150 GB, 10,000 RPM, 16 MB cache, SATA/150
Networking	On-Board nForce4 Gigabit Ethernet
Graphics Cards	XFX GeForce 7950GX2 1 GB GDDR3 570 MHz Core 775 MHz Memory (1.55 GHz DDR) PNY GeForce 7900GTX 512 MB GDDR3 675 MHz Core 820 MHz Memory (1.64 GHz DDR) XFX GeForce 7900GT 256 MB GDDR3 675 MHz Core 815 MHz Memory (1.63 GHz DDR) PNY GeForce 7800 GTX 256 MB GDDR3 430 MHz Core 600 MHz Memory (1.20 GHz DDR) EVGA GeForce 7800 GT 256 MB GDDR3 445 MHz Core 535 MHz Memory (1.07 GHz DDR) XFX GeForce 7600GT 256 MB GDDR3 590 MHz Core 800 MHz Memory (1.60 GHz DDR)
Power Supply	PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 1,000W
System Software & Drivers
OS	Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5.10.2600, Service Pack 2
DirectX Version	9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
Platform Driver	nForce 6.70
Graphics Driver(s)	Nvidia - Forceware 84.21 WHQL Nvidia - Forceware 91.29 Non-WHQL (7950GX2 Only)

3DMark05

In 3DMark 2005, we see the first of the general pattern we will see throughout the rest of the tests. The XFX 7950GX2 has the lead in our only synthetic benchmark. The one thing we will point out is that all of the cards do well but it is the 7950GX2 that can score higher at 2560x1600 than the GeForce 7800 and 7600 cards at 1024x768. The card was built to extend the bottom line at higher resolutions and this is the first of many where even at higher resolutions the card can keep up.