Performance Tests
Our Test Rig
Operating system: Microsoft Windows XP |
System memory: 2.0 GB Corsair DDR-2 Select Value 667 MHz |
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4800+ |
CPU speed: 2400 MHz |
HDD: Western Digital Raptor 74 GB 10000 RPM |
Sound system: SoundMAX HD Audio |
Monitor Viewsonic: VX2235WM |
Graphics card: Galaxy GeForce 8800 GTS Series |
Bus type: PCI Express x16 |
Memory: 640.0 MB |
Current VPU speed: 513.25 MHz |
Current memory speed: 813.00 MHz |
Driver version: 97.02 Nvidia (English) |
To test the performance of the new, card we decided to compare it to the Nvidia’s older generation flagship product—the 7950 GX2. The following software and games have been used for the tests:
3DMark 2006 - This is the perfect solution for anyone who wishes to measure overall system and graphic performance.
F.E.A.R - This game is visually one of the most demanding games, and has spent the last year trying to kill every graphic card out there.
Prey - Though this game is based on the Doom3 engine, Human Head Studios has tweaked the graphics to a new level. The game pushes graphics cards hard and is quite unforgiving.
Company of Heroes - Recently introduced, this game features a brand new Essence engine, which has been rewritten from scratch by Relic, to use newer features such as HDR, dynamic lighting and shadows. Being an RTS it pushes out a lot of detail and graphically very appealing.
For the games, the resolutions we tested were at 1024x768, 1280x1024 and 1600x1200. Each game was run three times to eliminate any problems and arrive at actual figures. During our tests we did run into some problems with F.E.A.R, using the beta drivers (version number - 97.41) that were available on Nvidia’s site. We dropped back to 97.02 and got stable results. For Nvidia’s 7950 GX2 we used 93.71 which is the current stable driver. All tests were run at 16XAF, 4XFSAA.
i think u shud have included an ati 1950 xtx in the tests 
