Tests
| Components | Model |
| Processor | AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4800+ |
| Motherboard | Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe |
| RAM | 1.0 GB Corsair DDR-2 Select Value 667 MHz |
| Sound | SoundMAX HD Audio |
| LAN | Nvidia 10/100/1000 |
| Graphics | Asus Radeon 1950XTX |
| Optical Drive | Asus DRW-1608P3S 16X DVD Writer |
| Hard Disk | Western Digital Raptor 74 GB 10,000 RPM |
| Monitor | Samsung 920N (19 Inches) |
| Keyboard/Mouse | Microsoft Keyboard & Optical Mouse |
| Case | Asus Vento 3600 |
| Speakers | Creative Gigaworks S750 |
For testing the card we used the games Prey and F.E.A.R, which are cutting edge titles and will stress any current-gen graphic cards. While F.E.A.R has an inbuilt benchmark tool for graphical tests, Prey does not. For Prey we used a custom application developed by www.hocbench.com that uses the Prey engine with its own inbuilt demo to stress a graphics card. The test is quite extensive allowing you to set multiple resolutions in easy steps and to tweak the AA and AF settings for the benchmark. We ran the game through 3DMark 2006 since no graphical test is complete without it
For the tests each game’s benchmark were run at the resolutions of 1024x768, 1280x1024 and 1600x1200 with 4xAA and 16x AF options enabled. The tests were three times to get consistent figures and to gauge average performance at stock speeds. We tested the card against the XFX Nvidia 7950 which also falls in the same category at a similar price point.
First off 3DMark 2006. Here the score was virtually identical. Both the cards were able to post scores of 6087.
As the graph demonstrates—the performance gap between 1024x768 and 1280x1024 is negligible. The real action has been taking place in the higher resolutions and this is amply demonstrated in the strong figures this card puts out in higher resolutions like 1600x1200.
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