Hardware

Our benchmark system consisted of the following:

• AMD Athlon 64 3000+ S939 @ 2.25 GHz (9.0 x 250 MHz)
• ATI RADEON X800 XL 512MB (CATALYST 5.4)
• Sapphire RADEON X800 XL 256MB (CATALYST 5.1)
• Reference NVIDIA 6800GT (ForceWare 66.93)
• ATI RADEON X850 XT PE Reference Card (CATALYST 5.4)
• Leadtek 6600GT SLI (Forceware 71.83)
• Soltek SL-K890Pro-939 (VIA K8T890 Hyperion 4.55)
• DFI LanParty nF4 SLI-DR (nForce 4 SLI 6.53)
• 2x512 MB OCZ PC4200 (Dual Channel)
• Western Digital WD1200JD 120 GB SATA
• OCZ ModStream 520W power supply

With the exception of the 6600GT SLI setup, all cards were tested on the Soltek SL-K890Pro-939 with the HT speed dropped to 4x and the FSB speed up at 250 Mhz.

Benchmarks

• 3DMark 2005
• Aquamark 3
• Call of Duty
• Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Academy
• Halo
• X2 Rolling Demo
• Splinter Cell
• Doom 3
• Half-Life 2
• Far Cry