Foxconn GeForce 8800 GTX
Test Systems
HOW WE CONFIGURED THE TEST SYSTEMS: We tested all of the graphics cards used in this article on an EVGA nForce 680i SLI motherboard powered by a Core 2 Extreme X6800 dual-core processor and 2GB of low-latency Corsair RAM. The first thing we did when configuring the test system was enter the BIOS and set all values to their default settings. Then we manually configured the memory timings and disabled any integrated peripherals that wouldn't be put to use. The hard drive was then formatted, and Windows XP Pro with SP2 and the October DX9 update was installed. When the installation was complete, we then installed the latest chipset drivers available, installed all of the other drivers necessary for the rest of our components, and removed Windows Messenger from the system. Auto-Updating and System Restore were also disabled, the hard drive was defragmented, and a 1024MB permanent page file was created on the same partition as the Windows installation. Lastly, we set Windows XP's Visual Effects to "best performance," installed all of the benchmarking software, and ran the tests.
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Hardware Used: Core 2 Extreme X6800 (2.93GHz) EVGA nForce 680i SLI Foxconn GeForce 8800 GTX XFX GeForce 8800 GTX GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB GeForce 8800 GTX GeForce 8800 GTS GeForce 7950 GX2 GeForce 7900 GTX Radeon X1950 XTX (CF Master) 2048MB Corsair PC2-6400C3 2 X 1GB Integrated on board Western Digital "Raptor" 74GB - 10,000RPM - SATA |
OS - Chipset Drivers - DirectX - Video Drivers - Synthetic (DX) - DirectX - DirectX - DirectX - DirectX - OpenGL - OpenGL - |
Relevant Software: Windows XP Pro SP2 nForce Drivers v9.53 DirectX 9.0c (December Redist.) NVIDIA Forceware v97.92 ATI Catalyst v6.12 Benchmarks Used: 3DMark06 v1.0.2 Need For Speed: Carbon v1.2* FarCry v1.4* F.E.A.R. v1.08 Half Life 2: Episode 1* Prey v1.2* Quake 4 v1.3* * - Custom Test (HH Exclusive demo) |
